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ScorecardGareth Roderick continued his impressive Championship form•Getty Images

Gareth Roderick gave another demonstration of his batting talent with a second first-class century as Gloucestershire comfortably batted out for a draw on the final day against Essex at Bristol.The young South African wicketkeeper top scored with 136 as the home side, set 432 for victory, closed on 355 for 6. Skipper Michael Klinger hit 62 and shared a second wicket stand of 137 with Roderick, who also hit a ton in the previous game against Kent.Monty Panesar ended any hope the hosts had of reaching their mammoth target by removing Klinger and Alex Gidman, and finished with 2 for 56 from 25 overs, while Reece Topley claimed 3 for 70. But the result did little for the fading promotion hopes of either club as Essex took 11 points and Gloucestershire eight.The home side began the day on 19 without loss, needing an unlikely 413 more runs for victory. Chris Dent soon signalled their positive intentions as a top-edged pull sailed for six in the opening over from Topley.Klinger survived an lbw appeal from Topley early on, but was soon flourishing and, on 21, reached 1,000 first class runs in his first full season of county cricket. By then Dent had departed for 27, with the total on 43, leg before to Topley off the final delivery of an excellent over from the left-arm seamer.After Essex had turned to spin in the shape of Panesar at one end and Greg Smith at the other Klinger launched the second six of the innings, straight back over Smith’s head.Roderick helped his captain take the score to 115 for one at lunch, with all three results still possible and both sides needing a win to keep alive genuine promotion hopes. Roderick was the first to reach his 50 off 76 balls, with seven fours. Klinger followed after facing 147 deliveries, with three fours and a six.The pair had taken the total to 180 in the 58th over when Panasar parted them by bowling Klinger, who had defied the Essex attack for three hours and 20 minutes. Alex Gidman quickly went on the attack, but had made only 9 when stumped by James Foster off Panesar with the total on 196.It was 212 for 3 at tea, with Gloucestershire having abandoned the bid for a win. The second new ball was Essex’s last hope, but by the time it was taken Gloucestershire were 294 for 3 with Hamish Marshall established as Roderick’s partner.Three late wickets did fall, but Roderick, who was dropped off a no-ball on 79 and then received a blow to the head by a delivery from Tymal Mills, reached a gutsy hundred off 157 balls, with 14 fours.

Matthew Fisher became the youngest post-war county cricketer when he was picked for Yorkshire against Leicestershire aged just 15 years and 212 days.Yorkshire were forced to turn to Fisher for their Yorkshire Bank 40 fixture at Scarborough to deal with an injury crisis that saw four teenagers make up the bowling attack. Ryan Gibson, 17, Ben Coad, 18, and 19-year-old Wilf Rhodes were also in the XI.It highlighted Yorkshire’s problems. They were forced to field a threadbare bowling attack last Sunday against Gloucestershire. Tim Bresnan is with England, Liam Plunkett and Jack Brooks have been injured and the workload Ryan Sidebottom and Steven Patterson have been forced to endure in the Championship meant they needed resting.Mercifully, Plunkett, looking very old at 28, returned from a thigh strain to face Leicestershire. But he lined up alongside a team-mate 13 years his junior.Born in York, Fisher has developed through the Yorkshire age-group teams and plays for Yorkshire Academy in the Yorkshire Premier League, where his 25 overs this season have gone for 3.48 runs an over. He has also played for Yorkshire 2nd XI and took 6 for 25 earlier this week against Leicestershire – the second-best figures for Yorkshire in the 2nd XI trophy.”Matthew deserves his call up into the squad,” Yorkshire first-team coach Jason Gillespie said. “We monitor the progress of all our players and the feedback I have received on the way Matthew has been playing has been excellent. He is very young, but he has the ability to be successful.”The youngest player to appear in a first-class match also turned out for Yorkshire when wicketkeeper Barney Gibson played against Durham MCCU at the age of 15 years and 27 days in April 2011. The aptly-named Charles Young is the youngest everto appear in a county game, for Hampshire against Kent in 1867 aged 15 years and131 days.

