Root (left) and Bell (right) celebrate after leading England to victory
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England batsman Ian Bell scored an unbeaten 65 to lead his side to a convincing eight-wicket win over Australia on the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston.
Finn finished with figures of 5-45 off 13 overs
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England pace bowler Steven Finn picked up his fifth five-wicket haul to leave England teetering on the edge of going 2-1 up in the Ashes.
Malik raises his bat upon reaching his half-century
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Barbados Tridents all-rounder Shoaib Malik smashed a quickfire 51 to lead his side to a 15-run win over the St Lucia Zouks.
Pollard excelled with both the bat and ball
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The Barbados Tridents kicked off their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign in extravagant style as captain Kieron Pollard smashed 48 runs and took two wickets to help them beat the Guyana Amazon Warriors by 49 runs.
“We’ve spoken about this (attacking cricket) over the last 12 months and it is good to see we are finally going out and doing it”
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England opener Alex Hales has revealed that he is excited by the more aggressive and attacking brand of ODI cricket the national team are starting to play.
Starc dismissed Brathwaite and Chandrika in quick succession to leave Australia just eight wickets away from victory
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Australia only need eight wickets to whitewash the West Indies 2-0 after they set the hosts a target of 392 runs to win on the third day of the second Test in Jamaica.
Ul-Haq plays a reverse sweep en route to his 28th half-century
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Pakistan struck early during Bangladesh’s chase of 550 following captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s knock of 82.
Ali exults upon bringing up his maiden double century
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Bangladesh found themselves in all sorts of trouble at the end of day two as they lost five wickets following Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali’s maiden double century.
Khan played a plethora of scintillating strokes en route to his 29th Test century
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Pakistan’s batting duo of Younis Khan and Azhar Ali both made centuries to keep their side in total control over Bangladesh on the first day of the second Test in Dhaka.
“Hindsight has probably proved them wrong but now it’s very easy to say that”
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Alastair Cook believes that the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to sack him as ODI captain and replace him with Eoin Morgan turned out to be a grave mistake.