Formula 1’s new era was always going to bring questions, but its first week of serious running has raised more than most. With one more preseason test in Bahrain still to come, ESPN makes sense of a fascinating three days in Sakhir.
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- Zimbabwe bat with two changes; Farooqi back for Afghanistan
- S Meghana retires from all formats at 30
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