Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day three) Yorkshire 173 & 301: Lyth 51, Wharton 47; Organ 4-59 Hampshire 197 & 106-3: Albert 36*, Gubbins 27 Hampshire 3 pts, Yorkshire 3 pts Match scorecard George Hill played a leading role as Yorkshire put themselves into a commanding position heading into the last day
After taking a wicket with the first ball of the Test, England dominated Pakistan across two and a half rain-affected days. They appeared more measured in their approach than during the ultra-aggressive Stokes-McCullum regime, but still scored at 4.55 runs per over – albeit against a poor Pakistan side. “We played to the fashion that
Second Test, Mackay, day one Bangladesh 64: Shoriful 14; Starc 6-12, Cummins 3-25 Australia 165-8: Green 51*; Shoriful 6-35 Australia lead by 101 runs Scorecard Australia responded to last week’s shock defeat by bowling Bangladesh out for 64 but their batters failed again on a remarkable first day of the second Test in Mackay. Mitchell
Emilio Gay: Only batted once given Pakistan’s poor performance and played nice shots in a breezy 33. His dismissal was the fourth time in his four-Test career he has been caught nicking off to the wicketkeeper or the slips, however. It is a problem. 4 Ben Duckett: A quiet Test in which he made only
England are rebuilding their bowling attack for two reasons. First, the retirement of Ben Stokes has robbed them not only of inspiration, but of balance. Secondly, Stokes has followed Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Woakes and, most likely, Mark Wood out of the door. That is 1,871 Test wickets lost in less than three years.
First Rothesay Test, Headingley (day three of five) Pakistan 171: Shafique 61; Tongue 5-46, Robinson 5-51 & 135: Rizwan 41 England 409: Brook 91, Cox 73, Root 66; Usman 5-95 England won by an innings and 103 runs, lead three-match series 1-0 Scorecard England began Joe Root’s second stint as captain with a crushing defeat