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Most impressive is most of the players would not have got a chance had not most of the original squad been ruled out because of covid. it was a first international century forjames vince that enabled england s men to chase down a record target at edgbaston to beat pakistan by three wickets in the final one day international and win the series 3 nil. after being set a target of 332 to win, england were in trouble at 165 for five but vince, stood firm to hit but vince stood firm to hit 102 balls and prove this was anything but a second string side. and there was also an innings of 77 from lewis gregory, which helped them to victory with two overs to spare. pretty impressive since the whole squad was drafted in last minute, and yet they managed to earn their place in the history books. to be able to get out there and make a contribution like that and get a hundred in front of a pretty noisy crowd on a good day and contribute towards a win, you know, obviously i would have liked to be th ....
Because of a knee injury. the 20 time grand slam winner says he s suffered a set back and is greatly disappointed at not being able to represent switzerland in tokyo. england s cricketers have chased down a record target at edgbaston to beat pakistan by three wickets in the final one day international and win the series 3 0. set a target of 332 to win, england were in trouble at 165 for 5 but a first international century from james vince, and an innings of 77 from lewis gregory, helped them to victory with two overs to spare. we ve got to get out there and make a contribution like that and get 100 in front of it. pretty noisy crowd and a good day and contribute toward the wind. obviously would have liked to be there at the end but once the boys get over the line it sort of settled down a bit and really enjoyed it. at the tour de france defending champion tadej pogacar remains in the race leaders yellow ....
Didn t hold a ceremony to welcome athletes and officials to the village in tokyo s harumi waterfront district, amid continuing covid restrictions. meanwhile, british number one johanna konta will miss the olympics after testing positive for covid. she developed the symptoms whilst in isolation after withdrawing from wimbledon because a member of her team had tested positive. she says she s been unable to train for the past two and a half weeks and she won t be ready for the games. and roger federer is also out of the olympics because of a knee injury. the 20 time grand slam winner says he s suffered a set back and is greatly disappointed at not being able to represent switzerland in tokyo. england s cricketers have chased down a record target at edgbaston to beat pakistan by three wickets in the final one day international and win the series 3 0. set a target of 332 to win, england were in trouble at 165 for 5 but a first international century from james vince, and an innings of 77 ....