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O Corinthians teve uma novidade na partida contra o Ferroviário, que terminou 2 a 2 em Londrina. Da equipe que iniciou o clássico contra o Palmeiras, Vagner Love assumiu a vaga de Mateus Vital e reestreou pelo Timão. O atacante atuou perto de Gustagol, movimentou-se muito e quase deixou sua marca ainda no primeiro tempo.

Apesar de ter tido uma atuação até que boa, principalmente se levar em conta que ele não atuava desde dezembro, Vagner Love não melhorou um dos principais problemas do Corinthians neste início de temporada: a falta de profundidade no ataque.

O técnico Fábio Carille já citou essa dificuldade em alguns entrevistas. O treinador tem sofrido com a falta de jogadores de velocidade, que jogam pelos lados no ataque. Clayson estava com dores no joelho direito e ficou pela primeira vez à disposição diante do Ferroviário. Sergio Díaz também se queixava de dores no joelho direito. Romero não atuará até resolver sua situação contratual. André Luis e Gustavo Silva tiveram oportunidades, mas ainda estão “aprendendo o que é o Corinthians”, na visão de Carille.

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A esperança era de que a entrada de Love minimizasse o problema. O camisa 9 atuou mais pelo lado esquerdo do ataque e teve espaço para flutuar e aproximar-se de Gustagol. Em um dos lances, recebeu linda bola de Gustagol e finalizou por cima.

O problema, porém, é que Love não chegava à linha de fundo. Do outro lado, quem estava mais pela direita era Ramiro, que não é um jogador de características de chegar ao fundo e cruzar. Enquanto isso, Jadson recuava para iniciar as jogadas e mostrou pouca inspiração.

Escolhidos por Carille no segundo tempo, Pedrinho e Mateus Vital também têm características mais de armação do que velocidade e chegada ao fundo. A dupla pouco ajudou o Timão a manter a bola nos minutos finais da partida contra o Ferroviário, assim como Boselli, o outro que entrou na etapa final.

Ciente das faltas de profundidade e velocidade de sua equipe, Carille admite que ainda não achou a formação ideal, principalmente porque reforços estão chegando. Ele disse que espera definir em breve para os jogadores saberem o que têm que fazer em campo.

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Yuvraj Singh and Unmukt Chand scored half-centuries as North Zone marched into the Deodhar Trophy final, beating Central Zone by eight wickets in a match affected by bad light and rain in Guwahati

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Mar-2013
ScorecardYuvraj Singh scored a brisk, unbeaten 77 against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy semi-final•Getty ImagesYuvraj Singh and Unmukt Chand scored half-centuries as North Zone marched into the Deodhar Trophy final, beating Central Zone by eight wickets in a match affected by bad light and rain in Guwahati.The match was reduced to 45 overs per side after a rain-delayed start. In the second innings, play was again interrupted by bad light and North Zone were set a revised target of 160 in 33 overs.Yuvraj and Chand made short work of the chase, taking their side past the total with more than three overs to spare, after Praveen Kumar struck early to dismiss Chandan Madan and captain Gautam Gambhir with the score at 31 for 2.Yuvraj struck up some kind of form after scoring two ducks in his last two matches against Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored his first runs with a boundary off Ishwar Pandey and continued in the same vein after the interruption, hitting Shrikant Wagh for four fours in the 17th over and bringing up his fifty with a boundary in the 22nd over. His 70-ball 77 included nine fours and three sixes.Chand, who struck a hundred for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, was cautious early on, but played some attractive shots once he settled down. He was dropped on 28 after wicketkeeper Naman Ojha failed to hold on to a tough chance off Ishwar Pandey in the 19th over.Earlier, the North Zone bowlers managed to keep Central Zone in check, dismissing them for 190 in 41.5 overs. Parvinder Awana struck early to dismiss opener Amit Paunikar, while the rest of the batting line-up, which included Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif and Ashok Menaria, failed to convert their starts into a big innings. Raina fell for a quick 33, while Menaria and Kaif perished trying to boost the run rate. Legspinner Amit Mishra picked up three wickets for 50 runs.North Zone will play the winner of the South Zone v West Zone semi-final in the title clash of the zonal List-A tournament.

