England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series against New Zealand with a 56-run win in the second match in Hamilton. After being dismissed for a duck in the first match on Monday, opener Tammy Beaumont bounced back as part of a stellar 81-run stand to get England off to a hot start...
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Ollie Robinson: England Test team close to being best in the world
England seamer Ollie Robinson believes the Test team are “close to being the best in the world” ahead of the start of the cricketing summer. Ben Stokes’ side were beaten 4-1 in their most recent Test tour of India over the winter but let fantastic opportunities to win the third and fourth Tests slip through...
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Alec Stewart: Ex-England captain opens up about his decision to step down as Surrey’s director
Alec Stewart says stepping down from his role as Surrey’s director of cricket was the “toughest decision” he has made, but has plans to stay in and around the sport. The 60-year-old, who has overseen three County Championship title wins, will leave at the end of the year. Stewart won six trophies in 23 years...
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Freddie Flintoff linked with top England coaching job
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, who is on the comeback trail from serious injuries, has been earmarked for a top coaching role with the England national team. Flintoff, 46, is one of the most revered cricketers in England’s modern history and was awarded an MBE for his starring role in the nation’s stirring 2005 Ashes triumph. Watch...
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India v England: Andy Zaltzman’s four statistics that defined the series
One of the eternal fascinations of Test cricket, especially in these Bazballistic times, is that there are almost infinite ways for interpreting what has happened. In losing 4-1 in India, did England just get thrashed, and end the series utterly dominated? Did they give the Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja-era India one of the toughest challenges they...
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India vs England player ratings: Zak Crawley, Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir show promise in series defeat for tourists
After India beat England in Dharamshala to clinch the five-match Test series 4-1, we take a look at which of Ben Stokes’ players soared and who struggled… Zak Crawley – 7/10 Image: Zak Crawley smashed 79 off 108 balls during the fifth and final Test in Dharamshala Opener Crawley top scored for England in the...
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India v England: Ravichandran Ashwin spins hosts to huge victory inside three days
England’s tour of India ended in woeful fashion as some spineless top-order batting resulted in a massive defeat inside three days in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Needing 259 to make the home side bat again, England were bundled out for 195 to lose by an innings and 64 runs and hand India a 4-1...
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India vs England 5th Test, IND vs ENG Highlights: IND beat ENG by an innings and 64 runs, win series 4-1
India vs England 5th Test, IND vs ENG Highlights: India vs England 5th Test, IND vs ENG Highlights: England were blown out of the park in Dharamsala in just over a session with Ravichandran Ashwin taking a record 36th Test five-wicket haul in his 100th match in the longest format for India. India thus beat...
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Yashasvi Jaiswal Breaks Virat Kohli’s Colossal Record, Becomes Highest Run Scorer For India In…
Yashasvi Jaiswal Becomes India’s Highest Run Score In Test Series vs England (Source: AP) KEY HIGHLIGHTS Jaiswal broke Kohli’s record. Jaiswal became India’s highest run scorer vs England. Jaiswal will eye Gavaskar’s record. Yashasvi Jaiswal broke Virat Kohli’s record of most runs in a bilateral test series against England. Jaiswal was tied with Kohli in...
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India vs England 5th test Highlights: ENG all out, India wins by 64 runs
India vs England 5th test Highlights: Ind vs Eng, India beat England by an innings and 64 runs in the final test to win the five-match series 4-1 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday. Having conceded a lead of 259, England were all out for 195 in their second innings on day...
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India finish day one firmly on top of England in fifth Test
India finish day one firmly on top of England in fifth Test – as it happened – Live – BBC Sport Summary India close on 135-1, just 83 behind, with Rohit unbeaten on 52 Jaiswal stumped off Bashir for 57 Woeful England slump from 175-3 to 218 all out; Crawley hits 79 India spinners take...
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India crush England by an innings and 64 runs inside three days
India crush England by an innings and 64 runs inside three days – as it happened – Live – BBC Sport Summary India win by an innings and 64 runs to seal 4-1 series victory Root finally falls for defiant 84 as England bowled out for 195 Superb Ashwin, playing 100th Test, takes five-wicket haul...