3rd T20i, England won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Red dirt track today, which apparently turns more, stadium is a lot quieterâŚ
Rashid to open the bowling.
Atherton :- âRed soil at night, spinnerâs delightâ
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You forgot to mention that Tom Curran is off making his Specsavers/Pizza advert & Mark Wood is back in after his heel healed
And I missed a wicket as well, Wood getting Rahul for 0
7-1
Wood again, saw Rohit trying to give himself some room, followed him and gave Archer a simple catch at backward square (??)
20-2, Sharma 15
Kishan gone, Jordanâs second ball, top edge taken by Buttler running back.
24-3, Kishan 4 (9)
Wood being back is a massive lift
Pant gone taking a second run? it looks tight to be fair but heâs about 3â/1m out of his ground.
64-4, Pant 25 (20)
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Shreyas gone, tried to be clever moving before Wood had bowled, but Wood followed him with a short pitched ball, lobbed to the player on the boundary for an easy catch
86-5 Shreyas 9 (9)
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Kohli top edges an Archer fast ball going for a sweep, over the keepers head and boundary for 6
98-5, 15.3 overs
Kohil attacking hard, aided by some wayward stuff now
131-5 from 17.5
Kohli smashes Wood all over the park in the last over, 17 runs from it.
Kohli moving about in the crease making the bowler bowl funny lines, Broad on commentary says he should just stick to his normal bowling lines, which probably wouldnât work as well.
Wood finishes on 4-0-31-3, which is decent! Despite 17 from his final overâŚ
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Jordan bowling the last over, 1-21 from his 3 so far.
Last ball Hardik caught for 17 (15)
156-6
Kohli 77 (46), his highest T20i score v England
70-1 from the last 5 and a half overs
Difficult first 2 overs for Roy and Buttler, only 7 runs from them
3rd over and Roy tries a scoop which hits the toe of his bat and loops over 3rd man for 4.
16-0 after 3
Missed the Roy wicket but he went for a reverse sweep and only spliced it the close fielder at point.
Roy went for 9
Currently 30-1 after a massive Buttler 6 who is then bamboozled next ball and nearly stumped
Joâs Buttler climbing into Thakur, just taken 16 off that last over.
Oerr missusâŚ
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Buttler 50 up from 26 balls, 72-1 from 8.5 overs
Ooops, Malan splices the next ball over his head for 6, 78-1 form 9 overs.