Jhulan Goswami, Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey and a whole heap of drama

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Sep-2021One of the greatest ODIs played in Australia came down to an extraordinary final over with the experienced Jhulan Goswami went up against Beth Mooney, who had produced a masterful century after the home side had been in early trouble, and Nicola Carey. Here’s how the drama unfolded49.1 Goswami to Mooney, 3 runs
Full toss, swung off the pads through midwicket and Mooney makes it back for the second…AND THERE’S AN OVERTHROW. But it means Mooney is off strike49.2 Goswami to Carey, 2 runs
Full outside leg stump, heaved into the leg side and there’s another misfield which allows the second49.3 Goswami to Carey, (no ball)
Oh dear! That’s a beamer which has clattered straight into Carey’s helmet. Of course it’s a no-ball. Main thing is Carey okay? Seems like but that was a horrendous blow49.3 Goswami to Carey, 1 bye
They steal a bye! Was very well bowled, full outside leg, Carey didn’t connect but Mooney was alert49.4 Goswami to Mooney, 1 leg bye
Moves right across outside off, tries to scoop but it’s only single towards short fine leg49.5 Goswami to Carey, 2 runs
Full outside off, dragged down towards long-on, they get back for the second! Oh boy49.6 Goswami to Carey, (no ball)
Full toss, caught at midwicket! But they are going to check for the height. What drama. India are celebrating. It’s VERY close. What will the third umpire decide? It could easily be called no-ball this. There’s some rocking and rolling here. They are still looking at this. Crazy end to the game. IT’S A NO-BALL!!!49.6 Goswami to Carey, 2 runs
Full and straight, clipped into midwicket and Mooney makes it back for the second. An extraordinary victory for Australia to keep the streak alive.

Ian Bell has admitted trying “a bit too hard” to prove himself in India after his heavily-criticised first-ball dismissal in the opening Test in Ahmedabad

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Nov-2012Ian Bell has admitted trying “a bit too hard” to prove himself in India after his heavily-criticised first-ball dismissal in the opening Test in Ahmedabad but insists he will not stop trying to attack spin bowlers in the future.Bell lofted his first ball from Pragyan Ojha, the left-arm spinner, straight to Sachin Tendulkar at mid-off the delivery after Kevin Pietersen had been dismissed and it left England in tatters at 69 for 5 replying to India’s 521 for 8 dec. He played more sensibly in the second innings, reaching 22 before being trapped lbw by Umesh Yadav, but his record in India now stands at an average of 18.36 from six Tests.”Lately I have been trying a bit too hard to show everyone I can score in India,” Bell said in his newspaper column. “I need to relax and trust my defence and know that if I spend time at the crease it will happen. I still have a lot of confidence about playing in the subcontinent, I have scored runs against Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka but India is the one place that I have not scored big and I know that is missing from my batting CV.”Maybe from previous tours to the subcontinent I was thinking to myself that I wanted to be positive and not sit back and be passive. I know I have to get the balance right. It was a bit adventurous for a first ball but if you look back over my last 30 to 40 Tests, you’ll see the amount of times that I have got off and running against spinners like that. I am not going to put the shot away but I will reassess when I use it next time.”Bell is missing the second Test, in Mumbai, having flown home to be with his newly born son, Joseph, after learning he was a father while sat at the airport. Knowing that the birth was imminent made for a tricky build-up to the series for him.”The first month in India was a weird time, I had things in the back of my mind but I was just trying to concentrate on my cricket,” he said. “I didn’t feel like I was in the best form, I wasn’t batting as well as I would’ve liked. I don’t know if that was down to everything going on, sometimes it just happens like that.”Bell now faces the situation of watching Jonny Bairstow have a chance in the No. 5 position as he spends a few days on nappy-changing duty before returning to India for the third Test in Kolkata. However, despite handing over his England place he does not have any regrets about the trip home.”On the cricketing side it’s a difficult decision to give someone an opportunity to take your place but I wanted to be here for my family and it is the best thing I have ever done and that will never change.”

