CategoriesNews SportsJoe Root’s record-breaking 34th Test century helped put England on the verge of a match and series victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Lord’s. Already in a commanding overnight position, Root and Harry Brook’s fourth-wicket partnership of 58 helped grow England’s lead to 390 runs by lunch and they eventually left Sri […]
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CategoriesNews SportsMatthew Potts and Olly Stone took two wickets apiece as England’s pace bowlers made their mark after Gus Atkinson had starred with the bat on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. Potts and Stone, who are injury replacements for captain Ben Stokes and Mark Wood respectively, impressed with the ball […]
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CategoriesNews SportsJoe Root showed his class as he hit a record-equalling 33rd Test century at Lord’s to help steady England against Sri Lanka on day one of the second Test. Root equalled former England captain Sir Alastair Cook’s record of hitting the most Test match centuries for England and brought up his milestone in style by […]
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CategoriesNews SportsThe County Championship Division Two match between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire was abandoned on day one of play on Thursday after the umpires deemed the Bristol pitch too dangerous to play on. A Gloucestershire statement read that the umpires felt there was a “foreseeable risk to the batters” on the hybrid pitch and that they expected […]
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CategoriesNews SportsOlly Stone is set for his first Test appearance in more than three years after being named in England’s side to face Sri Lanka at Lord’s. The Nottinghamshire seamer replaces pace ace Mark Wood, who was ruled out of the remaining two matches in the series after picking up a thigh strain on day three […]
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CategoriesNews SportsFormer England captain Nasser Hussain has backed Josh Hull to succeed after his call-up to the red-ball set-up ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Spotify This content is provided by Spotify, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can […]
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CategoriesNews SportsEngland have selected uncapped Warwickshire duo Jacob Bethell and Dan Mousley for September’s white-ball games against Australia but Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow have been left out. Bethell, 20, a left-handed batter and spin bowler, has been picked for the three-match T20 series and five one-day internationals that follow after scoring 356 runs for Birmingham […]
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CategoriesNews SportsSky Sports’ Megan Wellens looks back at some of the storylines – on and off the pitch – as England took a 1-0 lead in their three-Test series against Sri Lanka with a win at Emirates Old Trafford… What would Stokes do? If I had counted the amount of times the phrase “without Stokes” was […]
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