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Who was the first Indian to take ten or more wickets in a Test? (ESPNcricinfo.com)

Click here to reload the page if the quiz does not appear below. 1 / 10. Where did India play their first home Test? Bombay Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai.

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Multi-format player workloads top of agenda for England's new ... (ESPNcricinfo.com)

Mott, McCullum and Key to discuss schedule of 12 white-ball games in 25 days straight after India Test.

We caught up for a lovely lunch the other day in London and we share a lot of the same ideas: we both put the team at the forefront of our minds and work out how we get the best out of individuals to work as a team. "The way we set up, he's listed at No. 5 but chatting to Morgs, there's always a chance he'll go up higher," Mott said. Mott was quick to defend him, describing him as "an inspirational leader" and suggested that missing Wednesday's game could "light the fire" ahead of a busy July. Of course, he'd love to get some runs and there's some opportunities coming up. we've all come in at pretty much the same time, so we're all open to getting the best way to work through things and getting face-to-face next week will be really important for that." "Whoever gets that opportunity, you want them to step up and they all have."

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Sophie Ecclestone is world No. 1, but she's looking to fill an ... (ESPNcricinfo.com)

The world's leading limited-overs bowler talks about wanting to win a World Cup, her approach to left-arm spin, and her ambition of batting at No.

To be competing for gold medals is going to be quite a big thing and for it to be in England is quite big too. It's just adapting to the conditions on the day and bowling as well as I can do and talking it through with Gareth." Winning a major trophy is a major goal ahead of me now." "I am quite a tall spinner, so my height has a key impact for me, getting the bounce that I get on when it's a good wicket." Ecclestone will have plenty of opportunities to grow into a well-rounded cricketer in the upcoming big-ticket home summer. "Heather [Knight, the England captain] always brings me on when we need a wicket or some things happen, so it's massive for me to do the basics right, like, staying alert, keeping that concentration throughout and just performing well when I'm asked to." It's down to him, really, that I am the bowler that I am. It's just getting a bit of head space mentally and have energy for the season." Among other things, it speaks of her ease of operating in all phases of a T20 innings. During that undefeated patch in the league stage, she took three back-to-back three-wicket hauls, and followed them up with a career-best 6 for 36 in the semi-final. "I told myself I should just keep it simple and enjoy it. "Funnier even to see how much has changed since I was 16-17 when I made my senior debut [for Lancashire] and for England. I'm really happy [the way] I'm going.

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Zak Crawley saw the signs, but Trent Boult opened up his eyes (ESPNcricinfo.com)

Batters always know what's coming, the problem is doing something about it.

He's obviously done seriously well with Rajasthan in the IPL and to see him come out here a few days later and dominate Test cricket is really cool." They hit six boundaries in the second half of his spell, taking 34 runs from his next four overs to leave him with surreal, unflattering figures of 8-2-43-3 when replaced by Tim Southee: it was neither subtle nor convincing, and by the time his spell was over, England were in a wreckage at 69 for 6. When he returned for a second spell, Jonny Bairstow and Jamie Overton had changed the game entirely. Crawley's bat comes down at an angle as he shapes to drive him back down the ground, towards mid-on, and marches straight off towards the dressing room, bowled through the gate. He knows it because he has offered no shot to three of the first four balls of the over, each of them outswingers, and defended the one that held its line. He has scored 56 runs in the series and is averaging 27.21 after 23 Tests. As Chris Eigeman's character says in Noah Baumbach's film Kicking and Screaming: "What I used to able to pass off as a bad summer could now potentially turn into a bad life."

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Lyon: 'Remarkable to be around for that long and have played a role ... (ESPNcricinfo.com)

The offspinner returns to Galle, the scene of his Test debut, as one of the most prolific Australian bowlers.

It is pretty remarkable to be around for that long and have played a role in Australian cricket. "It's a good question and to be honest I hate answering it," he said. "They may find a couple of hard days but I promise you one thing, there are a lot more hard days than good days in Test cricket." In my eyes the hard work is still to be done. "I was only talking to family the other day about where things started," he said. "It will be brilliant to have Dan on board. "I was pretty nervous just being around the likes of Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke and these guys," Lyon said. You get in trouble where you change and try to force the game," he said. Now he's back on the subcontinent with Australia hoping to further their push for a place in the World Test Championship final. "Before that I'd never really taken many five-fors in my life so didn't really know what to expect," he said. "All I tried to do was bowl my best ball," Lyon recalled, speaking to ESPNcricinfo, as he prepared to return to Galle for Australia's upcoming two-match series. There are still only 20 to have done it in the history of the game (bizarrely, Shaminda Eranga did it later in the same series and Lyon's fellow debutant, Trent Copeland, had struck with his second delivery just an hour earlier).

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