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Se o ataque “quebrou o encanto” de longo período sem marcar quatro gols, a defesa do Botafogo vive uma rotina de gols sofridos. E o ajuste do setor é um dos desafios a serem cumpridos para um final feliz do time na reta final da temporada. Só de bolas na rede no primeiro ataque do rival houve nos dois últimos jogos.

– São coisas do futebol. O Zé Ricardo pede alerta toda hora. Ninguém entra para tomar gol no início. O gol contra o Bahia não serviu de aprendizado. Precisamos sofrer mais uma vez mais. É ter um pouquinho de concentração para evitarmos isso – entende Rodrigo Lindoso.

Além das partidas contra Bahia e Vitória, pela Copa Sul-Americana e pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, os números no ano preocupam. Só no Brasileirão são 36 gols sofridos – a quinta pior defesa, junta à do lanterna Paraná. O que torna ruim também o saldo na competição, possível critério de desempate.

– Sempre que tem algo que não está bom, e temos que procurar melhorar. No vestiário, conversando, tem cobrança. Queremos ver a alegria do torcedor. Sempre procuramos melhorar e isso é mais um aspecto. Temos que entrar atentos para melhorar – pede Erik.

Para aumentar a consistência da defesa, o Botafogo volta a treinar na tarde desta quarta-feira, no Estádio Nilton Santos. O local é o mesmo da partida deste domingo, contra o líder São Paulo.

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The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has rejected a complaint by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) that the Pakistan fast bowler Aizaz Cheema deliberately collided with the batsman Mahmudullah in the final over of the Asia Cup final in Mirpur on Thursday. The ACC chief Syed Ashraful Haq said it was turned down on the grounds that the incident was not formally reported by the on-field umpires.”We had received Bangladesh’s complaint but since the incident was not reported by the on-field umpires nothing can be done,” Haq told .The BCB had said it had seen video footage of the incident and would file the complaint to the ICC as well, but Haq said there was no question of taking it further.”It could have happened then and there, but since the umpires and the match-referee did not take any action then, the matter is closed,” said Haq.”I think the Bangladesh team played so well in the whole tournament. Beating India and Sri Lanka – the World Cup 2011 finalists – was no mean achievement and although they lost the final, the Bangladesh team won millions of hearts.”The incident happened during the first ball of the 50th over, when Mahmudullah tried to come back for a second run but collided with Cheema. The rules of cricket (Law 42.5) sanction a strict penalty for the fielding team if a fielder is found by the umpire to deliberately obstruct a batsman while attempting a run. Neither batsman can be dismissed (if a run-out has taken place), five penalty runs are awarded to the batting side, the delivery will not count as one in the over, the run will count even if the batsmen haven’t crossed and the batsmen can choose which of them faces the next delivery.Whether or not there was intent behind the collision is for the umpire to determine; in this case, after the players had collided, the umpire Steve Davis was seen having a word with both players. The delivery yielded a single, and in the end, Bangladesh lost by two runs.Edited by Kanishkaa Balachandran

MS Dhoni has defended the rotation policy between the three senior India openers in the triangular series, which may suggest that Gautam Gambhir might be rested for the next game despite consecutive scores in the 90s from him

