England batsman Joe Root picked out under-pressure captain Alastair Cook for special praise as England closed in on an emphatic victory in the third test against India on Wednesday. Cook, who has faced calls to resign the captaincy from former players including Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen and Michael Atherton, hit 95 in the first innings …
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Stuart Broad said he was elated to have joined some of his cricket “heroes” as he and England new-ball partner James Anderson became only the third pace pair to take a combined 500 Test wickets. Broad finished the third day of the third Test against India at Southampton with three for 65 and Anderson took …
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India were on the back foot against England at the end of third day of the third Investec Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. England’s tall fast bowlers exploited the pitch a lot better than the Indians and generated pace and movement through Tuesday. It was always that sort of a pitch, not as …
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Alastair Cook has managed to hold on to England captaincy solely because of “politics”, says maverick batsman Kevin Pietersen and insists that the disaster which the skipper is enduring in the series against India is something that he would not wish even for his worst enemy. “At the moment only politics are keeping Cook in …
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Monday`s 95-run defeat in the second Test at Lord`s, a result that put the tourists 1-0 up in the five-match series, came after England had won the toss on a pitch that might have been made to captain Alastair Cook`s specific instructions and against an India side who had not won away from home in …
London: Former Pakistan spin bowling legend Saqlain Mushtaq today joined the chorus for the inclusion of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the India`s playing XI against England for the third Test, starting at Southampton on Sunday. “England had six left-handed batsmen in their eleven. Why aren`t they playing R Ashwin? Isn`t it an obvious choice if …
India were on the brink of just their second Test win at Lord’s as Alastair Cook’s latest failure with the bat prolonged the debate about his future as England captain.. England were 105 for four at stumps on Sunday’s fourth day, needing a further 214 runs to reach their victory target of 319. (Won’t Regret …
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India will take sustenance from the fact that they have stared down a sinister Lord’s greentop and pronounced that they are a long way removed from the submissive outfit that lost 4-0 on their last tour to England. That they scrapped throughout was undeniable, but the dominant innings that finally rewarded a day of hard …
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Bhuvneshwar (58) and Shami (51 not out) turned out to the unlikely batting heroes for India as they pulled the team out of trouble with a defined 111-run partnership to frustrate the hosts, who had the visitors reeling at 346 for nine at one stage with fours wickets falling for just two runs in a …
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The 30-year-old Vijay (122 not out) notched up his fourth Test century and batted right through the day to steer the visitors to a comfortable position after being reduced to 107 for three just at at the start of the second session at Trent Bridge. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50 not out off 64 balls) …
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