Martin Guptill is inconsolable after being run out going for the second run that would have won New Zealand the match 11:05 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff On the eve of the one-year anniversary of last year’s extraordinary World Cup final, New Zealand coach Gary Stead has admitted there remains a “numb” feeling about the result which saw England win on boundary countback. The match was tied across the initial 50…
England missing Root was an ‘opportunity for us’ – Holder (1:32) West Indies captain Jason Holder was delighted at how his side exploited the absence of England’s Joe Root (1:32) 1:27 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Jason Holder has described the fourth day of the Ageas Bowl Test as “by far the best effort” he had seen from…
12:04 AM IST Sreshth Shah Who is Jermaine Blackwood? A 28-year-old middle-order batsman from Jamaica, Blackwood is a natural stroke maker, having played more than 100 first-class games in his career. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2013-14 domestic first-class season in West Indies, and on the back of that form, Blackwood made his Test debut in June 2014, during the home Test series against New Zealand, where he…
10:49 PM IST West Indies 318 (Brathwaite 65, Dowrich 61, Anderson 3-62, Stokes 4-49) and 200 for 6 (Blackwood 95, Archer 3-45) beat England 204 (Gabriel 4-62, Holder 6-42) and 313 (Sibley 50, Crawley 76, Gabriel 5-75) by 4 wickets West Indies went 1-0 up in England for the first time since 2000 thanks to a superb 95 from Jermaine Blackwood which guided them to a target of 200 on…
7:39 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff MS Dhoni has marginally edged out Sourav Ganguly as the more impactful captain in a Star Sports survey, in which two of India’s most successful captains were judged across a number parameters developed in collaboration with ESPNcricinfo. While Dhoni was rated the best ODI and home-Test captain by significant margins, Ganguly was the clear winner in the away-Test captaincy category. Ganguly was also rated the…
Sourav Ganguly knows it will not be as easy as the last time but wants India to win nonetheless 1:19 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff BCCI president Sourav Ganguly expects Virat Kohli‘s side to register their second successive Test series win in Australia when they tour down under later this year. Ganguly stated the upcoming tour would be tougher than the previous outing of 2018-19 but said India also had the…
12:55 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 West Indies head coach Phil Simmons hailed his bowling attack’s persistence and patience after five late wickets put his team into the driving seat against England. When Zak Crawley and Ben Stokes combined for a fluent partnership of 98, the bulk of which were made after the tea interval, it had looked…
12:03 AM IST England 204 and 284 for 8 (Sibley 50, Crawley 76, Archer 5*, Wood 1*, Gabriel 3-62) lead West Indies 318 by 170 runs West Indies’ seamers took five wickets in the final 75 minutes of the fourth day to leave an enthralling Test match in the balance at the Ageas Bowl. England looked to have put themselves into a very strong position as Dom Sibley and Zak…
2:07 AM IST For years, whenever England have struggled in the field, the call has been for pace. Whether struggling for penetration at Chennai or Lord’s or Adelaide, the suggestion has always been that, with a bit more pace, England would be able to extract more life from the surface and have the ingredient their attack has been lacking. Well, here they had plenty of pace. Indeed, Mark Wood produced…
You never feel quite ‘in’ playing in England – Brathwaite (0:32) Kraigg Brathwaite says that playing the ball late is key in England as the conditions can unsettle a batsman. (0:32) 1:13 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Few opening batsmen would keep their place in any Test side in the world after a run of form like the…