Sidharth Monga15-Feb-2012MS Dhoni has defended the rotation policy between the three senior India openers in the triangular series, which may suggest that Gautam Gambhir might be rested for the next game despite consecutive scores in the 90s from him. After India tied their fourth match of the tournament, against Sri Lanka, Dhoni was asked if it made a lot of sense resting a batsman who had hit form. Dhoni’s argument remained that the youngsters should keep getting more chances.”What we want is, all the players should be fit by the time we come into the finals,” Dhoni said. “All of them should be scoring runs by that time. It’s a good exposure. Rohit [Sharma] is a very talented guy. Manoj Tiwary is on the bench. He scored in the last series that he played, so we are giving ample chances to them because these are players who, for sure, will come back to Australia once we play the next World Cup. There is no surety that some of us who are playing [will return], Sachin [Tendulkar] or Viru [Virender Sehwag] or even Gautam, all of us are 30-plus, and it’s big out-fields out here. So it’s about giving the youngsters a fair exposure as to how difficult it is or how easy it is, or how different it is to play here.”How difficult is it to rest a batsman who has scored 92 and 91 in his previous two outings? “As I said, what’s important is to get everybody going,” Dhoni said. “What may also happen is the guy who is playing all the games may get injured by the finals, and you will find someone coming in his place who has not played many games and not scored runs.”It’s a long tournament. It’s four games against each opposition before the finals. The first series that I played was three games against Bangladesh, so this is equivalent to three series and then the finals. It’s a very demanding tournament, in the sense that the out-fields are very big, the batsmen put pressure on you, you can get injured at any time. If you are looking to save that one run and you are in a bad position to throw, you may get injured. We want all the guys to be fit, and at the same time for the youngsters to get exposure by the start of the finals… if we reach the finals.”Moreover, Dhoni said, India could afford to experiment a bit now that they have had a decent start to the tournament, winning two and tying one of their first four matches. “The interest of the team comes first,” he said. “This is the time when we can really look to do that [experiment], because if were in a bad shape by the end of the fourth game, it would have been fair to say we wouldn’t really be in a position to give that chance to the other players. And we would have had to be careful.”Now we are in a position where we can do that. It’s good to see Gautam scoring runs. We want to see Viru get runs and Sachin also to get runs so that the best XI comes and plays the finals.”Dhoni was full of praise for Gambhir. “It [his coming into form] is really good because once he gets going he comes out with a big score, and he looks to play more than 35 to 40 overs, it allows the other batsmen to come in and play a bit freely. Of course the difficulty is, we have been chasing so you can’t always express yourself.”It’s good to have someone like Gautam in the side. Plays the spinners really well, and he runs well between the wickets well. It gives the team a chance to come back just in case a couple of batsmen make mistakes in the middle of the innings, because you have someone who is on one side going through with his innings.”After the previous game against Australia, though, which India won in the 50th over, Gambhir had said that India should have finished it off around the 48th over. It was Dhoni who had delayed the final assault, cutting it too tight before finishing it off in typical style. At the toss of the next game, against Sri Lanka, Dhoni said that if a batsman scores about 50 he should make sure he finishes the game off. Dhoni was asked if everything was fine between him and Gambhir.”There is nothing [uneasy between us],” Dhoni said. “It’s different when you are playing in the middle. If you see his innings today, he also found it difficult to rotate the strike consistently, and once you are in that situation it is very difficult to play a big shot. You can easily play big shots, but the difference is it always has to pay off. If it doesn’t, what do you say?”So I am never in a hurry to finish it in the 48th over or 47th over. Even if it goes to the 49th or 50th over, I am quite happy. [Since I bat down the order] I don’t have the luxury of batsmen behind me. If I go in to bat, I like to finish the job. It’s different with different people. Some people like to finish the game early, take a bit more risk in the middle and finish off the game, but I have a different perspective about it.”It’s a very individual thing. There’s nothing wrong. If you ask Viru [Sehwag], he would have said ‘why not 25 overs?'”

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Pakistan v Sri Lanka, October 26, Dubai
Start time 1000 (0600 GMT)Tillakaratne Dilshan wants a stronger performance from his batsmen•AFP

