England cricketer Tom Abell who is a part of Jaffna Titans in the ongoing Lanka T10 Super League taking place at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium has been in some good form with the bat.
Former England wicketkeeper-batter James Foster applauded India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin following his retirement from the longest format of the game after the completion of the Brisbane Test on Wednesday.
Having begun the third day of the Test with a significant lead of 145 runs, England pressed on the advantage further with skipper Heather Knight hitting a valiant 90.
The state of play currently sees India and Australia, the last year's finalists, fighting it out to make it to the finals during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy while South Africa await the Pakistani challenge at home.
It was a memorable final international outing for Southee. Not only Kiwis crushed England by 423 runs while defending 658 runs, Southee tonked three sixes during a solid cameo of 23 runs in the first innings, but still fell two short of 100 Test sixes. In the final innings, he got the wicket
After big wins in the first two matches, England were blown away by veterans Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner and Tim Southee, the latter playing his final international match. Williamson smashed his 33rd Test ton, while Santner delivered an all-round show, with scores of 76 and 49 and seve
Kiwis sent the legendary pace veteran Southee on a winning note as an all-round effort helped them secure a thumping 423-run win over England in the third Test, ending the series with a 2-1 scoreline and a consolation win.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes expressed his delight with his side's series win over New Zealand but was "disappointed" with the bashing that they received in the final Test of the series.
England Test captain Ben Stokes isn't looking to 'hold back' by scaling his workload amid the recurrence of his hamstring injury during the third Test against New Zealand.
Records flattened one after another after New Zealand gave a perfect send-off to its stalwart Tim Southee in the third Test against England on Tuesday.
KL Rahul has outshined Indian stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli by possessing the highest Test average in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries since 2020.
Even though a series win wasn't a possibility, New Zealand managed to send off its stalwart Tim Southee on a winning note with a whopping 423-run success in the third Test against England.