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Joe Root hails Jamie Smith's performance after impressive maiden century
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Joe Root was full of praise for Jamie Smith, whose stellar performance earned him the Player of the Match award in the recent Test against Sri Lanka. Smith notched his maiden Test century in the first innings and followed it up with a valuable, boundary-laden 39-run cameo that all but secur
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Joe Root becomes England player with most Test half-centuries, close to sm
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After a fine 42 in the first innings, Root once again showcased his class, composure and clutch game in a tense run chase of 205 runs, scoring an unbeaten 62 in 128 balls, with two fours, coming in when England was 56/2.
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Jamie Smith expresses pride on scoring maiden Test ton following England's
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Smith showed immense composure, versatility and class across both the innings as his century in first innings and a quick cameo in the run-chase proved to be vital in England's five wicket win over Lankan Lions in the first Test at Manchester.
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"Batters will have to find ways for scoring runs in these conditions": SL
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Sri Lankan batters fought hard, with contributions from Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Chandimal, Silva and Milan Rathnayake standing out. But it still was not enough to overcome England, who were powered by contributions of their middle order in absence of their injured opener Zak
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"He's a greedy Yorkshire man": England skipper Pope lauds Root for match-w
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Root starred with a calm half-century during a tense run-chase while Smith smashed his maiden Test ton in the first innings to hand England a massive lead of 122 runs in the first innings, which proved to be instrumental in team's win.
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Smith, Root, Woakes shine as England beat valiant Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
England take a 1-0 lead in three-match series.
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"Without his backing, I may not....": Root opens on relationship with late
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
England players will pay tribute to the late batter before the start of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Manchester on Wednesday. The teams will be lining up for a moment of applause before their national anthems at the Old Trafford Stadium, with a tribute video being played on the
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"He could potentially do that....": Ponting backs Root to overtake Sachin'
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Root only recently scored his 12,000th Test run to become the seventh-highest run-scorer of all time and the 33-year-old has second-placed Ponting and Tendulkar's overall record within sight.
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Joe Root reclaims top spot in Test batter rankings, Indian players rise in
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
England's stalwart batter, Joe Root, reclaimed the number one spot in the latest ICC Test batters rankings
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England name unchanged playing XI for third Test against West Indies
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
England announced their playing XI for the final Test of the three-match series against the West Indies at Edgbaston.
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Joe Root inches closer to number-one spot in latest ICC Test Rankings
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
England's dominant performance in the second Test against the West Indies has seen a host of their star players make big gains on the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings.
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"He is the real deal....": Mark Butcher heaps praises on spinner Shoaib Ba
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A fifer from Bashir crushed the West Indies' dream of a comeback as they were skittled out for 143 runs during a run-chase of 385 runs after a glorious fightback during the second Test at Nottingham. WI had gained a first-inning lead of 41 runs, scoring 457 in reply to England's first-inning
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