Big Picture

Pakistan wasted the opportunity to go 1-0 up in Abu Dhabi by dropping several catches in Sri Lanka’s second innings. Sri Lanka pulled off a great escape, wiping out a 314-run deficit by batting more than two days to save the Test. So who possesses that intangible advantage – momentum – as the teams prepare for battle in Dubai?Tillakaratne Dilshan said firmly that his team held the edge. He would, of course. Having been pushed into the tightest of corners, they found a way out, through the resolute batting of Kumar Sangakkara and Prasanna Jayawardene. However, the rest of their batsmen, with the exception of Angelo Mathews, failed in both innings. So there’s no real reason for the others to go to Dubai with increased confidence. The greater worry, though, is their bowling attack, which managed to take only seven Pakistan wickets in 184.4 overs on a pitch that was not especially flat. And a flat one will be on offer sooner or later in the UAE.Pakistan, on the other hand, dominated four days of the Test only to waste all their hard work through a spate of dropped chances that allowed both Sangakkara and Prasanna Jayawardene to bat for much longer than they should have. Pakistan’s batsmen found run-scoring easy against an ineffective Sri Lankan attack, but it was the performance of their bowlers that will have encouraged them. The fast bowlers found movement and the spinners extracted turn to dismiss Sri Lanka for 197, a first-innings total far below par on that pitch. Even in the second innings, when batting appeared easier, they created plenty of chances. It wasn’t their fault their fielders didn’t take them. The challenge for Pakistan, however, will be to summon the energy to do it all over again, in conditions as hot and on a pitch that might not be as responsive.

Form guide

Sri Lanka: DDDLD
Pakistan: DWWLD

Spotlight

Back-to-back Tests are tough on the fitness of players in most conditions, but the intensity of the challenge rises significantly when they are played in the fierce heat of the desert. Pakistan’s fast bowlers had plenty of work to do in Abu Dhabi, and if they can produce a similar effort – challenging Sri Lanka with pace, movement and accuracy – it will be a testament to their fitness and talent.With Angelo Mathews not bowling, Sri Lanka had only a four-bowler attack, plus part-timer Dilshan, in Abu Dhabi, of which Rangana Herath was the solitary specialist spinner. He toiled for 63.4 overs but could pick up only three Pakistan wickets. Sri Lanka will need more from their most-experienced bowler, around whom the fast bowlers will have to be rotated. To his credit, though, Herath did control the run-flow effectively.

Team news

Taufeeq Umar, who batted 12 hours for a double-century in Abu Dhabi, had a finger injury during the Test that prevented him from fielding in the slips. Interim coach Mohsin Khan said Umar Gul also had a few niggles, but nothing serious. Both should be fit to play, and if there are no other fitness issues, expect Pakistan to name an unchanged XI.Pakistan (likely): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Taufeeq Umar, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Adnan Akmal (wk), 8 Umar Gul, 9 Aizaz Cheema, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Junaid KhanSri Lanka could tinker with their bowling attack, considering the one used in Abu Dhabi struggled to make an impact. Nuwan Pradeep went wicketless on debut. Their bowling bench-strength comprises fast bowler Dhammika Prasad and offspinner Suraj Randiv. The inability of Mathews to bowl severely affects the balance of their team because there is space for only four specialist bowlers and no allrounder.Sri Lanka (likely): 1 Tharanga Paranavitana, 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), 8 Nuwan Pradeep/Dhammika Prasad/Suraj Randiv, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Chanaka Welegedera, 11 Suranga Lakmal.

Pitch and conditions

The temperatures are expected to be in the mid-30s but the pitch temperature will be a few degrees higher. Tillakaratne Dilshan said he expected the pitch to have more bounce than the one in Abu Dhabi did. “A good test wicket,” he called it.

Stats & Trivia

• There were four hundreds scored in Dubai’s maiden Test, when Pakistan played South Africa last year. In the second innings, the two teams scored an aggregate of 661 runs for the loss of five wickets; in the first, they scored 628 for the loss of 20. Three out of four hundreds were scored in the second innings.
• Since the beginning of 2009, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan have added five century partnerships in seven innings. Their partnerships are: 130, 186*, 3, 142, 118, 100, 8* – 687 runs at 137.40.
• Kumar Sangakkara needs 32 to equal Inzamam-ul-Haq’s record for most runs scored in Tests between these two teams. Inzamam scored 1559 in 31 innings; Sangakkara has 1527 in 21, at an average of 80.36.

Quotes

” After such a [bad] performance in the field, we got two days so we have worked really hard on that, let’s hope for the best in the second test”
.”We had discussions on which area to improve and did that in training sessions. As a batting unit we are fully prepared to do well in this Test. Confidence is really high after the way we made a comeback and did so many things to save it [the first Test].”
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