“I think he’ll cope with it brilliantly”
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Veteran England pace bowler James Anderson has backed Joe Root to rise to the occasion if Alastair Cook steps down as Test captain.
Jadeja finished with figures of 4-50 off 16 overs
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India spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin both took four wickets as South Africa struggled on the first day of the second Test in Bangalore.
Bangladesh celebrate after whitewashing Zimbabwe 3-0
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Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman claimed a five-wicket haul, while Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes and Mahmdullah scored 73, 73 and 52 respectively to lead their side to a 61-run over Zimbabwe in the third ODI in Mirpur.
Perera fell one agonising run short of his third ODI century
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Sri Lanka opener Kusal Perera scored 99 and batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made an unbeaten 81 to lead their side to an eight-wicket win via the Duckworth-Lewis method against the West Indies in the second ODI in Colombo.
Brathwaite finished with career-best figures of 6-29 off 11.3 overs
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West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite sliced through Sri Lanka’s batting line-up with a career-best six wickets to leave his side needing 244 runs to win the second Test in Colombo.
Voges, 35, became the oldest batsman to score a Test century on debut
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Australia maintained their control over the West Indies after debutant Adam Voges scored an unbeaten 130 on the second day of the first Test in Dominica.
Pujara failed to have an impact with the bat during the recent Test series against England
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Derbyshire have signed India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara for the remainder of the County season.
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“It’s a very uncomfortable position to be in really, when you probably know you’re not batting as well as you’d like, and you know what the opposition are going to do to you and you don’t really have a way out of it”
Legendary Australia batsman Michael Hussey has offered his support and best wishes to England batsman Jonathan Trott after he pulled out of the Ashes with a stress-related illness.
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Shehzad gave Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the two-match series
Pakistan drew first blood in their two-match Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe thanks to a brilliant 70 by opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad and some excellent all-round spin bowling.
Taylor has responded well since making his comeback
Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has become the latest cricketer to voice his remarks about the recent captaincy dispute involving Ross Taylor, head coach Mike Hesson and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), saying that he believes Taylor’s return to the national side after taking a prolonged break would have been one of the hardest things he has had to have faced in his international career.
