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17th over: England 50-3 (Root 17, Stokes 25) Due to an administrative error I didn’t post the 17th-over update before Stokes was dismissed at the start of the 18th, and now it all seems terribly out of date so let’s just forget it ever happened, yes? Anyway, the players are taking drinks.
@Simon_Burnton ESPN tells me that the lowest aggregate score in a result test match is 235. Yes, really. SA v Aus, 1932. SA 36 & 45, Aus 153 for an innings and 72 runs victory. Goodness knows what they were playing on!
This one definitely didn’t hit the bat at any point, and England don’t bother reviewing (though I thought it might have been heading down the leg side). It did look like Stokes made a last-ditch attempt to send it upstairs, but a second too late.
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