FORWARD DEFENSIVES COULD STOP TEAM GOING BACKWARDS

Derek Pringle argues that DRS means umpires are trigger-happy and batsmen are much less keen to play the ball late

Leg theory: Mohammed Abbas has taken a high percentage of his wickets with legbefore dismissals

Wide of the mark: Joe Root’s waft in the first innings was indicative of a lack of discipline by England’s batting
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Today’s cricketers live in an age of precision analysis, not that the data crunching appears to be doing England’s Test players much good. They have lost eight of their last 15 Test matches, ...

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