Not long after tea on the fourth day, it seemed that this Trial was heading, as Stuart Broad put it, to a “giveaway.” The West Indies required just 38 more runs to avoid follow-up and had six wickets on hand. On a slow surface, it looked like they could reach …
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When you’re in a place, you trust Jason Holder, right? One of the top two SUVs in test cricket, along with Ben Stokes, Holder has most of the time demonstrated behavior, maturity, understanding and skills, with ball and bat, to take advantage of opportunities. He may not have done it …
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Stuart Broad says England might be willing to set an achievable target for the West Indies on the last day of the second test in exchange for the chance to get a second new ball, after being given an outside opportunity to force a victory that saves the series at …
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The new ICC protocols governing the use of saliva on a cricket ball had to be implemented on the fourth morning of the second test, following an involuntary violation by Dom Sibley shortly before lunch at Emirates Old Trafford. With Dom Bess at the top of his mark, preparing to …
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Jofra Archer has been cleared to play in the Final Test of the series against the West Indies despite violating biosecurity protocols after the first Test. Archer was removed from the team for the second test in Manchester after it was discovered that he had made an unauthorized visit to …
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