England have announced their squad for the first two Tests of their tour of India. Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Rory Burns join the group after missing the trip to Sri Lanka, while Jonny Bairstow, Mark Wood and Sam Curran will return home at the end of the second Test […]
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Joe Root hails England’s ‘very impressive’ display after beating Sri Lanka in first Test despite such little preparation time… before warning that his side ‘are not the finished article’ By Richard Gibson For Mailonline Published: 08:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 08:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 Joe Root praised […]
5.19am GMT05:19 Dan Lawrence is coming on! Root turns to England’s newest, and quirkiest, bowler. John Starbuck, you were right and I was wrong. 5.18am GMT05:18 76th over: Sri Lanka 195-3 (Thirimanne 103, Mathews 12) You wait ages for a maiden from Jack Leach, and then he bowls two in […]
Joe Root completed a masterful double century to keep England in control of the first Test against Sri Lanka, but the hosts responded with some belated batting resolve of their own in Galle. The captain Root had ended day one on 66, day two on 168 and marched onwards to […]
England’s cricketers insist they are not worried by a Covid scare at their luxury Sri Lankan hotel after two kitchen staff tested positive and were taken to hospital Two kitchen staff at the luxury Lighthouse Hotel in Galle tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday and taken to hospital But England, […]
Shouldn’t you be asleep? I’m glad you’re not; it’s nice to have the company. Now, pay attention. All being well, England will play 17 Tests this year. That’s not great news for Jimmy Anderson’s rectus femoris, or any of his other muscles, or any of the other fast bowlers’ muscles, […]
Jonny Bairstow appears set to make his Test return at No 3 next week and will do so believing there are “plenty more runs left in the tank” to offer England in the longest format. Bairstow, 31, has spent a year out of the Test side after struggling to merge […]
Sri Lanka’s cricketers fly home on Friday after a chastening 2-0 defeat in South Africa but with revenge now squarely on their minds when it comes to their upcoming series against England. Joe Root’s side won 3-0 on the island in late 2018 thanks to a dynamic fast-scoring gameplan with […]