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27th over: England 109-1 (Leach 56, Roy 43) Thompson again, I’m feeling for the bowlers out there, it is hot enough sitting still with a lap top on my knee. Roy and Leach play carefully for lunch, nudge, nudge.
Thank you to Robert Wright for this fascinating bit of insider political knowledge: “This is a boring, political nerd point but one that strikes me because I’ve been working in parliament reporting on this week’s momentous events. The Theresa May picture could be of genuine political significance because of the other people in the picture. The person in the middle of the row behind is David Gauke, who was until yesterday justice secretary, and who has given his name to the “Gaukeward squad” of disaffected departed cabinet ministers who are expected to agitate against a no-deal Brexit. On the left of the picture is Greg Clark, another Remainer-ish MP who was forced out of the Cabinet yesterday. There has been speculation about whether Mrs May might join the Gaukeward squad. The picture suggests that, for cricket-watching purposes at least, she’s already in.”
26th over: England 106-1 (Leach 55, Roy 41) McBrine gets the honour of the last over before lunch. Roy dispatches a top-edged sweep for four and that isn’t lunch actually. England are suddenly only 16 runs behind and the pendulum has swung.
Written by Tanya Aldred and Rob Smyth (later)
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