County cricket: Brook and Root come up short as Yorkshire labour at Lord’s
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It was a difficult day for the batters all told as the Dukes ball worked its magic in soggy conditionsMy son, doing Georgraphy revision, tells me there was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake in Derbyshire last night. Perhaps that rattled the slip cauldron, as reported BTL. Leicestershire 22-0Durham have won the toss and will bat. Looks brisk. Continue reading

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