The star pace bowler Jofra Archer's contract was extended by two years while the likes of Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell received their maiden annual central contracts from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday.
Sufiyan Muqeem registered the best figures by a Pakistan bowler in T20Is as the visitors took a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match series against Zimbabwe while England announced an unchanged playing XI for the second Test. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 4.
England have the opportunity to win the first-ever Crowe-Thorpe Trophy as they aim to seal the series against New Zealand in Wellington in the second Test starting December 6. England registered a comfortable eight-wicket victory in the series opener in Christchurch.
Brydon Carse was the wrecker-in-chief for England as the tall, right-arm fast bowler claimed career-best bowling figures of 6/42 and finished with match figures of 10/106. He was well supported by Chris Woakes, who bagged 3/59 in the second innings.
Several top international cricketers like Pat Cummins have been very vocal about the war on climate change. In 2022, Cummins mobilised a group of male and female cricketers with a task to reduce the sport's footprint by installing solar panels at local cricket clubs in Australia.
Team India registered a massive 295-run win in the first Test of the five-match series against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy while Bihar's Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to get picked in the IPL auction. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 26.
England vice-captain Ollie Pope is set to fill in as the wicketkeeper and will slot down in the playing XI in the series opener against New Zealand. The three-match Test series will be competed for the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy and is critical for New Zealand, especially from WTC points table perspective.
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