Alastair Cook believes the perfect end to England's winning series in South Africa would be a strong showing from his under-performing top-order batsmen.
PRETORIA (Reuters) – England’s top order are determined to end the test series against South Africa on a high after failing to give their team solid starts so far, number three Nick Compton said on Wednesday. The touring side hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series heading into the fourth and final match starting […]
PRETORIA (Reuters) – England, with a series win already secured, can complete South Africa’s ignominious fall from the top of the rankings when the final test of the four-match series starts at Centurion Park in Pretoria on Friday. Dominant England went 2-0 up after Stuart Broad’s venomous spell set the platform for an emphatic win […]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock will have a final assessment on his troublesome knee on Wednesday ahead of the fourth test against England in Pretoria, Cricket South Africa said. De Kock was injured while walking his dog on the eve of the third match at the Wanderers and replaced in the side […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England seamer Steven Finn appears likely to miss the fourth test against South Africa, which starts on Friday in Pretoria, because of a side strain, team officials confirmed on Monday. Finn felt tightness in his left side during England’s series-clinching victory at the Wanderers and was sent for scans on Sunday, the […]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steven Finn has been ruled out of the rest of England’s tour of South Africa and will be replaced in the limited-overs squad by Liam Plunkett, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday. The fast bowler complained of a side strain after the seven-wicket victory in the third […]
REUTERS – Pace bowler Stuart Broad has gone top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings after his brilliant display in England’s series-clinching victory against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday. Broad took six wickets for 17 runs in a devastating burst as England bowled the hosts out for 83 in their second innings. England […]
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Stuart Broad decimated South Africa’s top order with a magical spell of fast bowling that yielded five wickets and left England on the brink of victory at tea on day three of the third test on Saturday. The hosts limped to the interval on 71 for eight after Broad returned figures of […]
By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Centurion Joe Root saluted the contribution of Ben Stokes after England ended the second day of the third test on 238 for five on Friday, 75 runs behind South’s Africa’s first-innings total. The visitors slumped to 91 for four but were rescued by Root (106 not out) and Stokes […]
By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Joe Root scored an unbeaten 106 and shared a swashbuckling partnership with Ben Stokes as England put the brakes on a hostile South African attack to reach 238 for five at the close of the second day of the third test on Friday. Bad light and rain brought a […]
