Oct 12, 2026
Smith’s four catches took him past Root’s record, and Australia lead South Africa by 139 in Durban
Steven Smith caught four South Africans on day three at Kingsmead, and the second of them made him the first fielder to 221 Test catches.
Joe Root
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Sep 15, 2026
Stephen Fleming left Chennai in July, and he spent Monday driving round England’s county grounds
England have split the head coach job in two, and the incoming Test coach is spending a fortnight working out how to share a squad with Brendon McCull...
Sep 12, 2026
Pakistan were still two runs behind with eight wickets down, and Razaullah’s nine sixes left England chasing 130
A 21-year-old debutant batting at No. 9 hit 81 off 63 balls and added 121 with Mohammad Abbas, turning a certain innings defeat at Edgbaston into a fo...
Sep 11, 2026
Root’s 220th catch was an edge in the first over, and it took him past Steve Smith
No fielder in the history of Test cricket has taken more catches than Joe Root. The one that got him there came off Ollie Robinson in the opening over...
Sep 9, 2026
Pakistan were 26 for 4 in the tenth over at Edgbaston, and extras were their second-top scorer at lunch
Ollie Robinson had figures of 8-3-9-2 and Josh Tongue took three as Pakistan slid to 100 for 7 by the first interval of the third Test, with two of th...
Aug 29, 2026
Robinson bowled 13 overs for 11 runs, and Pakistan were 180 behind before tea
Ollie Robinson took 4 for 11 from 13 overs as Pakistan were bowled out for 110 at Lord’s on Friday, and England closed day two of the second Test 261...
Aug 28, 2026
Abbas reached 900 first-class wickets at Lord’s, and England were 248 for 9 when the light went
Rain held the start up until 12.20pm, Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Ali shared seven wickets, and England lost nine of them in 56 overs on the opening d...
Aug 25, 2026
Carse was de-arrested within minutes in Derby, and England still took him out of the Lord’s squad
The Cricket Regulator is investigating Brydon Carse over a brief arrest outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night. Hampshire’s Sonny Baker replaces him...
Aug 22, 2026
Robinson and Tongue took eight each, and England were finished with Pakistan inside three days
Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and 135 at Headingley, and Joe Root’s return as England captain has started with an innings win and 12 World Test Cha...
Aug 21, 2026
Usman is the first visiting spinner to take five at Headingley since 1972, and Pakistan trail by 195
Ali Usman’s 5 for 92 was the first five-wicket haul by a visiting spinner at Headingley since the 1972 Ashes. Pakistan dropped Harry Brook on 1, and E...
Aug 20, 2026
Pakistan lost a wicket to the first ball at Headingley, and were all out for 171
Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets apiece as England bowled Pakistan out inside 49 overs on a rain-hit opening day in Leeds. England clo...
Aug 17, 2026
Babar was cleared for Headingley, then ruled out of the first Test
A rising ball from Manny Lumsden hit Babar Azam on the right middle finger at Beckenham. He was cleared to play on Monday, then ruled out of the first...
Aug 17, 2026
England lost the Ashes, the coach and the captain, and have handed the Test side back to Joe Root
Joe Root captains England again at Headingley on Wednesday, four years after giving the job up, with Ben Stokes retired, Brendon McCullum out of the r...
Aug 13, 2026
Root scraps England’s curfew and tells his players to be adults
Joe Root has removed the midnight curfew England imposed after the Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson night out in June, six days before he leads the side ou...
Aug 10, 2026
England name Root’s first squad in four years, and Pakistan land for their first Tests here since 2020
Joe Root is England’s Test captain again, four years after he gave the job up, and his first squad brings Dan Lawrence back at six. Pakistan arrived f...
Aug 7, 2026
Bethell hurt his knee against India, and it has cost him England’s whole Pakistan series
Jordan Cox goes in at three, Dan Lawrence is back after two years, and Joe Root has the first squad of his second spell as captain.
Aug 1, 2026
Everyone wants Stokes back for the 2027 Ashes except Stokes
Australia’s coach floated the fairytale, England’s managing director would not rule it out, and the man himself said in June he would be watching from...
Jul 31, 2026
Root returns as England’s Test captain, but Fleming does not start until December
England have handed the Test captaincy back to Joe Root and the coaching job to Stephen Fleming, fresh from 18 years at Chennai Super Kings. Neither a...
Jul 26, 2026
Ravindra’s 98 off 44 and Ferguson’s four wickets send Welsh Fire top of the Hundred
Welsh Fire are the only side with two wins in the men’s Hundred after Rachin Ravindra made 98 of their 167 in Cardiff and Lockie Ferguson took four wi...
Jul 20, 2026
Duckett’s record 141 downs India as England seal the ODI series at Lord’s
England beat India by 27 runs at Lord’s to take the ODI series 2-1, with Ben Duckett’s record 141 outgunning a fighting 138 from Rohit Sharma.
Jul 18, 2026
Joe Root’s golden ODI run could not have come at a better time for England
At 35, Joe Root is in the best one-day form of his career. His unbeaten 99 at Cardiff was only the latest reminder before England and India settle the...
Jul 17, 2026
India and England head to a Lord’s decider with the series level
The three-match series reaches Lord’s on Sunday tied at 1-1, with India and England each having landed one win and a decider left to separate them.
Jul 17, 2026
Root’s unbeaten 99 levels the series as England beat India in Cardiff
Joe Root carried England’s chase and finished stranded on 99 not out as the hosts beat India by four wickets in Cardiff to level the one-day series at...
Jul 14, 2026
Test cricket records: the biggest numbers in the sport’s oldest format
Test cricket has produced records that have stood for decades and a few that are shifting right now. Here are the biggest numbers the format has throw...