Alastair Cook's double century put England in a commanding position against the West Indies before James Anderson struck in the inaugural day/night Test in Britain at Edgbaston on Friday.
West Indies were 44 for one in reply to England's imposing 514 for eight declared, a deficit of 470 runs, when rain ended the second day's play early in the thirdRead more
Ben Stokes hit a career-best 102 not out and captain Eoin Morgan 87 as England knocked Australia out of the Champions Trophy with a 40-run win over their arch-rivals at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England collapsed to 35 for three chasing 278 for victory before left-handers Morgan and Stokes changed the course of the game with a fourth-wicket partnership of 159Read more
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi
has hit out the side’s heavy Champions Trophy defeat to India,
criticizing “abysmal fielding”, “clueless” batting and Sarfraz
Ahmed’s leadership.
Afridi, who played 398 one-day internationals and retired from
international duty last year, had a caustic take on the efforts of
his former team-mates at Edgbaston on Sunday.
They slumped to a 124-run defeat andRead more