Joe Root showed his brilliance to battle to a 64th Test half-century to secure England a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on day four of the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford. There had been only three successful fourth innings run-chases of more than 150 across 35 such Tests in Manchester but Root (62no) combined…
Trent Bridge has rarely offered much for spin bowlers. Indeed, up to last week, it had been 18 years since Muttiah Muralitharan, a player who could turn the ball on glass, and Monty Panesar had taken five-wicket hauls on the ground in the same Test match. To underline that further, of the 15 players who…
Co-hosts West Indies began their bid for a third Men’s T20 World Cup title with a nervy five-wicket victory over a spirited Papua New Guinea in Guyana. West Indies, champions in Sri Lanka in 2012 and India in 2016, restricted Papua New Guinea to 136-8 in Providence but then slipped from 61-1 in the ninth…
