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.
Much like it is a tradition for a footballer to take away the match ball after scoring a hat-trick, a bowler will pocket the cricket ball after claiming a five-wicket haul. But what happens if two bowlers take five-wicket hauls in the same innings? England seamers Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue came up with a
Available for over a year Simon Mann presents reaction to the first day’s play from Headingley where England’s quicks Josh Tongue and Ollie Robinson both take five-wicket hauls against Pakistan. Hear from former England captains Michael Vaughan and Sir Alastair Cook, and BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew. Plus, Josh Tongue reveals the groundsman at
First Rothesay Test, Headingley (day one of five) Pakistan 171 all out: Shafique 61; Tongue 5-46, Robinson 5-51 England 112-2: Root 37*, Gay 33; Abbas 1-34 England are 59 runs behind Scorecard Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue each took five wickets to give Joe Root the ideal start to his second spell as England captain
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It was exciting stuff from England’s new bowlers, who topped 90mph to produce the kind of hostility the hosts believed would bring success in Test cricket. The high-speed, short-pitch attack also leaves questions for India’s top-flight boast, which surrendered to the sustained blitz. Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were trapped in the deep