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Ben Stokes on Saturday completed 7,000 runs in Test cricket during the fourth day of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford in Manchester. The England captain is only the third player to record 7,000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests. Only Jacques Kallis and Garfield Sobers had achieved the feat before…
Joe Root’s love affair with Old Trafford continued as his milestone-laden century put England on top in what could possibly be the series-deciding Test. Making the most of the bright sunshine and favourable conditions, Root (150, 248b; 14×4) brought up his 38th Test century and on the way, became the second-highest run-scorer in the history…
Overcast skies, forecasts of rain, and doubts about the wicket made the toss a tricky call. But as he won the toss for the fourth successive time in the series on Wednesday, Ben Stokes promptly asked India to bat at Old Trafford. While Stokes expected the bowlers to make use of the conditions, his Indian counterpart Shubman Gill thought it was…
Shubman Gill on Saturday became only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar, and ninth across all teams, to score a hundred and double hundred in a Test match. Gill scored 269 runs against England in the first innings of the second Test in Birmingham before scoring a century in the second innings on the fourth…
India remain in control of second Test despite England centuries by Harry Brook and Jamie Smith on Day Three. England had big centuries from Harry Brook and Jamie Smith but little else to celebrate as India stayed in control of the second Test on a turbulent Day Three at Edgbaston. Resuming on 77-3 on Friday,…
Harry Brook and Jamie Smith on Friday registered the second-highest sixth-wicket partnership for England in Tests during the third day of the second Test against India in Birmingham. Andrew Flintoff and Graham Thorpe held the previous record, when they added 281 runs against New Zealand in 2002 in Christchurch. The highest sixth-wicket stand for England…
England ended the first session on the third day of the second Test against England at 249 for five, still 338 runs away from India’s first innings score. The home side had fallen to 84 for five but a 165-run partnership between Harry Brook and Jamie Smith revived the side. England needs to score 388…
With 269 runs, captain Shubman Gill breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most scored outside the Indian subcontinent on day two of second Test. England have stumbled to 77-3 to trail India by 510 runs on day two of their second Test after skipper Shubman Gill scored a record-breaking 269 and their seamers struck early to…
Shubman Gill scored 269 runs against England in the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Birmingham. This was the seventh-highest score by an Indian in Test cricket. Among Indian captains, Gill registered the highest score, going past Virat Kohli’s 254 against South Africa in 2019. Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest score…
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