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Australia going into a Test match with two spinners is something that is very
rare even in the subcontinent. The last occasion they toured Sri Lanka in 2011,
the only spinner in their eleven for the three-Test series was off-spinner
Nathan Lyon who is expected to spearhead his country’s spin department once
again in the upcoming Test series.
Dialog Super Sevens
rugby series auction:
Some of the top Sri Lankan ruggerites were brought for as much as Rs. 750,000 at
the local player auction held in Colombo yesterday for the upcoming Dialog Super
Sevens Rugby tournament. Out of 181 players who are representing the local rugby
clubs, 72 were brought by the eight franchises and the highest offer for a
player was Sri Lankan rupees 750,000/- .
MANCHESTER, Saturday - Pakistan collapsed to 57 for four in reply to England’s
first innings 589 for eight declared, a deficit of 532 runs, at stumps on the
second day of the second Test at Old Trafford on Saturday.Chris Woakes took
three for 18 in six overs before Shan Masood (30 not out) and Pakistan captain
Misbah-ul-Haq (one not out) got through to the close. Earlier, Joe Root made 254
as he became just the fourth England batsman after Denis Compton (278,
Nottingham 1954) Ted Dexter (205, Karachi 1962) and current captain Alastair
Cook (263, Abu Dhabi 2015) to score a double century against Pakistan in a Test
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