Test captaincy came too soon for 27-year-old but Pakistan series is latest chapter in year that could be the making of him You have to hand it to Bazball. Even when seemingly killed off, and the England team it left behind is thousands of miles away, preparing for a series against Pakistan, it has still managed to muscle its way into the fallout from Bangladesh’s seismic victory over Australia in…
Essex opener faces unenviable task batting at No 3 against a new-ball master like Mohammad Abbas in Pakistan series It has been a complicated start to Jordan Cox’s England career. There have been a handful of white-ball appearances and a Test debut that was taken away from him two years ago when he broke a thumb in the buildup. The cap eventually arrived this summer, though only at No 7 as a…
Joe Root should try to enjoy his second spell as England captain with Stephen Fleming bringing a more proactive approach As England’s batting coach for a good deal of Joe Root’s first spell as Test captain, I saw directly how conscientious he was in the role. It was impossible not to feel for him at the end, when results dried up and he was almost alone on a burning deck. Whenever I am asked who…
Despite overwhelming odds against them, Bangladesh still found a way to win – but their success wasn’t down to any Australian complacency Sport coverage is powered by hyperbole and recency bias, but the following statement is justifiable: Bangladesh’s defeat of Australia in Darwin is the most profound upset, the greatest revolt against the pre-game odds, in international cricket history.…
Manchester Super Giants, 162-5 beat Trent Rockets, 158-8 by five wickets Old Trafford-based side win men’s final at third attempt A new name has done the trick. The Manchester Super Giants – once known as the Originals, now part of the tournament’s IPL-ification – triumphed in the final of the men’s Hundred, surviving a late wobble to beat Trent Rockets by five wickets. Tim Seifert set up victory…
Trent Rockets 92-2, bt Sunrisers Leeds 91, by 8 wickets Rockets’ Dunkley and Mooney put on 69-run partnership Trent Rockets romped home with a maiden Hundred title in the final at Lord’s on Sunday, beating Sunrisers Leeds by eight wickets. Rockets qualified automatically for this final after losing just one match in the group stages of the competition, and played with the appropriate level of…
60th over: Australia 178-5 (Green 49, Webster 0) Beau Webster to the middle, blocks his first three balls. There it is for Bangladesh! And still with a lead of 50. Mehidy comes around the wicket, floats his off-breaks in, straightens them down the line. Carey goes down the wrong line, more leg stump, even though that ball pitches more on middle. It turns away slightly, grazes the edge, and is well…
Australia 198 & 284; Bangladesh 426 & 57-1 Cameron Green century in vain in nine-wicket loss Bangladesh’s captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, hailed his country’s “biggest win so far in any format” after they handed Australia one of their most humiliating and crushing Test defeats, despite a career-saving century by Cameron Green. The visitors bowled Australia out for 284 in their second innings in…
Through the Royal Photographic Society’s Eamonn McCabe bursary programme, Nathan McGill set out to explore women’s cricket across Bradford. What emerged was a close and extended engagement with one club: Bradford Park Avenue Ladies Cricket Club Interest in women’s cricket is expanding rapidly across the country. Attendance and viewing figures for this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup in England…
First Test, day three: Australia 198 and 161-4; Bangladesh 426 Cameron Green rides luck to remain unbeaten on 43 at stumps Australia will have to dig themselves out of a huge hole without their best batsman Steve Smith after Bangladesh kept their foot on the hosts’ throat in pursuit of an upset Test win in Darwin. Under-pressure all-rounder Cameron Green, who was bailed out by a stroke of luck,…
Australia are on the ropes as they trail Bangladesh by 67 runs with six wickets in hand at Marrara Cricket Ground Australia strike and it’s Josh Hazlewood doing the job with a beautiful seaming delivery that caught Mahmud on a leg stump line. That’s the breakthrough. Can the home side go on with it? 114th over: Bangladesh 354-6 (Miraz 33, Mahmud 14) There’s a lot of cameras trained on Australian…
The former Australia player says England Test coach Stephen Fleming brings the perfect blend of tradition and innovation, and doesn’t rule out joining his staff “He’d probably tell you the same thing now if you asked him. In that first year he often said to me, ‘I have no idea what I’m doing!’” If there is one man who can lift the lid on England’s inscrutable new Test coach, it is Mike Hussey. The…
Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss find the humour in having the same name and working for the same company At least the Guardian’s Ewan Murray and Sky Sports’ Ewen Murray work for different outlets ( A tale of two Murrays: when Ewan met Ewen to talk Tiger Woods, stiff gins and 15 years of mistaken identity, 8 August ). Stephen Moss (former literary editor, and chess and classical music expert) and I (…
England’s men start their post-Bazball future next week with a three-Test series against Pakistan. Cricket correspondent Ali Martin answered your questions about omissions from the squad, new captain Joe Root’s strategy, and more TotesMcGotes asks : Would England be wise to take this opportunity - that of Root being captain presumably until the ODI World Cup is past and then Brook takes over - to…
The IPL-ification of the competition has not transformed its fortunes just yet – crowds have been down in another transitional year It was a story about English cricket that took flight in the final days of July. A viral clip that prompted headlines around the globe. A cut-through moment for a sport always hunting for them and unrelated to the international game. Unfortunately for the England and…
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First Test, day two: Australia 198; Bangladesh 351 for 6 in Darwin Opener hits maiden Test century as tourists build 153-run lead A maiden Test century by Tanzid Hasan has given Bangladesh a 153-run lead against an Australian side that were forced to use eight bowlers in Darwin. In just his second Test match, the 25-year-old left-hander’s brilliant 101 put the Tigers in position to push for what…
Australia claim five wickets across the second day as Bangladesh reach 351 for 6 and build an ominous first-innings lead in Darwin 28th over: Bangladesh 108-1 (Tanzid 37, Mominul 42) Cummins adjusts his approach to around the wicket to Mominul but is fortunate a half-volley is driven straight to the alert Labuschagne in the covers. The first attempted lifter of the day gets up high enough to clip…
Tourists have prioritised winning at home with spin in recent times, leaving their attack leaning heavily on Abbas’s guile for England tour When Pakistan last arrived in England for a Test tour, in the Covid-bubble summer of 2020, they brought along the future. Shaheen Shah Afridi, 20, was the towering left-armer set for world domination. Naseem Shah, 17, was armed with a Test hat-trick and a…
Cricket Australia boss backs women’s vice-captain’s leadership Monica Wright went public over ex’s affair with Georgia Voll Australia vice-captain Ash Gardner has apologised for the pain caused by her marriage breakdown and thanked Cricket Australia for backing her leadership. Gardner’s affair with Australian teammate Georgia Voll while married to ex-wife Monica Wright created headlines. Continue…
