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Misano MotoGP test: Bagnaia fastest as Marquez returns

Misano MotoGP winner Francesco Bagnaia may have topped day one of the test with a 1’31.292 but there was more than just looking at the timesheets, because Marc Marquez made his long-awaited return to action and Yamaha rolled out a 2023 engine.

South Africa's top order batsmen challenged to do better in decisive Test

The two countries are level at 1-1 after the opening two Tests, both of which were won by an innings and concluded inside three days. They meet at The Oval from Thursday in the final Test of the series. South Africa's bowlers decimated England in the first Test at Lord's but were put the sword in the second at Old Trafford where South Africa failed to score more than 200 runs in either innings.

3rd Test: Stage set for series decider between England and South Africa

South Africa won the first Test at Lord's by an innings and 12 runs, before England, led by the captain marvel Ben Stokes, thrashed the tourists by an innings and 85 runs at Old Trafford. The dust has settled on that encounter and in the interim both teams have lost an important member of their middle order, with England's Jonny Bairstow having suffered a freak leg injury playing golf and South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen nursing a fractured finger. Both seam attacks are world class, and for the third Test running it is likely that the bat – and who can get first innings runs – will decide the outcome.