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Second ODI at Trent Bridge; first one washed out by rainGet in touch! Email Simon about the game or tweet/X him2nd over: England 21-0 (Salt 8, Jacks 13) There was, Mark Butcher says, “a heavy dew” this morning, but Will Jacks’ cover drives, seem to skim nicely across the outfield and he clearly enjoys watching them go – he hits three in a row off Josh Little.1st over: England 8-0 (Salt 8, Jacks 0) Salt shovels one off his pads and just past fine leg for four, and pings the next in a similar direction for four more. The over ends with a loud lbw appeal, but the ball swung from outside off into Salt’s back pad and was surely heading past leg, and the umpire shook his head (actually ball tracking shows it would have clipped leg stump, but had Ireland reviewed it would have been umpire’s call). Continue reading...