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“Good to see two teams not playing just to get ready for the Ashes!” says Arnab. “Hoping for a good day with weirdly similar looking skippers.”
Yes, hello Chris Silverwood if you’re reading. The Ashes, The Ashes, The Ashes. Now and forever. Here are some thoughts on that situation.
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On the other side of southern England, Shafali Verma of India’s women’s team will resume her innings this morning in Bristol on 55 not out. Added to her 96 in the first innings, that’s 151 runs in the match so far for the 17-year-old on Test debut. We’ll have an OBO of that match running concurrently to this, with play starting half an hour after play in our match. But I’ll be keeping an eye on Shafali’s tally here too.
