England set Pakistan 343 to win Rawalpindi test
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan :England declared their second innings on 264-7 to set Pakistan a victory target of 343 in the first test in Rawalpindi on Sunday.
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England in charge in Rawalpindi despite Babar hundred
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan : Pakistan skipper Babar Azam became the seventh batsman to smash a century on Saturday, on day three of a veritable runfest in the opening test against England in Rawalpindi, but the visitors remain on course for a solid first innings lead.
England bat first in Rawalpindi test v Pakistan after virus scare
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat in the opening test against Pakistan on Thursday, the match going ahead as scheduled despite a virus having swept through the visitors' camp in Rawalpindi during the week.
Virus hits England camp before Pakistan series opener
Several England players, including skipper Ben Stokes, have been affected by a virus on the eve of their opening test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, senior batsman Joe Root said on Wednesday.
English all-rounder Livingstone to make test debut in Rawalpindi
Lancashire all-rounder Liam Livingstone will make his test debut for England against Pakistan on Thursday, as England Men named their team for the first Test of the three-test series.
Azeem Rafiq’s own failings do not give Yorkshire CCC any high ground
September a decade ago, and Yorkshire were playing Essex in the last round of County Championship. In March, at the season’s start, Geoffrey Boycott had been elected club president. “The only thing that really matters to the membership is that Yorkshire do well in championship cricket,” Boycott said then. The club’s sesquicentenary was coming up in 2013. “In our anniversary year we should be striving to win the championship. We cannot do that in the second division, we have got to get out of it.” The onus, Boycott said, was on the young players. “They have to perform, they have to help to get promotion.”
"Needs To Rekindle The Magic": Ex-Australia Captain On Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Marnus Labuschagne and Babar Azam. These modern-day greats make the experience of watching cricket wholesome and the fans keep on debating on who is the best batter among this lot. Kohli, who was a runaway favourite for being the best batter, suffered a blip in form after November 2019 and he failed to register a single century since then. He finally broke the dry spell in the Asia Cup which was held earlier this year, and that was also his first T20I century.
Ben Stokes back as England’s specialist superhero for T20 World Cup
Shut your eyes and it’s not hard to picture the enduring images of Ben Stokes’s England career. In Test cricket he’s almost certainly leaning back, arms in the air at Headingley, roaring after he’s just cut away, cut away for four. In ODIs he’s probably decked out in baby/powder blue, arms aloft once again but this time with innocent eyes. Martin Guptill’s throw has deflected off Stokes’s bat for the six that no one saw coming. Not long afterwards, Stokes will have the World Cup trophy in his hands.