Jul 29, 2020
England announce squad for first Pakistan Test
As in the recently-concluded series against West Indies, the three-match series will be played out in a bio-secure environment behind closed doors.
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Jul 29, 2020
Holder hopes England tour Caribbean by end of the year
England and the West Indies have now met home and away in the past 18 months and there are no plans for Root’s side to visit the Caribbean in 2020.
Jul 29, 2020
Root happy with England bowling dilemma as Pakistan await
“Long may those headaches continue,” said Root about the plethora of talent to choose from in the England squad.
Jul 29, 2020
How Stuart Broad compares with the rest of the ‘500 club’
The 34-year-old England paceman became the seventh bowler to take 500 Test wickets.
Jul 29, 2020
Pakistan’s Akmal has three-year cricket ban halved on appeal
Despite the reduction, Umar Akmal complained he had been unfairly treated.
Jul 29, 2020
Suresh Raina: Rohit Sharma is the next MS Dhoni
The left-hand batsman believes that MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma share similar captaincy credentials and leadership qualities on as well as off the pitch...
Jul 28, 2020
Sri Lanka cricket announces premier league in August
Sri Lanka Cricket said the proposed 23-match Lanka Premier League (LPL) involving five teams will start on August 28 and end on September 20.
Jul 28, 2020
Stuart Broad takes 500 Test wickets
Broad became just the seventh bowler to reach the landmark when he had West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite plumb lbw for 19 at Old Trafford on the fi...
Jul 28, 2020
Resilient’ Stuart Broad has the world at his feet
Stuart Broad dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite at Old Trafford on Tuesday to become only the seventh bowler pick 500 Test wickets.
Jul 28, 2020
Broad at peak of powers, says ex-England captain Strauss
Broad is at an age where previous new-ball bowlers would have long since retired, although England would like them to keep going until the 2021/22 Ash...
Jul 28, 2020
Drop him again! Warner hails England nemesis Broad
Warner heaped praise on his Ashes nemesis Stuart Broad, who is on the brink of 500 Test wickets, joking selectors should drop the paceman more often.
Jul 28, 2020
Pakistan shortlist 20 players for England Tests
As many as nine members have been left out of Pakistan’s 20-man shortlist for their Test series against England, but they will be available for the T2...
Jul 27, 2020
Broad, Burns star as England set West Indies 399 to win series finale
No side have made more in the fourth innings to win an Old Trafford Test than England’s 294-4 against New Zealand in 2008.
Jul 27, 2020
Front-foot-no-balls to be TV umpire’s call in ODI Super League
It won’t be a first for the technology, which was earlier used during the West Indies vs India ODI series and the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this y...
Jul 27, 2020
Cricket one-day Super League launched to determine World Cup spots
The ICC’s 12 full members and the Netherlands will take part in the league, with each side playing four home and four away three-match series.
Jul 27, 2020
Rain frustrates Broad’s bid for 500 wickets, England win
Stuart Broad is just one wicket away from becoming only the seventh bowler to join the ‘500 club’.
Jul 27, 2020
Willey and Topley get England recalls for Ireland ODIs
The England group contains eight players who were members of the World Cup squad, with captain Eoin Morgan joined by experienced white-ball campaigner...
Jul 26, 2020
Broad takes six but West Indies avoid follow-on in England finale
Broad’s haul of 6-31 in 14 overs helped see the tourists dismissed for 197 — 172 runs behind England’s first innings total of 369 that featured his da...
Jul 26, 2020
Roach proud to join 200 club as Broad and Anderson roll on
Roach, who took his 200th Test wicket, was proud of his achievement in becoming the first West Indies bowler since Curtly Ambrose 26 years ago to reac...
Jul 25, 2020
Life in bubble ‘challenging and intense’ for England’s Pope
“You can’t go out for a coffee, you can’t see your family… it isn’t easy,” said the England batsman.
Jul 25, 2020
Stuart Broad revives England in West Indies finale
Veteran paceman Broad, on a ground where he was hit on the face by a bouncer from India’s Varun Aaron six years ago, hit back with a punishing 62.
Jul 25, 2020
Weight off my shoulders’: Pope leads England revival in Windies decider
Ollie Pope’s effort was all the more admirable as his first three innings this series had yielded scores of just 12, 12 and seven.
Jul 24, 2020
England and West Indies to compete for Richards-Botham Trophy
England and the West Indies will contest the new Richards-Botham Trophy when they next meet in a Test series.
Jul 24, 2020
Holder says man mountain Cornwall can be ‘best spinner’ of series
Rahkeem Cornwall was left on the sidelines for the first two matches of a three-Test series, with the West Indies content to rely on the same pace qua...