He had made 25 runs off 50 balls at that time.
The much-awaited game of the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy began today at the iconic Lord’s. Amid the ENG vs IND 3rd Test, Mohammed Siraj was heard playfully mocking Joe Root. The event transpired during the 31st over of the first innings on Day 1.
Siraj started his eight over with four dot balls, which is quite un-Bazball for the English side, given that they like to go for at least one boundary per over. After his penultimate delivery, the Indian pacer sledged the on-strike batter to shuffle his approach.
He said, “C’mon, Baz, Baz, Bazball. Now Play Bazball. C’mon, I want to see.”
He ended with another dot, leading to a maiden over.
Root had amassed just 25 runs off 50 balls. On the other side of the pitch, Ollie Pope was on 16 runs off 53 balls. The scorecard at that time read 89/2 with runs coming in at less than three rpo.
Earlier, Ben Duckett departed after a 40-ball 23 and Zak Crawley after a 43-ball 18. Nitish Kumar Reddy had taken both wickets in the 14th over of the innings.
MAL-W
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ASM-W
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INA
172/5
PHL
176/1
Philippines won by 9 wickets
PHL
246/7
SK
134/9
Philippines beat South Korea by 112 runs
SL
159/3
BAN
154/5
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets
BUL
217/6
GBT
222/4
Gibraltar beat Bulgaria by 6 wickets
BUL
200/2
TRK
195/8
Bulgaria beat Turkey by 8 wickets
GBT
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TRK
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GBT
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BUL
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BRBA
160/8
HAST
159/5
Brussels Bashers beat Hasselt Titans by 2 wickets
LEUL
110/8
OSTG
115/5
Ostend Tigers beat Leuven Lions by 5 wickets
LEST
99/8
BRBA
157/4
Brussels Bashers beat Liege Stallions by 58 runs
ATPG
97/9
HAST
165/5
Hasselt Titans beat Antwerp Giants by 68 runs
GENW
173/2
LEUL
182/3
Leuven Lions beat Gent Wolves by 9 runs
OSTG
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ATPG
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BRBA
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HAST
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TBC
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TBC
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TBC
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TBC
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NVR
155/7
NAJC
177/7
Nabajyoti Club won by 22 runs
GTC
135/3
CCC
134/9
Gauhati Town Club beat City Cricket Club by 7 wickets
91YC
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CCC
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BCC
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NAJC
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CD
143/8
DC
165/7
Dubai Capitals beat Central Stags by 22 runs
GAW
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RR
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DC
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HH
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GAW
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CD
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JER
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SCOT
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NED
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ITA
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ENG
251/4
IND
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Day
NWW
88/10
MUR
188/7
Munster Reds beat North West Warriors by 100 runs
LLG
188/8
NK
187/9
Leinster Lightning beat Northern Knights (Ireland) by 2 wickets
BNC
118/10
CHK
81/10
Bader & Nie Cricket Club beat Chennai Kings CA by 37 runs
TCC
148/4
CEC-A
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FEK
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KRMPS
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GUJCC
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ALECC
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MB
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THUO
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SFU
131/10
MINY
132/8
MI New York beat San Francisco Unicorns by 2 wickets
TSKS
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MINY
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MMS
143/10
OAW
215/7
Ossudu Accord Warriors beat Mahe Megalo Strikers by 72 runs
VMK
153/5
KAK
152/4
Villianur Mohit Kings beat Karaikal Kniights by 5 wickets
OAW
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YAR
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MMS
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RWT
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BHN
157/4
TAN
154/7
Bahrain beat Tanzania by 6 wickets
ML
166/8
GER
158/10
Malawi beat Germany by 8 runs
LEI
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NOR
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DER
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WOR
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HAM
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GLAM
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MID
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GLO
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WOR
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BB
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KENT
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SOM
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SURR
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GLAM
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NOT
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DURH
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NOR
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DER
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ESS
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SUSS
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LAN
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YOR
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TBLZ-W
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SUR-W
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SOM-W
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BRB-W
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DUR-W
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HAM-W
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After a historic win for a Jasprit Bumrah-less India in Birmingham, the action moved to the Home of Cricket in London. In the first two Tests, India batted first, in a Bazball style, giving England a taste of their own medicine. India’s batters were not as aggressive in style, however, they played huge knocks to dominate the scoreboard. Compared to India’s 1,000+ runs in the last Test, England could manage about 600 runs.
Coming into the third Test on a ground that has a significant slope, Ben Stokes chose to bat first after winning the toss. The Root-Pope duo went on to add 109 runs off 211 for the third wicket.
Pope was dismissed in the 50th over by Ravindra Jadeja. He could make only 44 runs with the help of four boundaries. The popular bowler, Bumrah, also took a wicket. He bowled out Harry Brook for just 11 runs.
Till the third Session, no sixes were hit, while only 23 boundaries were struck in 69 overs. The scoreboard read 215/4 with Root (75 off 152) and Stokes (28 off 56) unbeaten on the crease.
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