ENG vs ZIM, One-off Test: Bashir strikes as England thrashes Zimbabwe by an innings

England hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs in a one-off Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday. Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir took a Test-best 6-81 as Zimbabwe, following-on, was dismissed for 255 on the third day in what was the African nation’s first Test in England in 22 years. Bashir’s second five-wicket haul at Trent … Read more

ENG vs ZIM: Top three hit hundreds as England runs riot against Zimbabwe

England’s top three of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope all made hundreds as they piled on the agony for a hapless Zimbabwe in a one-off four-day Test in Nottingham on Thursday. At stumps on the first day at Trent Bridge, an utterly dominant England was 498 for three after number three Pope top-scored … Read more

ENG vs ZIM: Joe Root becomes fastest player to score 13,000 Test runs

Joe Root became the fastest player to score 13000 runs in Test cricket during England’s One-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Root reached the milestone in his 153rd innings, overtaking Jacques Kallis’ record of achieving the mark in his 159th outing. Ahead of the game, Root needed 28 runs to reach the … Read more