Tag: England v Pakistan 2020

Nostalgia is the comfort blanket of our times. The BBC knows this, which is why it spent lockdown pacifying our existential angst with golden replays of the Olympics, Wimbledon and West Indies tours. When it shows Sunday’s England v Pakistan T20, the corporation’s first live cricket TV broadcast in ...

England do not have a dearth of players capable of opening the batting in white-ball cricket and after a blistering innings of 71 from Tom Banton on Friday night the list has lengthened. He cleared some of the longest boundaries in the country five times in the first of ...

2.25pm EDT 14:25 Such important wickets for Pakistan. If this game is rain reduced, and let’s assume it will be, every one of those four breakthroughs between overs 13 and 16 are going to make a big difference in terms of the DLS calculations. Of course, they have half ...

Eoin Morgan says that the extra months of preparation ahead of next year's postponed T20 World Cup could be crucial in getting the younger players in the England squad up to speed at international level.However, he also warned that it would be difficult for England to be considered among ...

England v Pakistan, 1st T20I, ManchesterNOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates, so do keep an eye out for the toss before making your final picks.Our XI: Tom Banton, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Eoin Morgan, Jonny Bairstow, ...

The ICC and its officials, it would appear from events of recent days, can't ever get it right. First, they are roundly criticised for going off for bad light too readily in the second Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton.Then, after the third day's play in the third ...

England have been dealt a blow on the eve of the first Twenty20 against Pakistan with the news opening batsman Jason Roy will miss the three-match series because of a left side strain. The World Cup winner has been a top-order regular in England’s white-ball sides for a number ...

Jason Roy has been ruled out of England's three-match T20I series against Pakistan after sustaining a left side strain.Roy picked up the injury this week during the white-ball squad's preparations at Emirates Old Trafford, and had a scan on Wednesday.He will remain with the England set-up and will undergo ...

Three England players made big strides in the rankings in the rain-hit third and final Test against Pakistan: James Anderson's seven wickets in the match - which took him to 600 Test wickets, the first seam bowler to get to the mark - put him at No. 8 among ...

Pakistan captain Azhar Ali reflected on the disappointment of "losing the one session in the series that really mattered" following Pakistan's 1-0 series defeat against England. With the third Test ending in a rain-affected draw, England clinched the series courtesy of the hosts' dramatic victory in the first Test ...