- Live updates from the first day’s play at Lord’s
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Some pre-match reading
Gary Naylor is in the house! Well, the pressbox
“Looking like more off than on here today, even with Lord’s fabled drainage. If anyone is up for whiling away the hours between inspections with a bit of analysis of what made the first Test a great one (if not quite an all-time great one), I scribbled lots of words here.”
Written by Rob Smyth (now) and Tim de Lisle (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/aug/09/england-v-india-second-test-day-one-live under the title “England v India: second Test, day one – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.