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All this at the end of another sapping day in the heat, as England’s stint in the field stretched to six sessions and Salman Ali Agha became the third home batter to register a century.

There was an early-season shoulder injury that sidelined Miller for two months, sapping the momentum he built in a dazzling 11-strikeout gem in his season debut.

Recent months have already shown some backsliding into dryness, in part because record-smashing heat has been sapping moisture from the air and landscape.

“My challenges in old age are getting more difficult, and the anxiety and stress this causes me is sapping my energy and will-power,” Richey wrote in her public comments for the City Council.

In sapping heat, England worked hard in their first day in the field since the retirement of bowler James Anderson.