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England might feel they have had the better of two truncated days in Southampton, reducing Pakistan to 223 for 9 after the visitors had won the toss and opted to bat. But wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan dismissed the idea Pakistan were up against it, saying their seamers had showed what ...

So much creative, lateral thinking has been required to put on the two Test series in England this summer. Everyone has had to be unusually flexible; regulations have been bent so that the necessity of “neutral” umpires has been abandoned; Chris Broad has been refereeing a match in which ...

SOUTHAMPTON (United Kingdom): Mohammad Rizwan frustrated England as he marked Pakistan's Independence Day with a fine unbeaten fifty in the second Test at Southampton on Friday. Pakistan were 223-9 when bad light -- despite the Ageas Bowl floodlights being on full beam -- led to an early close of ...

James Anderson admitted that England were frustrated by an early bad light call on day two of the second Test that prevented them from wrapping up the Pakistan first innings after the tourists were reduced to 223 for nine. Having started at 12:30pm at Ageas Bowl due to light ...

It is probably a bit naff to say cricket without fans is nothing. But there is no doubt that English Test cricket without fans lacks soul. But as the umpires took the players off at 4.50pm in light that seemed no worse than earlier, however, perhaps it was a ...

Richard Kettleborough, one of the on-field umpires in the ongoing second Test between England and Pakistan, has been spoken to by the ICC's anti-corruption unit (ACU) after taking to the field wearing a smartwatch.Kettleborough was seen wearing the watch during the first session of the match. ESPNcricinfo understands he ...

Sam Curran felt James Anderson removed any doubt about his ability to continue performing at "world class" levels as England's seamers left Pakistan in trouble at the start of the second Test. Rather than sweep aside criticism of his performance in last week's series opener in Manchester, the most prolific ...

8.35am EDT 08:35 “We ought not to worry too much about ‘batters’ sounding like a Yorkshire pudding or frying wrap,” says John Starbuck. “After all, a wicket-keeper could be someone who maintains church gates, a fielder could be someone with a scythe and a bowler could be one of ...

Hello and welcome once again to the coverage of Pakistan's tour of England as the visitors try to rally from a poor start on the rain-hit day at Southampton, with the hosts already leading the three-match series 1-0. Rain and Fawad Alam made the most news on the opening ...

August, 1990.He had spent just about nine months in international cricket at that time. He had eight Test matches and seven One-Day Internationals under his belt. But Sachin Tendulkar was yet to score his first century for India. He had notched-up four half-centuries for his country up until then, ...