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Toss won by England (decided to bowl) Charles Reynolds from Lord's for Cricketnext: Pretty heavy rain falling now at Lord’s and this looks like it could be a long delay and perhaps even early lunch. All the covers are now on, the stands partly emptied or dotted with umbrellas. England certainly made the most of the time they had out there though, let’s hope this rain eventually passes and we can get back to the resumption of Virat Kohli’s duel with James Anderson.
WICKET! This time its the other opener, KL Rahul now gets a thin outside edge straight through to the keeper. Anderson strikes yet again for England. Rahul is angry and he should be, could have easily left that one but follows the ball outside the off stump and pays the price. India are 10/2 and in trouble. Rahul departs for 8
🔔 Former @englandcricket captain 'Lord' Ted Dexter rung the five-minute bell before start of play today!#ENGvIND#LoveLords pic.twitter.com/teFddtKXzd
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Joe Root: "We are going to bowl first. Looks a fresh wicket. With the weather around, it gives us a good chance to take wickets this morning. We are going with Woakes ahead of Moeen and Pope comes in. We gave ourselves an option with that green tinge on it looking to bowl first. Gives us a great chance to get wickets and get ahead early in the game. He (Pope) was all excited in the dressing room yesterday, just really hope he expresses himself, exactly how he does in the county and really enjoys the occasion."
Virat Kohli: "We wanted to bowl first to be honest looking at the weather. Not only today but also for the next few days, it's going to be the same. It supposed to be a shortened game. It's a hard pitch, looks dry. The wicket looks good, much better than Edgbaston and the boys are confident. Everyone has to be in the game. The batsmen, the spinners. We have to enjoy the game. We have brought back Pujara, KL Rahul moves up the order in place of Shikhar. Kuldeep Yadav comes in the side for Umesh Yadav purely because the surface is dry. We need an attacking wrist spinner. We have a good balance looking at two spinners and a quality all-rounder."
Woakes confirmed in England's XI. Pujara and Kuldeep are in for India; Dhawan and Umesh miss out.
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) August 10, 2018
🌤 Sun is still peeking through the clouds at Lord's at present with the Groundstaff hard at work!#ENGvIND#LoveLords pic.twitter.com/2fVSe6H0F8
— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 10, 2018
England captain Joe Root grew up in Yorkshire, which has a proud tradition of producing correct world-class batsmen such as Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton and Geoffrey Boycott.
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It will be interesting to see the combination India goes with now, especially in the bowling department. With overcast conditions expected throughout the game now, we might well see Kohli continue with the same attack or will he take a punt by including Kuldeep Yadav/Ravindra Jadeja as the second spinner in the playing XI?
The pretty little municipality of Amstelveen is located in suburban Amsterdam, on the banks of the river Amstel.
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After weeks, perhaps even months of gloriously unfamiliar sunshine, at long last the real English summer has arrived.
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It was the first time a whole day's Test play in England had been lost to bad weather since August 24 2013 when the fourth day of the fifth Ashes clash at The Oval was abandoned without a ball bowled. The last time a day's Test play was washed out completely at Lord's came 17 years ago when the scheduled opening day of the first Test against Pakistan was abandoned on May 17 2001.
| Rank | Team | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3634 | 125 |
| 2 | South Africa | 3712 | 106 |
| 3 | Australia | 3499 | 106 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 2354 | 102 |
| 5 | England | 3772 | 97 |
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