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Cricket | February 02, 2022 14:31 ISTMoeen shone despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados.
Moeen shone despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados.
The 36-year-old now ends his 20-year cricketing career which saw him represent England on 142 occasions across all formats, including 23 Test caps. Bresnan was a member in England winning the 2010/11 Ashes in Australia and the T20 World Cup 2010 trophy in the West Indies.
Langer reportedly does not enjoy a great rapport with the players, and Cricket Australia (CA) might be having second thoughts about renewing his contract after June.
The all-rounder's charismatic effort blow up the last over of England's run chase as West Indies won the 5th T20 game by 17 runs to capture the series 3-2.
The Australian legend pointed out the contrasts in Kohli and Root's styles of captaincy and its corresponding efficacy.
At stumps, Australia's score read 12/2 with the hosts leading by 52 runs. Beth Mooney (7*) and Ellyse Perry (0*) are currently at the crease.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) may decide to pull out its players from the latter part of the IPL for the team's preparation for the three-Test series against New Zealand.
The England skipper had also missed the third T20, which the West Indies won by 20 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
With 168 completed Test matches and 639 wickets -- the highest ever by a pace bowler -- the 39-year-old Anderson is still England's most potent bowler in the longest format of the game as he continues to shoulder the bulk of the burden in the ongoing Ashes series.
Khawaja, playing Test cricket after more than two-and-a-half years, ground out a 260-ball 137 as Australia put up an imposing 416 for eight declared on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The batter scored the tourists' first century in their seventh innings this series to headline a day where England had slumped to 36-4 by lunch before their middle-order counterattacked.
On a day marred with frequent rain interruptions, Smith was unbeaten on six and Khawaja was four not out when rain ended play for the day after Warner and Labuschagne perished following a good start.
Silverwood was due to miss the fourth Test against England starting in Sydney on Wednesday after he was forced into isolation when a family member tested positive for COVID-19.
The visitors are 3-0 down in the 5 match series and Crawley believes winning the final two games will go a long way to restoring some pride for the English side.
Having already conceded the series after three successive defeats, England suffered the latest blow just hours after the tourists planned to draft former one-day captain Adam Hollioake into the team's coaching staff, stated media reports here.
Current head coach Chris Silverwood's job hangs in balance as England's Ashes hopes went up in smoke in 12 days after Australia retained the Urn with an innings and 14-run win in just two days and a session in the Boxing Day Test earlier this week.
With Hazlewood on his way to peak fitness, Australia will have six in-form pace bowlers and one spinner to pick their squad and the selectors will have some "hard conversations" when they sit down to pick the squad. Skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Scott Boland, and Michael Neser are the pacers on the selectors' list for the next Test.
England were bundled out for 68 in their second innings on day 3 as Australia notched up an innings and 14 runs win in the third Test to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-Test Ashes series.
At lunch on Sunday’s first day of play, Boland received some friendly advice from Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald to add speed to his run-up.
The massive victory means Australia retains the Ashes, with a 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
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