England were forced to bat first after losing the toss at Trent Bridge in the second Test match against West Indies and lost opener Zak Crawley in the very first over. But Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett added quick unbeaten 86 runs to put the hosts in the driving seat in the first session.
ENG vs WI Pitch Report: England recorded a dominant win by an innings and 114 runs in the opening match at Lord's and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series against West Indies. Mark Wood has replaced retired James Anderson in the playing eleven for the second match in Nottingham.
Mark Wood last played Test against India in March this year and was left out from the team for the Lord's Test after being given an extended rest due to his involvement with England's team for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
"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.
England are facing West Indies in a three-match home Test series. The opening Test of the series is James Anderson's final match in the format as he bids adieu at the iconic Lord's. England have named their Playing XI for the first Test of the series and have named two debutants in the Playing XI.
An England Test star has been hit for the most expensive over in the history of the County Championship. Recently England spinner Shoaib Bashir conceded 38 runs in an over during Worcestershire's clash against Surrey. Now an England and Sussex pacer has been hit for 43 runs in an over.
Out-of-favour England opener Jason Roy was not picked in The Hundred draft after turning down the central contract last year and following a disappointing season last year for the Oval Invincibles. Roy was part of a title-winning squad in the Hundred 2023 but will be joining a new team this season.
ENG vs USA T20 World Cup 2024: Chris Jordan picked four wickets in an over, including a hat-trick, to bowl out the USA to 115 and then Jos Buttler played an explosive inning to power England to a ten-wicket win in Bridgetown.
ENG vs SA Pitch Report: The defending champions England and undefeated South Africa are set to clash in one of the biggest Super 8 stage games of the T20 World Cup 2024 at North Sound's Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Friday.
IND vs CAN weather report: Lauderhill has been suffering from heavy rain for the last few days but fans witnessed a sunny day on Friday ahead of India's last T20 World Cup 2024 against Canada on Saturday morning.
England's T20 World Cup defence was in trouble after losing to Australia. They had only one point to show and Scotland were threatening to trump them in Super 8 qualification. But a record-breaking win over Oman have cleared things for them.
Josh Hazlewood's statement of knocking England out with a possible deliberate play against Scotland rung alarm bells in the last couple of days. But Aussie pacer Pat Cummins denied any such possibility stating that Hazlewood's comments weren't serious.
England would need Australia to beat Scotland by a specific margin to qualify for the Super 8 round. But the Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood hinted at knocking England out of the tournament with a deliberate play. While ICC rules don't allow such a thing to happen, here's what England coach had to say..
AUS vs ENG Pitch Report: The defending champions England will clash against the 2021 winners Australia in the biggest cricket derby in the 17th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval on Saturday.
After being forced to bat first, in-form openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan pulled off a brilliant 59-run stand for the opening wicket to give Pakistan a strong start in the fourth T20I match against England at the Oval on Thursday.
England are leading the four-match series 1-0 and with rain washing out two matches already, they cannot lose the series now. On the other hand, Pakistan will be itching to get on the field and level the series and also gain some confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup.
England's premier T20 tournament will be getting underway from May 30. The T20 Blast will be played until September 14 with several breaks in between the season. A total of 18 teams will be involved in the competition across 133 matches.
After scoring 20 runs against England in the second T20I match at Birmingham's Edgbaston, Pakistan's white-ball cricket team captain surpassed Rohit Sharma in the list of players with the most runs in T20Is and is inches away from replacing Virat Kohli at the top.
England won the T20 World Cup a couple of years ago in Australia beating Pakistan in the final at the MCG. The upcoming mega event will commence on June 1 in the West Indies and the USA and England will be looking to defend their title.
Josh Tongue made his Test debut for England against Ireland at the Lord's Cricket Ground in June 2023. The right-arm medium pacer is one of the front-runners to take up James Anderson's spot in England's red-ball team.
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