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Lord’s has a way of making even accomplished cricketers conscious of history. In August 1996, however, the old ground seemed to exert no such intimidation over the 15-year-old leading India in the final of the Lombard Under-15 Challenge Cup. Pakistan had made 222 for seven, and the Indian captain had already imposed himself on the…

East Zone batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned an ordinary Duleep Trophy quarterfinal into a memorable one by taking crucial wickets with his left-arm spin after a batting failure, securing a dominant victory.

Former England cricket captain Sir Andrew Strauss made scathing comments about the lack of loyalty of Tory MPs to Rishi Sunak in the run up to his general election defeat in 2024.