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Umpiring at home over the past three years under the constant pressure put by the big Indian stars has helped Nitin Menon grow immensely as an ICC Elite Panel umpire, preparing him well for his much-awaited Ashes debut next month.

Over the past 12 months, Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum and their gloriously free-spirited England team have taken cricket fans on an unexpected journey from the utterly abject to the thrillingly absurd. Over the next six weeks, they have the chance to drag the rest of the country along, too.

A moment’s silence was held for Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates at Edgbaston on Friday.

London’s pubs — already experiencing a heatwave boost — were expecting crowds of early drinkers as play between England and Australia started at 11am

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