Covid destroyed Root’s team, and there are other reasons why Root might also feel he didn’t get a fair shake first time around. His tenure as captain coincided with a prioritisation of white-ball cricket and, when he stood in for Stokes against New Zealand in June, he admitted to some envy at not getting the
Surrey have signed Indian batter Mahipal Lomror for the final six County Championship games of the season. The 26-year-old, who captains Rajasthan in India’s domestic Ranji Trophy competition, averages 42.62 in first-class cricket and has a career-best 300 not out. He also bowls left-arm off spin, taking 62 first-class wickets. “Playing in the County Championship
Nathan McSweeney will miss the final three games of Northamptonshire’s County Championship Division Two season because he will be representing Australia A in India. The 27-year-old is Northants’ leading run-scorer in the Championship this season with 589 runs at an average of just under 50, hitting three centuries and two half-centuries. McSweeney will feature in
Born in Johannesburg, Cooke played briefly for Western Province in South Africa before coming to the UK and featuring in club cricket in Hampshire and the Midlands. He made his Glamorgan debut in 2011, initially as a T20 specialist and boundary fielder, hitting sixes off his second, third and fourth balls in county cricket. Cooke
Former Australia batter David Warner has been fined A$1,500 (£1,109) and ordered to have an interlock device fitted on his car after pleading guilty to drink-driving in Sydney in April. The 39-year-old’s blood alcohol reading was more than twice the legal limit as he failed a random breath test when driving his family home from
After a rollercoaster four years under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, could England revert to a more conservative style of play under Root? Of all England’s Test captains since 2006, only teams led by Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen have lower run-rates and played fewer attacking shots. In Root’s 65 Tests in charge, England’s run-rate