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January 27, 2021 England / Pakistan / South Africa / Sri Lanka

Root’s Moose Cup Powered by Daraz | Mop-up of the day

3 minute readThree things, okay? Thing 1 Just as with Botham’s Ashes, the 2021 Moose Cup Powered by Daraz seems destined to be forever remembered as Root’s Moose Cup Powered by Daraz. In the first Test, Sri Lanka made 135 and then Joe Root made 228. In the second Test, Root made

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