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Live updates from the series opener at Old TraffordIreland’s glorious centuries power them past England in third ODIDrop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred 1.52pm BST 27th over: Pakistan 58-2 (Babar Azam 9; Shan Masood 27) Barbar Azam, neat beard and moustache visible through his helmet, short sleeved shirt, clops leg-side Anderson slop for four to the fine leg boundary; then nips a less assured squirty single. 1.48pm BST 26th over: Pakistan 53-2 (Babar Azam 4; Shan Masood 27) Masood plays and misses at Broad’s first ball after lunch, and Broad varies long then short throughout the over. We have a first-hand witness: “I’m a long time OBO reader, first time contributor,” taps Gina.“I was in that 2019 CWC Opening Ceremony (on the far left in the Viv Richards photo) and can confirm that not only was Chris Hughes present, but also that he is a very useful batsman, as one of his cover drives hit me hard on the knee at close range. Oh, and England (CH and KP) won that game of street cricket, a portent of the CWC itself!” Continue reading…

• Live updates from the series opener at Old Trafford
• Ireland’s glorious centuries power them past England in third ODI
• Drop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred

1.52pm BST

27th over: Pakistan 58-2 (Babar Azam 9; Shan Masood 27) Barbar Azam, neat beard and moustache visible through his helmet, short sleeved shirt, clops leg-side Anderson slop for four to the fine leg boundary; then nips a less assured squirty single.

1.48pm BST

26th over: Pakistan 53-2 (Babar Azam 4; Shan Masood 27) Masood plays and misses at Broad’s first ball after lunch, and Broad varies long then short throughout the over.

We have a first-hand witness: “I’m a long time OBO reader, first time contributor,” taps Gina.“I was in that 2019 CWC Opening Ceremony (on the far left in the Viv Richards photo) and can confirm that not only was Chris Hughes present, but also that he is a very useful batsman, as one of his cover drives hit me hard on the knee at close range. Oh, and England (CH and KP) won that game of street cricket, a portent of the CWC itself!”

Continue reading…