Over-by-over report on the action at Lord’sEd Smith aims to widen options after Malan’s omissionEmail nick.miller@theguardian.com or get in touch via Twitter 2.46pm BST Shall we have a quiz? Or, more specifically, nick a quiz from our friends at the Nightwatchmen (buy/subscribe here), on hat-tricks? Here are the questions, if you promise not to Google/look at the replies on the tweets. Email your answers in, I’ll post the answers just after the next inspection at 3pm BST.Q1: Moeen Ali’s hat-trick against South Africa at the Oval in 2017, Test cricket’s 43rd, was the first Test hat-trick on the ground. It was also unique in one other way. What was that?Q2: The Test hat-tricks of Courtney Walsh and Merv Hughes share which unusual feature?Q3: Shane Warne took one Test hat-trick, versus England at the MCG in 1994. Which three players did he dismiss?Q4: Who took two Test hat-tricks within nine days in March 1999?Q5: Who is the only player to take a hat-trick and score a hundred in the same Test? 2.40pm BST Weather news: it’s brightened up a bit, and there’s going to be an inspection at 3pm. Continue reading…
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