England cricket supremo Rob Key said on Thursday “it would be stupid” to rule Test captain Ben Stokes out of consideration for the role of skipper of the struggling white-ball team. Jos Buttler stood down last week following a poor display by the side at the ongoing 50-over Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan and the … Read more
England Test captain Ben Stokes on Tuesday said he had undergone surgery on his injured hamstring. The 33-year-old all-rounder tore his left hamstring during the third Test against New Zealand in Hamilton — England’s final game of 2024. That left Stokes requiring surgery and needing a three-month absence. On Tuesday, Stokes posted a picture on … Read more
England Test captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of next year’s Champions Trophy one-day international tournament in Pakistan and the preceding white-ball tour of India, team management announced Sunday. The star all-rounder was not considered for either assignment after suffering a left hamstring injury during England’s defeat by New Zealand in the third Test … Read more
R Ashwin called time on his international career across all formats on Wednesday. He finished with 537 Test wickets, 156 ODI wickets, and 72 T20I wickets, along with 5 Test centuries. As Ashwin calls time on his career, here is a look back at some of his best performances in an India jersey: Ravichandran Ashwin … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes does not think the heavier bowling workload he undertook in the third test against New Zealand was a contributory factor to the hamstring injury he suffered during the match. Stokes, who missed four tests after tearing the same hamstring during The Hundred in August, played no further part in the match … Read more
New Zealand pacer Tim Southee ended just short of reaching 100 sixes in Test cricket, after he was dismissed for just two in his final batting outing in the format, against England in Hamilton on Monday. Southee ended his career with 98 sixes, the joint-fourth-most in Test cricket history, level with West Indies’ Chris Gayle. … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes was forced off the field after suffering an injury during day three of the third Test against New Zealand in Seddon Park in Hamilton. Stokes suffered an injury during his third over of the day and walked off the field clutching his hamstring. He suffered a torn hamstring on the same … Read more
Kane Williamson slipped seamlessly back into the New Zealand cricket team, top-scoring with 93 as the Black Caps reached 319-8 Thursday on the first day of the first Test against England. At stumps, after 83 overs, Glenn Phillips was 41 not out and Tim Southee, at the start of his last series before retirement, was … Read more
England Test skipper Ben Stokes revealed that he chose to skip the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction in an effort to “look after his body” and prolong his playing career. “There’s just so much cricket. There’s no hiding behind the fact that I’m at the back end of my career. I want to … Read more
All-rounder Nathan Smith will make his test debut for New Zealand in the series-opener against England two weeks after playing his first internationals in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. New Zealand captain Tom Latham also confirmed batsman Will Young will make way for former captain Kane Williamson who returns to action in Christchurch on … Read more