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England go down to defeat as Series is drawn
Western Morning News
|August 05, 2025
‘The game felt like it was won and lost on a number of occasions over the past few days but England looked to have settled it on the third afternoon, when the twin centuries of Joe Root and Harry Brook took them to 301 for three.
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From there they lost seven for 66, culminating in the high drama of Woakes’ walking wounded cameo.
Stokes paid tribute to his bravery but doubled down on his position that injury substitutes have no part in Test cricket. India’s Rishabh Pant batted at Old Trafford with a broken foot and Shoaib Bashir took the winning wicket at Lord’s with a broken little finger in his left hand.
This story is from the August 05, 2025 edition of Western Morning News.
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