Root accomplished this upward movement in the charts during the second Test against West Indies at Nottingham. In the second innings, Root scored 122 in 178 balls, with 10 fours. His runs came at a strike rate of 68.53.
Kavem Hodge's historic century and 175-run parternship for fourth wicket Alick Athanaze after some early hiccups and a commendable final wicket stand between a girtty Joshua Da Silva and hard-hitting Shamar Joseph helped West Indies overcome the massive total put up by England in the first i
Following his retirement from international cricket after the first Test at Lord's against the West Indies, former right-arm seamer Anderson has joined the England side as the bowling mentor for the remaining two matches of the Test series. Anderson has been moved into this role keeping the
West Indies spinner Kevin Sinclair disclosed the background behind his trademark wicket celebration after the Caribbean side fought back to restrict high-flying England in the second Test on Day 1.
Ollie Pope's century, followed by valiant knocks by opener Ben Duckett and skipper Ben Stokes, guided the England side to 416 against West Indies on the first day of the second Test at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.
England's highly-attacking, positive and result-oriented 'Bazball' approach, which was coined after their head coach Brendon McCullum, under the leadership of skipper Ben Stokes, received a major jolt as England failed to build on momentum of a 28-run win in the first Test and fumbled the wh
After their innings closed finally at 477, hosts India, leading by 259, put England on the rack in their second dig with spin twins Ravi Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav weaving their magic on the visitors.
During the first ten overs, England was off to a cautious start, with Zak being the aggressor. Duckett struggled to get more boundaries and played a very unusual defensive game.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test of the five-match series against England in Dharamsala, India captain Rohit Sharma said he wasn't quite sure what "Bazball" meant.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test match in Dharamshala, India skipper Rohit Sharma gave a witty reply to England opener Ben Duckett's comment that Yashasvi Jaiswal started playing aggressively after getting influenced by Bazball. While speaking at the pre-match press conference, Rohit said