James Anderson has picked up 703 Test wickets but won't be able to move past the legendary Shane Keith Warne as there are only four more Windies wickets left to be claimed. Even if Anderson claims all four, he'll finish his career with 707 wickets in total - one behind Warne.
Ben Stokes on Thursday, July 11 became only the third cricket in Test history to achieve a double of 6,000 runs and 200 wickets in the format. Stokes took a couple of wickets in the West Indies' second innings, however, he would want to forget his day with the bat as his middle stump was uprooted.
"You just try on bowling your best ball, top of off-stump, the whole time and hope he miss a straight one. In England, he might knick the odd one, but generally, I’d try and get him out LBW early,” James Anderson said.
Joe Root and Jamie Smith scored brilliant fifties to help England post a 371 total in their first innings and then James Anderson, Gut Atkinson and Ben Stokes picked two wickets each to push West Indies closer to a defeat on Day 2 of the first Test at Lord's.
The world no.7 Jasmine Paolini also reached the finals of the women's singles and doubles at Roland Garros last month and now stormed into the final of the women's singles at Wimbledon 2024 with a comeback win against Donna Vekic.
India Champions suffered a big defeat against South Africa Champions in the last group stage match on Wednesday but they secured the semi-final berth due to their superior net run rate and will be facing the point table leaders.
Indian cricket team travelled to Zimbabwe for a five-match T20I series without their key players featured in the recent T20 World Cup 2024 but are likely to name the strongest possible squad for the next T20I assignment against Sri Lanka.
Wanindu Hasaranga bagged six wickets in three innings but Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the Super 8 round of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with just one win in four group-stage matches. Hasaranga also topped the ICC T20 all-rounders rankings after the conclusion of the World Cup
Team India is currently involved in the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with two matches left to be played on July 13 and 14 respectively. Majority of the players from the current squad are expected to be part of the T20Is in Sri Lanka as well.
"There were players in my time who challenged, or at least went past the 300 mark - Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya and they were pretty much aggressive players," Brian Lara said.
None of the T20 World Cup winning Indian bowlers are currently involved in the ongoing five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel all have been rested for this series.
Uruguay fell short of making it to the final of the ongoing edition of Copa America as, despite a disallowed goal, Colombia won 1-0. However, the semi-final was marred by the ugly clash between the fans and the Uruguayan players, forward Darwin Nunez in particular, was at the forefront of it all.
Mitchell Starc bagged five wickets in as many games during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. The left-arm speedster was the fourth leading wicket-taker for Australia in the tournament.
India Champions qualified for the semifinal of the ongoing edition of the World Championship of Legends despite losing three matches on the trot. In their previous game, they lost to South Africa Champions by 54 runs but the margin was enough for them to make it to the semis.
England pacer Gus Atkinson had a memorable debut at Lord's on the opening day picking up seven wickets. Thanks to his terrific performance, England bundled out West Indies for just 121 runs in the first innings after opting to bowl first.
Gus Atkinson claimed the second-best bowling figures by an England bowler in his Test debut innings. Dominic Cork still holds the record for claiming the best figures in Test debut innings for England. Cork claimed 7/43 against West Indies at Lord's on June 22, 1995.
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The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is likely to be scheduled in a hybrid model or get completely moved out of Pakistan with India unlikely to travel to the neighbouring country. Team India didn't travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 and unless some major diplomatic tweaks, the stand will remain as it is.
Washington Sundar was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for his terrific spell that saw him bag a three-wicket haul while conceding just 15 runs at an economy of 3.75 runs per over against Zimbabwe in the 3rd T20I.
South Africa Champions after losing three matches in a row, ended their World Championship of Legends campaign on a high beating Pakistan and India in back-to-back games, however, they weren't enough for them to reach the semis. India with just a slightly better net run rate will now play Australia.
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