England v India: second men’s cricket Test, day one – live | England v India 2025

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Lunchtime email: “Do we just give up on complaining about the woeful over rate now, and just accept it?” wonders Adrian Riley. “I know all teams are bad, but England now seem the worst. They don’t even get near 90 overs these days, even with the extra half hour. I reckon they’ll do about 75 by 6pm.”

It’s quite hard to measure what’s acceptable when things happen in the game – this morning, for example, there was an open window, a moving steward and two attempts to change the ball which I think I neglected to mention. So it’s not simply a reflection of callous players, but it does feel annoying when the players disappear at 6.30 with the light still more than good enough.

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