by England beat India by five counters during the first test in Headingley after a superb 149 of the opener Ben Duckett helped shed light on an apparently rigid 371 pursuit.
Below AFP, sport looks at three aspects of a captivating meeting that ended with England 1-0 in series of five games:
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Tail shopping and counters count
India has become the first part of the more than 60,000 games in the history of first -class cricket to mark five hundred individuals in a match and to lose. This remarkable feat can be explained by collapses of 7-41 and 6-31 at the end of each round
The quick launcher of England Josh Tongue, who withdrew several Taienders while taking seven counters during the match said:. “I don’t mind playing the tail bowling. You have a good opportunity to take a counters. All I tried to do was hit the ground hard.”
Cut a modern wonder
Rishabh Pant could still end his career after exceeding that Auda Gilchrist Australian in Australia, as the most extraordinary ticketkeeper cricket knew.
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His amazing audacity with the bat was fully exposed to Leeds when he only became the second guardian Guiche-Gardien, after Andy Flower of Zimbabwe, to mark hundreds of a test game with 134 then 118.
Part of the Pant shooting, including on shoulder movies, fast quisors must be seen, with its continuous involvement in cricket a triumph after having suffered potentially fatal injuries in a horrible car accident in December 2022 which kept it out of the action for 15 months.
Kl Rahul, who carried out a relatively limited handicap while Pant moved away from the position of the fourth counter of the 195 pair, summed up the vice-captain of India by saying: “I had some partnerships with Pant.
“It is difficult for us to understand his state of mind. You must let Rishabh pant be rishabh pant, there is obviously a method in his madness!
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“He is on average (around) 45 in the test cricket, there is a lot of reflection behind the scandalous shots he plays.”
Headingley delivers again
This match joined a long list of dramatic test meetings in Headingley, the headquarters of Yorkshire, one of the Cornerstone Counties of the English cricket.
There was the original “Headingley Miracle” from 1981, when Ian Botham scored a Bernstorming 149 Not Out and the fast bowler Bob Willis took 8-43 while England won after following Australia.
There was the 2019 version, where the current captain of England Ben Stokes directed his side towards a superb victory at a counter on Arch-Rivals Australia with a hundred invanable remarkable.
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Headingley also organized a two -day test in 2000 when the quick launcher Andrew Caddick led England to Nasser Hussain at victory over the Antilles.
But the visiting teams also appreciated their fair share of heroist Headingley, with the great James Anderson of England ending a 2014 test in tears after failing to hang on for a draw alongside Century, Moeen Ali while Sri Lanka won his first victory in England.
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