Ireland and captain Gaby Lewis have felt the highs and the lows this summer. A disappointing T20 World Cup campaign ended on a high with a victory over the West Indies. That was a first win at a Women’s T20 World Cup, and it was sandwiched in between the historic series win for Ireland’s men
Archer, Tongue and Atkinson are all capable of high speed, while Robinson often operates below 80mph with the wicketkeeper standing up. His accuracy and ability to extract movement have seen him take 23 wickets this summer at a remarkable average of 8.3. “We’ve got a good contrast in what we’re trying to do at the
Joe Root is “not too concerned” about his modest returns with the bat, saying he has “14,000 runs for a reason”. Captain Root, England’s all-time leading Test run-scorer, has passed 50 only twice this summer. An average of 29.44 is his second-lowest in a home season in a 14-year international career. The 35-year-old has been
Ben Duckett – 4 – Another quiet Test for Duckett whose total of 18 runs across the match was only three more than at Headingley last week. Could do little about his first-innings dismissal but the way he hit a drive straight to mid-off in the second was really poor. Emilio Gay – 5 –
Second Rothesay Test, Lord’s (day four of five) England 290 (Smith 61, Cox 55; Abbas 4-73) & 208 (Lawrence 54; Abbas 5-57) Pakistan 110 (Awais 46; Robinson 4-11) & 194 (Shakeel 97, Robinson 4-24) England won by 194 runs, lead three-match series 2-0 Scorecard England once again steamrollered Pakistan to power to a series win
The decision to abandon play an hour before scheduled at the end of the third day of England’s second Test against Pakistan was called “a joke” by Nasser Hussain. On a Saturday badly affected by persistent showers at Lord’s, players left the field at 17:08 BST. At that point, prospects of conditions improving sufficiently for
