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If England stay patient, there will be a cluster of wickets: Vaughan
"This four-man seam attack that England have, they have been all over this Indian batting line-up. We saw it in the second innings at Headingley. The Indians made it tough, they hung in there, then there was a collapse. I do think that if England stays patient, I do think there will be a cluster of wickets somewhere," said Vaughan on the Test Match Special podcast on BBC.
Ben Stokes could miss T20 World Cup in the UAE
Stokes is not a part of the ongoing five-match Test series against India and will not take part in the second leg of IPL 2021 starting from September 19. West Indies pacer Oshane Thomas has been called in as a replacement for Stokes in Rajasthan Royals.
4th Test: Pitch invader Jarvo arrested after collision with Bairstow
Jarvis, a self-styled YouTube prankster with 127,000 subscribers on his channel named "Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo", ran on the cricket field with ball in hand from the Vauxhall End in the 34th over of England's innings in the first session. He was trying to bowl to Ollie Pope but crashed into Bairstow at non-strikers end. Bairstow was visibly furious and tried to keep Jarvo away from himself.
Naomi Osaka might take a break from tennis
Osaka, 23, came into this year's event as the defending champion, but Fernandez came up with an inspired performance on Friday evening to win 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4. Afterward, Osaka was quoted as saying by wtatennis.com that she doesn't "feel happy" when she wins.
Did really well to learn from our big loss in opening T20I: Latham
The 29-year-old Latham, who was playing his first T20I match since November 2017, scored an unbeaten 65 off 49 deliveries as the tourists fell short of the target of 141/6 in 20 overs by four runs, finishing on 137/5 on Friday.
US Open: Auger-Aliassime, Medvedev charge into fourth round
"I live for these moments," Auger-Aliassime said. "I started off the best I could by winning the first two sets but then unfortunately from being a break up I didn't solidify and things got tricky. He grew more confident and I didn't serve so well, but the crowd helped me to dig deep," the Canadian told atptour.com.
Never seen someone hit the ball so hard: Shocked Tsitsipas after loss
On the last point of the match, Alcaraz slammed an unplayable forehand and fell to the court in celebration. That unplayable forehand -- his 61st winner of the match -- was a reflection of the fearless game the Spaniard played at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday evening.
US Open: Teenager Alcaraz stuns world No 3 Tsitsipas in five-setter
In a battle of swinging fortunes, the 18-year-old ranked 55th in the world rallied from 2-5 in the third set, saving three sets points and breaking twice to avoid going down two sets to one, before advancing in four hours and six minutes. Alcaraz is the youngest player to beat a top-3 tival at a major since Michael Chang.
Paralympic shooting: Narwal, Singhraj claim gold, silver for India
Narwal shot a Paralympic record 218 in the final while Singhraj, who had won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1 earlier this week, finished second with a score of 216.7. Sergey Malyshev of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) took the bronze with a score of 196.8.
Unwise team selection makes it an uphill climb for India
From 62 for five, England batsmen Ollie Pope and Jonny Bairstow established dominance over a flagging Indian pace attack. The challenge the Indian off-spinner was likely to have posed was not at the tourists' disposal. The hosts thereby registered a healthy and advantageous first-innings lead of 99.
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