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England's victory hopes remain very much alive in the first LV= Insurance Test after Joe Root and Ben Stokes revived their side on day three of an absorbing ...

23 - The number of runs Joe Root needs for a century and also to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket But Root remains - the milestone of a 54th Test fifty now secured, the prospect of a 26th Test ton and 10,000 Test runs to come, and batting England to victory at the start of their new era very much on his radar. Joe Root (77no) takes England to within 61 runs of victory over New Zealand; former captain shares fifth-wicket stand of 90 with new skipper Ben Stokes (54) after Stokes reprieved by no-ball on one - watch day four of first Test from 10.15am, Sunday, on Sky Sports Cricket

England's Jude Bellingham reacts during the UEFA Nations League match at the Puskas Arena. Image: Alamy Stock Photo. ENGLAND SUFFERED a shock 1-0 loss to ...

The composition of the crowd made the pre-match jeering when England took the knee all the more jarring in Budapest, where the Magyars went on to secure a shock, albeit deserved, 1-0 win in the Group A3 opener. There were around 35,000 in attendance for a match that was supposedly being played behind closed doors as Hungary made the most out of regulations that allowed children to attend in such circumstances. ENGLAND SUFFERED a shock 1-0 loss to impressive Hungary in a Nations League opener that started with the depressing sound of boos from stands filled with children as Gareth Southgate’s side took the knee.

England's UEFA Nations League campaign got off to a miserable start as Gareth Southgate's side limped to a 1-0 defeat against Hungary in Budapest.

For many of those in the England team, they had less than three weeks between the Premier League ending and this game starting. Even as England toiled, Bowen remained the most likely source of goal and may have done better with a volley in the second half. The Three Lions have proven they can be flexible with systems and certainly have the players that are capable to do both. Bowen was tasked with working closely alongside Harry Kane, drifting in from the right side to offer support. A reminder that when this fixture was played back in September, Hungary were hit with a £150,000 fine for racially abusing England players. With neither side able to break the deadlock in the opening 45 minutes, Hungary had the first chance after the break when Zsolt Nagy's shot from distance fizzed past Jordan Pickford's post.

Jarrod Bowen is one of few positives as England suffer defeat to Hungary, a nation ranked 40th in the world; Trent Alexander-Arnold and James Justin ...

Combined well with Saka down the left as England looked to unlock the Hungary door. England struggled with Hungary's long diagonals throughout and the lapse in concentration epitomised Southgate's team as a whole. It seemed innocuous, even harsh, but the Chelsea full-back was penalised and booked for a foul inside the box on Nagy. A chance generated of his own making, but England had very little else to show from this abject display. When England looked to go through the middle, they were often caught on the ball, but the 18-year-old held his own. Led England out for the 46th time as captain, Kane often did much of his work outside of the box. Blocked a Loic Nego shot with his arm tight to his body in the second half. Eleven months out with an ACL injury, his England debut was cut short at the interval having felt a twinge in the opening period. Mature beyond his years, Bellingham's 12-game winning run for England was ended, but that record was partly due to Southgate turning to him during favourable matches. Was too straight and too slow in his pass to Jarrod Bowen which led to a quick turnover and an audacious effort from Adam Szalai with Pickford off his line. Rose to meet an Alexander-Arnold corner in the second half but was unable to direct his effort on target and his long diagonals were hit and miss. Showed his range of passing to switch play but quick ball was too rarely seen, and his tired corners were desperately over-hit.

Dominik Szoboszlai's penalty fired Hungary to an historic win on their UEFA Nations League A debut.

The four group winners in League A will advance to the knockout finals with, in principle, one appointed as hosts. The balance of finding out about new things and the consistency of the regular team, I have to look at whether I got that right." We need to look at how we performed and how we move forward because these are big games for us." Rossi talked pre-match of Hungary having earned the right to be in League A, and they've certainly proven that tonight. The heat was a factor and took a lot out of the players and we tried to refresh the team earlier than normal. He talked about heart, there being no such thing as a lost ball, and that if we fought until the end, victory could be ours."

