Tea West Indies 194 for 5 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 42*, Da Silva 35*) vs England England kept chipping away at West Indies’ early good work, but an unbroken 79-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Jason Holder and Joshua Da Silva limited the damage. Two early wickets in the afternoon […]
West Indies in England
Unchanged England seek 3-0, as Test cricket desperately seeks a contest
Big picture: Can WI go to the well again? They were putting out the bunting ever so briefly at Trent Bridge last week. Roll up, roll up, free entry for the fifth and final day! Relive the glories of that first heady summer of Bazball in 2022… marvel at the […]
Ben Duckett fifty puts England back in front
Tea England 416 and 116 for 1 (Duckett 61*, Pope 48*) lead West Indies 457 (Hodge 120, Da Silva 82*, Athanaze 82, Woakes 4-84) lead by 75 runs Ben Duckett‘s second fifty for the match led England back into the lead on day three of the second Test at Trent […]
Hodge, Athanaze leave England thunderstruck as Wood shoots to thrill
West Indies 351 for 5 (Hodge 120, Athanaze 82) trail England 416 (Pope 121, Duckett 71, Stokes 69) by 65 runs In AC/DC’s iconic hit Thunderstruck, chants of “Thunder” burst through the opening thrum, building the excitement before that unmistakeable high-pitched lead vocal kicks in. On the most picture-perfect day […]
Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope set England off to strong start
Lunch England 134 for 2 (Duckett 71, Pope 47*, Root 13*) vs West Indies Ben Duckett‘s boundary assault and Ollie Pope‘s unbeaten 47 guided England to 134 for 2 at lunch on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge. West Indies, who won the […]
England go back to the future as post-Anderson era begins at Trent Bridge
Big picture: New guard? Not quite It’s the start of a new era up at Trent Bridge although, at a glance, it looks a lot like the old era. There’s a solitary change to England’s winning line-up from Lord’s, albeit a significant one, as James Anderson takes his leave of […]
History beckons for Anderson as England eye future
Big picture: Anderson enters the end-game It’s been an emotional week already for the grand old men of British sport. At Wimbledon on Thursday, Andy Murray unleashed the waterworks as he bade farewell to Centre Court, with a final acceptance that his flesh was now too weak to sustain his […]
Anderson to bowl first ball in final Test appearance as England insert West Indies
England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs West Indies James Anderson will bowl the first ball in his last international match, after Ben Stokes won the toss and put West Indies into bat in the first Test of the English summer at Lord’s. Stokes’ decision prompted cheers […]