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[ad_1] England captain Ben Stokes has warned critics against any premature eulogies for his team, saying he will use the team’s 4-1 Test drubbing in India as inspiration for improvement. The visitors won the opener but lost the next four including a final match thrashing by an innings and 64 runs inside three days in … Read more
[ad_1] Indian cricket supremo Roger Benny says England only has one man to blame after another spectacular capitulation on Day 1 of the Fifth Test. England collapsed to 218 all out on day one in Dharamsala, as Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav ripped through the opposition top and middle-order after the tourists elected to bat in … Read more
[ad_1] No wonder Ben Stokes hates the DRS system so much – he clearly doesn’t get it. England lost three wickets while taking three poor reviews for no runs in a horror middle-order collapse in day one of the fifth Test against India. Veterans Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Stokes all sent decisions upstairs but … Read more
[ad_1] Australia has only won one away Test series in the past decade, but Pat Cummins’ men have an opportunity to double that tally in Christchurch this week. The second Test between New Zealand and Australia gets underway at Hagley Oval on Friday, with the tourists already retaining the Trans-Tasman Trophy following last week’s 172-run … Read more
[ad_1] England is aiming to become the first touring team to win two Tests on a tour of India since 2012 and Ben Stokes is confident his team can challenge the hosts yet again in the series finale. Despite having already lost the series, Stokes dismissed suggestions England has gone backwards. In fact, he claimed … Read more
[ad_1] The general consensus out of England’s first series loss under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum? This was a missed opportunity, but not necessarily the same sort of one that would bring the same sort of widespread scrutiny that England may have seemed destined for earlier in the series. Why? Well, on this … Read more
[ad_1] India beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test at Ranchi on Monday to clinch the five-match series 3-1. Chasing 192, India slipped to 120-5 but Shubman Gill (52) and Dhruv Jurel (39) put on an unbroken 72-run stand to guide their side to victory during the second session of the fourth day. … Read more
[ad_1] England batter Joe Root said he was glad to return to form in India with his unbeaten 122, admitting his poor “execution” earlier in the tour had weighed on him. However, he has no plans to shelve his trademark reverse scoop. Root registered his 31st Test century in the fourth Test in Ranchi to … Read more
[ad_1] Spinner Shoaib Bashir took four wickets to lead England’s bowling charge and put India on the back foot at 219-7 on day two of the fourth Test on Saturday. The rookie off-spinner rattled the Indian reply to England’s first innings of 353 in a marathon spell of 31 overs unchanged spread over three sessions … Read more
[ad_1] Joe Root did away with the Bazball antics and got back to basics to deliver an unbeaten 106 to lead England’s recovery from early trouble after Indian fast bowler Akash Deep took three wickets on debut in the fourth Test on Friday. England, who are fighting to stay alive at 2-1 down in the … Read more