England are rebuilding their bowling attack for two reasons. First, the retirement of Ben Stokes has robbed them not only of inspiration, but of balance. Secondly, Stokes has followed Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Woakes and, most likely, Mark Wood out of the door. That is 1,871 Test wickets lost in less than three years.
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First Rothesay Test, Headingley (day three of five) Pakistan 171: Shafique 61; Tongue 5-46, Robinson 5-51 & 135: Rizwan 41 England 409: Brook 91, Cox 73, Root 66; Usman 5-95 England won by an innings and 103 runs, lead three-match series 1-0 Scorecard England began Joe Root’s second stint as captain with a crushing defeat
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Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Cheltenham College (day two) Gloucestershire 150: Boorman 60; Allison 5-19, Waite 3-43, Swanepoel 2-42 Worcestershire 205-7: Edavalath 63, D’Oliveira 49*; Sai Kishore 3-56 Worcestershire (3 pts) lead Gloucestershire (2 pts) by 55 runs Match scorecard Rahaan Edavalath proved an unlikely hero as Worcestershire assumed the upper hand on day two
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Rothesay County Championship, Division One, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day two) Somerset 469: Thomas 110, Nicholls 96, Rew 74, Abell 65, Pretorius 48; Cook 4-92, Snater 3-96 Essex 158: Critchley 50, Walter 58; Leach 4-37, Gregory 3-29 & 59-0: Elgar 30*, Walter 29* Bonus points: Essex (2 pts) trail Somerset (6 pts) by
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Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Merchant Taylors’ School Ground, Northwood (day two) Kent 350 & 38-2: Muyeye 23*, Compton 10* Middlesex 249: Bosch 43*; Milnes 5-53, Guinn 4-52 Kent (6 pts) lead Middlesex (3 pts) by 139 runs Match scorecard Matt Milnes claimed his third five-wicket haul of the season as Kent seized control of
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Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Edgbaston, Birmingham (day two) Sussex: 156: Haines 49; Woakes 4-36, Booth 3-9 & 84-3: Haines 32*; Booth 2-22 Warwickshire 161: Booth 34*; Hunt 4-30, Crocombe 3-60 Sussex (3 pts) lead Warwickshire (3 pts) by 79 runs with seven second-innings wickets standing Match scorecard Warwickshire duo Michael Booth and Chris Woakes
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