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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Daniel Gallan at the Oval

England embarrassed after 10-wicket thrashing by India in first ODI

India's Jasprit Bumrah jumps for joy after bowling England’s Liam Livingstone for a duck, one of his six wickets at the Oval.
India's Jasprit Bumrah jumps for joy after bowling England’s Liam Livingstone for a duck, one of his six wickets at the Oval. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

Perhaps good fortune is a finite resource in English cricket. Maybe there’s only so much of it to go around and Brendon McCullum used more than his fair share in overhauling the Test team.

More pragmatic cricketing reasons lie at the heart of a thumping 10-wicket win for India in which Jasprit Bumrah took six for 19 as England were bowled out for 110 inside 26 overs before Rohit Sharma’s 58-ball 76 hauled in the target with ruthless efficiency.

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