England 204 and 284 for 8 (Sibley 50, Crawley 76, Archer 5*, Wood 1*, Gabriel 3-62) lead West Indies 318 by 170 runs West Indies’ seamers took five wickets in the last 75 minutes of the fourth day to leave an enthralling Test match in the balance at the Ageas… Keep reading
For years, whenever England have struggled in the field, the call has been for pace. If struggling for penetration at Chennai or Lord’s or Adelaide, the suggestion has all the time been that, with a bit more pace, England would be capable of extract more life from the surface and… Keep reading
Playing late. Kraigg Brathwaite pithily explained it is one of the best ways to reach England as a batsman. Brathwaite’s 65 used to be his first half-century in 21 innings. On the preceding tour of England in 2017, at the side of Shai Hope, Brathwaite used to be West Indies’… Keep reading
Few opening batsmen would retain their place in any Test side on the planet after a run of form like the one Kraigg Brathwaite has endured during the last two years. Across his final 21 innings coming into this tour, he had made a paltry 241 runs at an average… Keep reading
England 15 for 0 (Sibley 5*, Burns 10*) and 204 trail West Indies 314 (Brathwaite 65, Dowrich 61, Stokes 4-49) by 99 runs Battling half-centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich put West Indies into a commanding position on the third day at the Ageas Bowl, before England’s openers withstood… Keep reading
Former batsman Ashwell Prince has claimed that several South African players were racially abused on their tour to Australia in 2005 and the team leadership urged them to continue playing regardless. In a Twitter thread, “100% inspired by Michael Holding,” Prince called the South African system “broken,” and said “there… Keep reading
