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Play was stopped due to a bizarre reason on Day one of the third England vs India Test.
Day one of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s on Thursday was briefly halted due to a swarm of ladybirds entering the stadium.
The incident took place before Akash Deep could bowl the fifth ball of the 81st over of England’s innings. England captain Ben Stokes was on strike with Joe Root at the other end. Jasprit Bumrah was the first player who bore the brunt of the attack by the insects.
“Jasprit Bumrah is being attacked by some flying ants,” Sky Sports commentator Nasser Hussain said on-air. “The game just stops. They’re all being attacked. It’s like we’ve not had enough delays today. We may have another one,” he added.
The two on-field umpires, Paul Reifell and Sharfuddoula got together to have a discussion. Ben Stokes then proceeded to have a chat with Paul Reifell as the former was not happy even as the umpires asked to resume the game. However, not long after, the ground was cleared of the ladybirds and the game resumed.
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KNK
229/5
AMR
13/0
Match delayed due to rain
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ROR
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SVL
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EDR
235/5
ODW
231/7
East Delhi Riders beat Outer Delhi Warriors by 5 wickets
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190/7
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200/6
Purani Delhi 6 beat New Delhi Tigers by 10 runs
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CYP
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CRO
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CYP
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CRO
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CYP
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CRO
135/6
CYP
136/7
Cyprus beat Croatia by 3 wickets
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141/10
CYP
193/6
Cyprus beat Croatia by 52 runs
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Match Awarded to Spencer
WIM
160/5
ESM
166/3
East Molesey beat Wimbledon by 7 wickets
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Match Canceled
SPE
158/6
ESM
172/4
East Molesey Won by 14 runs
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172/10
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374/5
Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by 202 runs
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208/10
GLO
293/9
Gloucestershire beat Surrey by 85 runs
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85/3
DURH
255/9
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43/5
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44/1
91 Yards Club beat Gauhati Town Club by 9 wickets
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111/10
BCC
112/3
Bud Cricket Club beat Navarang Club by 7 wickets
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JJ
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226/6
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223/7
ACE KRM Panthers won by 4 wickets
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139/10
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166/8
Perak beat Selangor by 27 runs
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175/10
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92/10
Johor beat Penang by 83 runs
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75/10
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298/6
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98/9
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110/6
Mysore Warriors Women beat Bengaluru Blasters Women by 12 runs
MDW
114/4
SHLW
113/6
Mangalore Dragons Women beat Shivamogga Lioness Women by 6 wickets
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TBC
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TBC
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EAE
130/10
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168/5
Pupkewitz Motors Wildcats beat Eavion Eagles by 38 runs
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155/5
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159/7
NPL Bears beat Paratus Jets by 3 wickets
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IRE-W
171/6
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168/6
Ireland Women beat Pakistan Women by 4 wickets
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192/4
SLBL
168/8
SLC Greys beat SLC Blues by 24 runs
BIP
70/4
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MAO
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WEF
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LOS
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BIP-W
148/5
TRW-W
137/6
Birmingham Phoenix Women won by 11 runs
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FRA
116/7
NOR
138/5
Norway beat France by 22 runs
SWE
136/10
AUST
139/6
Austria beat Sweden by 4 wickets
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NOR
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AUST
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FRA
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The third Test between England and India at Lord’s is evenly balanced after Day one of the Test on Thursday. At stumps, England were 251/4 with current skipper Ben Stokes (39*) and former captain Joe Root (99*) unbeaten.
England won the toss and opted to bat first. Nitish Kumar Reddy struck twice in the 14th over with the dismissals of Ben Duckett (23) and Zak Crawley (18). Ollie Pope scored 44 runs whereas Harry Brook, the No.1 Test batter, scored just 11 runs. Ben Stokes and Joe Root have thus far forged an unbeaten 79-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
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Nitish Kumar Reddy was the pick of the Indian bowlers on the opening day with figures of 2/46. Jasprit Bumrah had figures of 1/35 whereas Ravindra Jadeja finished the day with figures of 1/26.
The five-match Test series is currently 1-1 after the completion of two Tests. England chased down 371 on the back of knocks from Zak Crawley (149) and Zak Crawley (65) to beat India by five wickets in the first Test at Headingley.
Shubman Gill, who hot two centuries, and Akash Deep, who took a 10-fer in the match, turned things around for India in the second Test at Edgbaston, with the visitors beating the hosts by 336 runs.
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