England head coach Jon Lewis admitted his side had “drifted off” when under pressure during their six-wicket defeat to West Indies as they exited the Women’s T20 World Cup. After setting West Indies a target of 142 runs to qualify for the semi-finals, Hayley Matthews (50 off 38) and Qiana Joseph (52 off 38) got…
Off-spinner Karishma Ramharack took 4-17 as West Indies beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Ramharack’s spell restricted Bangladesh to 103-8. Skipper Hayley Matthews led the chase with 34 off 22 balls, hitting six boundaries, to help her side score 104-2 in 12.5 overs and boost their hopes of reaching the…
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is set to return for the tour of the West Indies later this month with three debutants also named in the squad. Buttler missed England’s T20 and ODI series against Australia in September as he continued to recover from his calf injury. Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan, 22, earns his maiden…
At 54-5 in their first innings on day two of the third Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston, England’s batters were faced with a decision to make: Do they go on the offensive, or dig in? As it happened, they chose the latter, with century partnerships between Joe Root and Ben Stokes, and Jamie…
Take a look at how we rated England’s players out of 10 following their 3-0 series sweep over the West Indies at home… Zak Crawley – 5 (out of 10) The right-hander made a solid contribution at Lord’s with his 76 but had an underwhelming performance during the second Test at Trent Bridge making scores…
England are in a commanding position as they eye a series sweep of the West Indies at Edgbaston, closing day two of the third Test 61 runs ahead, with the tourists 33-2 in their second innings. In reply to the West Indies’ first-innings 282, Jamie Smith led the way in England’s total of 376 before…
Joe Root’s status as one of England’s all-time greats has long been assured. And on his way to 87 on day two of the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston, Root underlined why he is well on his way to cementing his place as one of the all-time great Test batters from any nation,…
England dismissed West Indies for 282 but then lost both openers and nightwatchman Mark Wood to close an enthralling first day of the third Test at Edgbaston on 38-3, 244 runs behind. Zak Crawley (18) and Ben Duckett (3) fell to consecutive deliveries when driving, with the former edging to slip off Jayden Seales (2-19),…
England have named an unchanged team for the final Test of the series against the West Indies at Edgbaston. Ben Stokes’ side took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series thanks to a 241-run win over the tourists at Trent Bridge last week. England have opted to stick with the same XI from that…
Much like fine a wine, something England Test coach Brendon McCullum is known to be partial to a drop of, Bazball appears to be improving with age. Those hedonistic early days were a pleasure to watch as England turned Test cricket on its head – and their own red-ball fortunes around – with an ultra-aggressive…
