England's right-hand batter Joe Root registered a duck in his 150th appearance in the longest format of the game during the first Test of the three-match series at the Hagley Oval on Friday.
Mandla Mashimbyi has been announced as the South Africa women's team's new full-time head coach, bringing an end to the vacuum created after the end of Hilton Moreeng's 11-year stint in May this year.
England captain Heather Knight became the latest player to join Somerset ahead of the launch of Tier 1 professional women's county cricket next summer.
Delhi Capitals (DC) has partnered with former England cricketer Sajid Mahmood to launch two cricket academies in the UK at Farringtons School and William Perkin CofE High School, respectively, under the name Delhi Capitals Saj Mahmood Cricket Academy.
On the other hand, Brook's statistics in Tests are astonishing. In 22 Tests since his debut in 2022, he has made 2,063 runs at an average of 60.67 and a strike rate of 87.26. He has made seven centuries and nine fifties in 36 innings, with his best score being 317.
At the end of day two, England was 319/5, with Brook (132* in 163 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes) and Ben Stokes (37* in 76 balls, with four boundaries) unbeaten.
Labuschagne's horror run in Tests continued at Perth's Optus Stadium against India. In the first innings, Labuschagne had a block-a-thon as he could score just two runs in 52 balls. In the next innings, he made just three runs. Australia lost the Test by 295 runs, and Labuschagne's form came
Phillips continued to prove his great utility as an all-rounder, scoring a fighting half-century with the bat as he helped the Kiwis touch the 300-run mark in their first innings of the first Test against England at Christchurch's Hagley Oval Stadium.
England spinner Shoaib Bashir feels that the faith head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes have instilled in him has allowed him to bring the "best" out of him.
After playing a 93-run knock against England in the first Test, star New Zealand batter Kane Williamson said that the wicket was "pretty good" at Hagley Oval on Thursday.
Kiwi batter Kane Williamson helped New Zealand seat in the driver's seat of the first Test match against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
Cox fractured his thumb during a warm-up fixture in Queenstown and was subsequently ruled out of the series, with batter Ollie Pope taking the gloves for the first Test in Christchurch with regular keeper Jamie Smith away on paternity leave.