Month: April 2018

Vince, Stoneman and the story of their mixed results

April 1, 2018
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Mark Stoneman pulls through the leg side © Getty Images England’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere began with the Test match at the Gabba. Mark Stoneman and James Vince gave them an excellent platform with encouraging half-centuries, adding 125 together, before failing to go on. England never had a foothold in the Ashes after that. Fast forward five months and the match situation is somewhat better – they lead by…

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Steyn likely to join Hampshire in June

April 1, 2018
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Dale Steyn gets into his delivery stride © Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Dale Steyn will look to county circuit to get game time ahead of South Africa’s next international assignment in Sri Lanka in July. Steyn, who has not played competitive cricket since the New Year’s Test against India where he injured his heel, still requires a month’s rehabilitation before returning to action. Steyn confirmed there was a “possibility,” of him joining…

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New-ball nirvana: Anderson, Broad, Boult, Southee take all 20 wickets

April 1, 2018
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A rare feat was achieved on the third day in Christchurch. For just the third time in Test history, the two new-ball bowlers on either side shared the first 20 wickets to fall. The previous two occasions were in 1902 and 1912. The opening bowlers took all 20 wickets in the first two innings of the Test © ESPNcricinfo Ltd And things could yet go a step further. If either…

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Vince, Stoneman build strong England position

3:00 AM ET England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) and 202 for 3 (Vince 76, Stoneman 60) lead New Zealand 278 (Watling 85, Broad 6-54) by 231 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details At the Gabba in November, James Vince and Mark Stoneman began a long and arduous winter as a pair of question marks in England’s Test-match top three. At Christchurch in April, the pair came good…

April 1, 2018
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Cook's leanest series stirs talk of future

3:00 AM ET With a push outside off stump, Alastair Cook‘s series with the bat was done. His tally of 23 runs in four innings was the leanest series of his career. Before this series he spoke about coming through dark times in Australia with the double-century in Melbourne. It was his second double in 12 innings which is impressive. The problem has been what has come either side of…

April 1, 2018
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Vince, Stoneman build but Cook's woes deepen

3:00 AM ET Tea England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) and 113 for 1 (Vince 55*, Stoneman 42*) lead New Zealand 278 (Watling 85, Broad 6-54) by 142 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details James Vince and Mark Stoneman set about finishing England’s winter as they had begun it at Brisbane in November, compiling an 89-run stand of increasing authority to build on their side’s hard-earned 29-run lead…

April 1, 2018
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Broad takes six but Southee fifty reduces NZ deficit

3:00 AM ET Lunch England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) and 7 for 0 (Cook 4*, Stoneman 2*) lead New Zealand 278 (Watling 85, Broad 6-54) by 36 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Stuart Broad finished with figures of 6 for 54, but a combative morning’s batting allowed New Zealand’s lower order to reduce their first-innings deficit to a manageable 29. Tim Southee posted his first Test…

April 1, 2018
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