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46th over: England 286-2
Feet from Pope as Zahid tosses one up – will it be him, Root or Ronald on Strictly first – and he belts to the cover fence with minimum fuss and maximum prejudice. Have England ever batted as deep as they do here, incidentally? Livingstone at eight but excuse me while I interrupt myself!Ali is getting into more of a groove now. First, he pushes Root back and forces him to play late, then brings him forward.
“Re cap numbers of Salt and Livingstone,” emails John Starbuck, “it’s not alphabetical, but batting order. In the very first test, in Australia, England’s batting line-up provided the start of the counting system when numbers were adopted.
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