England win first test toss, will bat against West Indies
England won the toss and will bat on Tuesday on the first day of a three-test series against West Indies in the Caribbean.
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West Indies and England licking wounds ahead of Test series
NORTH SOUND (Antigua and Barbuda): West Indies and England initiate the rebuilding process from the rubble of disastrous campaigns when their three-match Test series begins on Tuesday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. The visitors' 4-0 thrashing in the latest Ashes contest and a record-equalling nine defeats in the last calendar year have pushed England into sweeping changes. The Caribbean side are contending with yet another Test slump in which a 2-0 series reversal in Sri Lanka at the end of 2021 left them with a record of five losses in their last six matches. Desperate to distance themselves from the soul-destroying experience Down Under, the English side taking the field in Antigua is set to show at least six changes, including debutant opener Alex Lees, from their final capitulation in Hobart eight weeks earlier. Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad, the celebrated swing and seam bowling tandem who are the country's highest-ever wicket-takers in Tests, were sensationally omitted from this touring party.
Robinson and Wood out of warm-up game with illness and injury
England’s new Test era ran into familiar problems on Thursday when an already inexperienced attack lost two of its key components in Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood to injury and illness.
England post-Ashes drinking session ‘didn’t look good’ as Joe Root explains incident
England captain Joe Root has apologised for the drinking session shared between players from England and Australia following the Ashes series.
Anderson prays his Test career's not over
Jimmy Anderson admits he's "praying" his record-breaking England career isn't over following his controversial omission from the upcoming Test tour of the West Indies.
England paceman Chris Woakes says he can thrive in the West Indies
Chris Woakes smiles at his new status as the leader of an inexperienced England bowling attack, charged with conquering the West Indies minus their two champion bowlers.
Jim Cumbes tells incredible story of his double life as goalkeeper and cricketer
Fumbling with his bootlaces, and struggling to turn the spaghetti into orderly knots, Jim Cumbes was greeted by a voice across the dressing room.
NASSER HUSSAIN: You can't end a superb career in a five-minute call
It is little wonder Stuart Broad has reacted with such anger and frustration to England’s decision to drop him and Jimmy Anderson for their Caribbean tour.