After recovering from a knee injury, the Ashes series player made his time with England count. Fortunately, Woakes’ story has a happy conclusion. Given a sample size of three Test matches out of a potential five, Chris Woakes’ selection as player of the series for the 2023 Ashes was impressive. But, given the significance of […]
But the skipper insists his team can be proud of retaining the Ashes. Pat Cummins lamented “missed opportunities” as Australia was forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in the Ashes series, Pat Cummins lamented “missed opportunities” as Australia was forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in the Ashes series, but claimed the […]
According to India’s coach, they must provide backup players with playing time before the Asia Cup and World Cup. Dravid meant that the team is willing to strike a balance between giving players opportunities, India head coach Rahul Dravid does not want to “make the mistake” of letting the 1-1 ODI series score divert […]
England have scored 4.86 in their second innings, ensuring that they will head into the final innings as clear favorites. Zak Crawley’s 73 brought him to 480 runs for the series England leads Australia by 377 runs with 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110). Saturday was […]
After Calvin Harrison’s legspin provides a slim first-inning lead, openers prosper. Nottinghamshire’s 350 and 176 for 1 (Slater 87*) are 210 runs ahead of Kent’s 316 (Finch 73, Harrison 4-28). Nottinghamshire put themselves in a position to dictate the final day’s terms as openers Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed built on a small first-innings lead […]
Despite the long tour, the Australia captain says he is in better condition heading into The Oval this time compared to in 2019. Pat Cummins recalls the final game of that series as the only time he worried about missing a Test due to exhaustion, The Ashes are secure, but Australia has a lot riding […]
“It’s past time for England to stop acting as if the urn was just stolen from their back pocket by a thief in the night,” argues Ben Horne in the Daily Telegraph. Australian won the Ashes with a little help from the weather in Manchester in a game where they felt the full force of […]
Australia’s captain admits to “strange” feelings but hopes to win the series at The Oval. Cummins was a member of the team that won the series 2-2 in 2019 after also retaining the urn at Old Trafford, In contrast to four years ago, Australia will not be celebrating reclaiming the Ashes, with Pat Cummins conscious […]
Bairstow’s unbroken 99 boosts England’s lead before Wood’s pace becomes the deciding factor once more. England 592 (Crawley 189, Bairstow 99*, Root 84, Brook 61, Moeen 54, Stokes 51, Hazlewood 5-126) trail Australia 317 and 113 for 4 (Labuschagne 44*, Wood 3-17) by 162 runs. Mark Wood bowled another fantastic, Mark Wood bowled another fantastic, […]
The hosts were in trouble at 53 for 4 in response to Surrey’s 433 all-out, which was based around Jamie Smith’s first-day ton. Simpson’s half-century came with a six into the Mound Stand, Surrey 433 (Smith 138, Burns 79, Clark 78, Helm 6-110) trail Middlesex 179 for 5 (Simpson 55*, Holden 55) by 254 runs. […]
