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Harry Brook agonisingly short of century as England out just six behind India

Harry Brook reacts after being caught for 99 (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Harry Brook fell one short of a hometown hundred as England were bowled out for 465 at Headingley – leaving India just six ahead on day three of the first Rothesay Test.

The Yorkshire crowd was poised and ready to celebrate the local boy’s century as he faced up to Prasidh Krishna on 99 but instead shared his deflation as he turned a pull straight down the neck of the fine-leg fielder.

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