At the start of 2021, Root was at the bottom of the 'Fab Four', a quartet of modern-day batting greats comprising of him, Virat Kohli from India, Steve Smith from Australia and Kane Williamson from New Zealand in terms of centuries scored in Tests. Virat was at the top with 27, Smith next wi
Crawley's place in the squad has been a point of debate in an English squad that has won 11 of their past 13 Tests with Ben Stokes at the helm. He has been a consistent pick since the start of last summer, but he comes into the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston this week with an average of just
Josh Tongue made the most of his late call-up to the Test side to take a five-wicket haul to help England wrap up Ireland's second innings on Day 3, with the visitors setting a target of just 11 runs.
England kickstarted their summer with a dominant bowling display at Lord's against Ireland, bundling the visitors out for 172 closely after tea. Crawley and Duckett then put on a century stand in no time to take England close to a lead.
England have now won 10 of their most recent 11 Test matches, with their only blemish since McCullum took over as coach early last year coming at the hands of South Africa at the Lords
The Test saw some electrifying batting with England winning by 74 runs. PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had then labelled the pitch as 'embarrassing' and Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees agreed with his prognosis
England defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the final test of the three-match series to complete a 3-0 clean sweep after their comprehensive performance throughout the series here at the National Stadium, Karachi on Tuesday.
Neesham has represented his native New Zealand in 60 T20 Internationals, fully utilising his status as an allrounder. He has 688 T20I runs to his name at a strike rate of 159.62, as well as a handy 25 international T20 wickets, at an average of 30.12
Incredible bowling performances from Ollie Robinson and James Anderson were complemented well by England's batting, as the visitors defeated Pakistan in their first Test in the country in 17 years at Rawalpindi.