Stokes hails ‘Mr Dependable’ Root
England captain Ben Stokes heaped praise on predecessor Joe Root after his unbeaten century helped set up a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s on Sunday.
England captain Ben Stokes heaped praise on predecessor Joe Root after his unbeaten century helped set up a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s on Sunday.
Former England captain Joe Root scored an unbeaten century to give successor Ben Stokes a winning start to his reign with a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s.
England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Joe Root led a thrilling rally on Saturday to set up a dramatic finish to the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s.
Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell were both eyeing coveted hundreds at Lord’s after batting New Zealand into a commanding position on the second day of the first Test against England.
Concussion substitute Matt Parkinson marked his Test debut by helping England into a narrow first-innings lead at Lord’s on Friday.
Matthew Potts promised England would continue to “throw punches” after 17 wickets fell on a remarkable opening day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s on Thursday.
England debutant Matthew Potts took four wickets against New Zealand only for the hosts to collapse as well on the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday.
Trent Boult and Henry Nicholls may miss New Zealand’s first Test against England at Lord’s.
New Zealand named a fit-again Kane Williamson as captain of their enlarged squad for the Test series in England.
RYAN VREDE analyses the key learnings from a Proteas’ Test victory against New Zealand that came just six days after a humiliating defeat.
The Proteas bowlers have consistently shown that they’re world-class. However, when the batting fires, the team shifts from being mediocre to irrepressible, writes @Ryan_Vrede.
The Proteas picked up six New Zealand wickets on the final day to complete a series-levelling victory.
The Proteas beat New Zealand by 198 runs in the second Test in Christchurch on Tuesday to draw the series 1-1.
Get live score updates and text commentary from the second Test at Hagley Oval from midnight (SA time).
Kyle Verreynne and Kagiso Rabada helped the Proteas to take an iron grip on the second Test in Christchurch on Monday.