Pant's century, India's batting collapse, and England's brilliant batting performance made for a very enjoyable day of Test match cricket at Leeds. The hosts dominated the majority of the day. Pope continued his fine run at number three, scoring his ninth Test ton and second against India.
A century by Ollie Pope and his partnership with Ben Duckett helped England put up a strong reply against India in their first innings, ending the final session of day two of the first Test on a high.
After managing 471 runs in their first innings with three centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman and Rishabh Pant, India did get an early wicket of Zak Crawley thanks to Jasprit Bumrah, but England ended the second session at 107/1 in 24 overs, with Ben Duckett (53*) and Ollie Pope (48*) p
After a bowling comeback, England started their first innings on a strong note on Saturday with Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett taking their team to 107/1 at Tea on the second day of first cricket Test match against India.
The 2022 Edgbaston win against India and a well-fought draw against Australia in the Ashes back in 2023 proved that Stokes-McCullum's mantra of positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket was here to stay. What followed were some promising wins and disheartening lows, home and away. Desp
Bethell, 21, will be among players' to watch out for as a new-look English squad kickstarts their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle 2025-27 against India, who are themselves transitioning from retirements of star batters Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma from Tests and Ravichandran Ashwin in i
Rashid was consistent across England's 3-0 series victory over the West Indies, claiming 1/22 (4 overs) at Chester-le-Street, 1/59 (4 overs) in a high-scoring affair in Bristol, and 2/30 (4 overs) in Southampton, as per ICC.
During the third T20I, England raced to a massive 248/3 in their 20 overs, outdoing their previous record of 234/6, which they scored against South Africa back in 2022 at Bristol, as per Wisden.
Newly appointed England white-ball captain Harry Brook has urged his team to move on from the past and concentrate on putting in strong performances, much like the commanding display they delivered against the West Indies in Birmingham on Thursday, as per the official website of ICC.
Former England cricketer Michael Atherton is mesmerised by "amazing player" Harry Brook's enchanting outing with the bat on the second day of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.
England's flamboyant Joe Root shattered South Africa's legendary Jacques Kallis' record for the fastest to 13,000 Test runs and took a step closer towards dethroning India's legendary Sachin Tendulkar from the summit of the highest-run scorer in the format during the opening day of their one