England vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 2: New Zealand fight back after Lyth’s ton and Cook’s record-breaking feat

Lyth celebrates after scoring his maiden Test century

Lyth celebrates after scoring his maiden Test century

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New Zealand took three quick wickets to get themselves back in contention after England opener Adam Lyth scored his maiden Test century and captain Alastair Cook surpassed Graham Gooch as the country’s all-time leading run-scorer in Test history.

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England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 4: Mathews and Prasad put Sri Lanka on the brink of victory

Prasad dismissed Robson, Cook, Ballance and Bell in quick succession

Prasad dismissed Robson, Cook, Ballance and Bell in quick succession

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Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews made a career-best 160 and pace bowler Dhammika Prasad ripped through England’s batting line-up with four wickets to put the tourists on the brink of victory on the fourth day of the second Test at Headingley.

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India vs Australia 6th ODI: Dhawan and Kohli make a mockery of Australia’s 350

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Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 17 ODI centuries

India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli kept the national team’s hopes of winning the seven-match ODI series against Australia alive as they both registered centuries to make a mockery of the baggy greens’ total of 350 in the sixth ODI in Nagpur.

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‘We have to keep them within a 160-run lead’, says Nasir Hossain

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“We have to bowl them out first”

Despite New Zealand holding on to a 137-run lead at the end of the third day of second Test in Mirpur, Bangladesh off-spinner Nasir Hossain believes that his team “have to keep them within a 160-run lead” and follow that up with a score of “300 or 350” in order to have any chance of winning the Test match.

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