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'Please, 3-0!' - Goswami's request to Harmanpreet and Rodrigues

The duo caught up with Goswami over a video call from Lord's

Who better than Jhulan Goswami to give a pep talk to the India players before an ODI at Lord's? Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues had a video chat with the legendary fast bowler, who has asked them to "go for a 3-0 win" against England in the ODI series, which India lead 1-0 at the moment.
Goswami, one of India's greatest fast bowlers, finished her long and distinguished career at Lord's, in an ODI against England in September 2022, picking up two wickets in an India win. And India have won more often than they have not on the ongoing tour of England. They won the five-match T20I series 3-2, and have since gone one-up in the ODIs, with Rodrigues, among others, playing a key role in the first ODI, which India won by four wickets.
The second ODI of the series will be played at Lord's on Saturday.
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Ben Duckett sledges Shubman Gill, stump-mic chatter - the drama from the England-India Lord's Test
The Lord's Test between England and India is perfectly placed for an exciting final-day finish with India needing 135 runs to win with six wickets in hand. We haven't been able to take our eyes off the action so far - the dismissals, the banter, the delaying tactics, the aggression shown by both sides. Here's a quick social-media round-up in case you missed it.
This was the reception Joe Root received in the Long Room as he walked out to bat in the second innings on day four - warm, but polite, applause, you could call it.
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Stuart Broad recalls his longest first-baller ever'
Stuart Broad might be a full-fledged commentator now talking about the action out in the middle, but he still has to relive his playing days now and then. Jonathan Agnew reminded him of his ten first-ball dismissals in Tests and asked if he could pick the one that "would put a smile on the commentator's face". Broad knew the "innings" Aggers wished to talk about and offered an explanation for what Aggers called "the longest first-baller there's ever been".
It was the Adelaide Ashes Test in 2013-14. England were 117 for 6 in response to Australia's 570 when Broad walked out to bat. "So I got out to the middle," Broad recalled. "Mitchell Johnson's obviously bowling pretty quick. And beautiful blue sky at Adelaide. Belting sunshine and the sun was reflecting something off the sight screen directly at me. In fairness, Brad Haddin, the wicketkeeper, came up to the stumps and said, 'I can see that too brightly where I'm wicketkeeping. Can we get something put over the sight screen in that corner?'
"But they had to go get ladders and all sorts. I do remember thinking: this is taking too long. And then I overthought the trigger. I overthought what he [Johnson] was going to bowl to me. I told myself 5000 times he's going to bounce me. And he didn't. It was full. Hit my stumps and I went."
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Tendulkar's picture-perfect day at Lord's
Thursday was the opening day of the third Test between India and England at Lord's. And it was a special day for Sachin Tendulkar, the format's most prolific batter, at the Home of Cricket.
He started the day by unveiling his portrait, painted by British artist Stuart Pearson Wright, at the MCC Museum at Lord's. "I first visited Lord's as a teenager in 1988, and returned in 1989 with the Star Cricket Club team," he posted on social media. "I remember standing near the pavilion, soaking in the history and dreaming quietly.
"Today, to have my portrait unveiled at this very place is a feeling that's hard to put into words. Life has truly come full circle. I'm grateful, and filled with wonderful memories."
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