England suffered a shock 1-0 loss to impressive Hungary in a Nations League opener that started with the depressing sound of boos from stands filled with ...

Bowen was denied from an acute angle and Kane rifled into the side-netting as the clock wound down, with Hungary holding on for a famous victory. Nagy fired wide and Hungary consistently unsteadied England down the flanks, with a deep cross leading to a 66th-minute winner. It was a let-off for England as play swung from end to end in the humid Hungarian capital, where Coady headed off target before Nagy forced Pickford into a smart save. The England goalkeeper was breathing a sigh of relief in the 33rd minute after Adam Szalai attempted to score an extraordinary opener. Hungary last beat England in 1962 and it was Dominik Szoboszlai who wrote his name into the history books, firing a well-struck penalty beyond Jordan Pickford in the second half. England suffered a shock 1-0 loss to impressive Hungary in a Nations League opener that started with the depressing sound of boos from stands filled with children as Gareth Southgate’s side took the knee.

A huge slice of luck for Ben Stokes and a classy innings from Joe Root moved England into a winning position on a gripping third day at the first LV= ...

He had one run from 19 balls when he sauntered down the pitch at De Grandhomme and played on with a crooked bat. Patel came off worst of all, swiped twice more into the stands and conceding four byes when he did beat the bat. That brought past and present captain together with more than 200 still to get and the familiar feeling of a collapse in the air. At 46 for three and the shine barely off the ball, England had boxed themselves into an awkward position. Crawley’s weakness in the channel saw him caught at gully for nine before Pope was comprehensively cleaned up by Trent Boult on 10. Alex Lees mustered 20 before offering no shot to Kyle Jamieson and watched on helplessly as the ball tailed into his off stump.

England were booed as they took a knee before kick-off in Saturday's Nations League game against Hungary.

The young people in the stadium hopefully pick that message up tomorrow." Separately, Hungary were given a two-match stadium ban, with one game suspended for two years, and a 200,000 Swiss francs fan by FIFA for racist chanting during England's last visit to Budapest -- September's World Cup qualifier which ended in a 4-0 win for Southgate's side. Part of UEFA's punishment -- which was reduced from a three-game ban on appeal to two matches with one suspended for a period of two years and a €100,000 fine -- was to display anti-racism messaging inside the ground.

Joe Root's unbeaten 77 and a half-century from the captain, Ben Stokes, gave England hope of beating New Zealand, despite Kyle Jamieson's best efforts with ...

It could yet prove the decisive moment of the match. The belated introduction of spinner Ajaz Patel also offered a chance to free his arms after tea, with three sixes heaved into the Grandstand. With Pope’s first Test match at No3 ended by a corker from Boult on 10, the left-armer getting one to swing in from around the wicket, nip and uproot off stump, England were 46 for three and in need of resistance. Get his side over the line, with 15 overs until the new ball, and it will likely taste as sweet as any of the 27 victories secured in his old job. Anyone travelling to Lord’s for the fourth day of this first Test is advised to take their seat early, likewise those tuning it at home. The former captain looks in fine touch and has Ben Foakes for company on nine not out.

Dominik Szoboszlai's cool second-half penalty gave Hungary a 1-0 win against England in a match in which the visiting players were booed when taking the ...

At the end, Kane shot weakly when he might have squared for the substitute Jack Grealish. England had come up short. Jarrod Bowen was a willing runner off the right on his debut and, after seeing an early effort blocked by Attila Szalai, his eyes lit up when Alexander-Arnold picked him out with a cross from the right. It looked as though he had pulled it off only for the long-range lob to veer off target at the last. Addressing a high diagonal from left to right, Loic Nego volleyed over a sumptuous first-time ball, low along the corridor of uncertainty behind England’s back line, and it was made to measure for Szoboszlai. Out flew Pickford and he certainly spooked Szoboszlai, who could only prod past him with little power. The award was soft – rather like England up to that point – but it was correct and punishment for a moment of clumsiness from Reece James, who had only just entered as a substitute. And so he stepped across Zsolt Nagy to make sure that the Hungary wing-back could not give chase.