VUNIPOLAS STAYING ON AT SARRIES

RUGBY LEAGUE

ENGLAND 1st innings A Cook b Ashwin .............................. 13 K Jennings b Shami ...................... 42 J Root run out .................................. 80 D Malan lbw b Shami ....................... 8 J Bairstow b Yadav ........................ 70 B Stokes c & b Ashwin ................... 21 J Buttler lbw b Ashwin ................... 0 S Curran not out ............................. 24 A Rashid lbw b I Sharma .............. 13 S Broad lbw b Ashwin ....................... 1 J Anderson not out ......................... 0 Extras (b9, lb4) ................................... 13 Total (9 wkts, 88 overs) .............. 285 Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-98, 3-112, 4-216, 5-223, 6-224, 7-243, 8-278, 9-283

Bowling: Yadav 17-2-56-1; I Sharma 17-1-46-1; Ashwin 25-7-60-4; Shami 19-2-64-2; Pandya 10-1-46-0 SARACENS have pulled off a coup by persuading brothers Mako and Billy Vunipola to re-sign through until 2022. The England duo are star performers for club and country and would be on the shopping list of every club in the game. Billy (left), coming off an injury-ravaged season, described it as a “straightforward” decision. “I’m very happy to be staying here,” he said. “It was always about how I enjoyed being around the club and the boys. “I’m looking forward to growing as a group and growing friendships I already have.” Mako said: “We’re very lucky a lot of us have grown up together and genuinely consider each other family.”