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Ben Stokes wants Jimmy Anderson to become England's new fast-bowling coach ahead of next year's Ashes - after nation's greatest seamer bowed out at Lord's with win over West Indies
12/07/24 18:43
LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: Ben Stokes wants Jimmy Anderson to travel to Australia next year as England seek to turn their greatest seamer into their new fast-bowling coach. Anderson will remain in the dressing-room for the rest of the summer after he marked his final Test, an innings victory over West Indies at Lord's, with four more wickets to finish with a total of 704 - behind only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. Asked whether Anderson might turn his mentoring role into a more formal position by the time England attempt to regain the Ashes in late 2025, Stokes replied: 'Yeah, definitely. That's why we're asking him to stay around....read
Hilarious moment Phil Tufnell struggles to contain himself live on BBC Test Match Special as colleague Alison Mitchell describes going 'bareback riding'
11/07/24 23:53Webcam footage shows the former spin bowler lost his composure whilst commentating on the second day of England's test match with the West Indies at Lords.
BUMBLE ON THE TEST: Ben Duckett's lack of match practice has left him undercooked but it is the modern way - and enjoy the Lord's sell-outs while they last
11/07/24 20:11DAVID LLOYD: Jamie Smith and Jimmy Anderson were among the stars for England on what will likely turn out to be Anderson's penultimate day as an international cricketer.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Formidable Ben Stokes deserves his place alongside Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers - as a player as well as a captain, he remains vital to England
11/07/24 19:22NASSER HUSSAIN: Stokes being in that category is a phenomenal achievement and the fact he is bowling again is so positive for England, because it provides this team with balance.
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Jamie Smith lays down a marker and Ben Stokes joins elite company as England close in on convincing win over West Indies at Lord's
11/07/24 18:56England are closing in on winning the first Test of the summer against the West Indies after dominating the action again on day two at Lord's.
Gus Atkinson takes SEVEN wickets on debut to steal Jimmy Anderson's thunder in his farewell Test, before Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope hit half-centuries to put England in command against West Indies at Lord's
10/07/24 18:20LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: Out with the old and in with the new: it has been the theme of the week as Ben Stokes looks beyond the retirement of Anderson.
I backed Sir Alastair Cook, made up with Ben Stokes - and went on almost as long as Jimmy Anderson! Thank you, it's been a blast writes, outgoing cricket correspondent PAUL NEWMAN after a mighty innings for Mail Sport
09/07/24 22:42PAUL NEWMAN: Cricket is a very different game now to the one I started covering as a Mail Spoirt correspondent and it is one I leave, after more than 17 years, in a more precarious state than ever.
Ben Stokes already has an eye on the Ashes - but the England captain must focus on winning now, writes NASSER HUSSAIN
09/07/24 21:30NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Stokes's England team are at the bottom of the World Test Championship, and need to respect the six Tests against West Indies and Sri Lanka this summer.
Bazball 'is nothing new', insists Curtly Ambrose - as iconic fast bowler insists England's style of cricket has a 'fancy name' but was being played by West Indies and Australia 'for many years'
09/07/24 18:30West Indies fast-bowling legend Curtly Ambrose has ridiculed Bazball as England enter the second phase of the Test revamp led by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
THE NOTEBOOK: Three Lions cricket footage featuring Harry Kane and Declan Rice in high demand... while Swiss officials made bizarre plans should they have beat England
06/07/24 22:28THE NOTEBOOK: Footage of England's players engaged in keenly contested cricket matches at their Germany training camp has been in high demand.
England to tour Pakistan for three-Test series in October... with Ben Stokes' side set to play in the same three cities where they triumphed 3-0 in 2022
06/07/24 16:41Ben Stokes ' team begin their tour with the first Test in Multan on October 7 and then head to Karachi for the second starting on October 15 before the series wraps up in Rawalpindi on the 24th.
Pep Guardiola joins sports legends including Leah Williamson and Ben Stokes in Centre Court's Royal Box at Wimbledon... but Man City's manager is playfully booed by the SW19 crowd!
06/07/24 14:09The legendary manager, who led Manchester City to a record-breaking fourth successive Premier League title last season, was playfully booed by the SW19 crowd as he took his seat in the Royal Box.
Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes launch build-up to 2025-26 Ashes with Jonny Bairstow's Test career over as he's left out of squad to face West Indies
30/06/24 17:35The announcement of a 14-man squad for the first two Tests against West Indies, starting at Lord's on July 10, confirmed what had long been obvious: Jonny Bairstow's 100-Test career is over.
Jack Grealish joins England training after cutting short his holiday to boost his chances of making Gareth Southgate's Euro 2024 squad...as Ben Stokes is a surprise attendee at Three Lions' Darlington camp
01/06/24 15:43Jack Grealish trained alongside his England team-mates on Saturday after cutting his holiday short in order to ensure he makes Gareth Southgate 's final 26-man squad.
Chris Jordan explains why he is 'addicted' to bowling at the death, with the England star making his pitch for key T20 role ahead of World Cup defence
18/05/24 21:30INTERVIEW BY RICHARD GIBSON: It is a job that turns you into a hero or a zero, but England's Chris Jordan says he cannot get enough of the jeopardy of bowling at the death of a limited-overs innings.
England bank on AI for picking next year's Ashes squad with the aid of top technology... as they aim to find the best fits from the county game to thrive in Australian conditions
16/05/24 17:00RICHARD GIBSON: The process of selecting England's squad for next year's Ashes began this week, using the ECB's ground-breaking £500,000-a-year camera technology.
Jimmy Anderson will be impossible to replace for England but sentiment cannot cloud logic - he does not fit the bill for Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes' next stab at the Ashes, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH
10/05/24 21:30LAWRENCE BOOTH: It says everything about the esteem in which Jimmy Anderson is held that Brendon McCullum took a round trip of over 20,000 miles to tell him his Test career was nearing its end.
Nathan Lyon says 'he thought the majority of England hates me' before his standing ovation at Lord's... but the Australian off-spinner still aims an Ashes swipe
08/05/24 19:59Nathan Lyon has fired an early salvo ahead of the 2025-26 Ashes by claiming his team would have beaten England 4-0 last summer had he not torn a calf muscle during the second Test at Lord's.
Revealed: Touching message England captain Ben Stokes sent to cricket star Josh Baker two years before his tragic death at just 20
03/05/24 09:05News of Baker's death emerged on Thursday, with a friend finding him dead in his apartment after he didn't show up for the start of play on the third day of his team's match against Somerset.
Revealed: Cricketer Josh Baker, 20, was found dead in his flat by a friend after he didn't turn up for the start of play on third day of match against Somerset - as tributes are paid to Worcester star
02/05/24 19:56The talented Worcestershire spinner had been playing in his county's second XI on Wednesday, and was due back on the field in Bromsgrove on Thursday.
Cricket star Josh Baker dies age 20 - just two weeks before his birthday: Michael Vaughan leads tributes to talented Worcestershire spinner who played just yesterday
02/05/24 15:29Cricket is in mourning after the death of Worcestershire spinner Josh Baker a fortnight before his 21st birthday. Baker was playing for his county's second XI as recently as Wednesday.
Jonny Bairstow blasts back to secure a place in England Twenty20 World Cup squad... with 2019 hero Jofra Archer set to join him in the 15-man group bound for the Caribbean
28/04/24 21:30RICHARD GIBSON: Bairstow is set to feature alongside fast bowler Jofra Archer on Monday in the 15-man squad chosen to travel to the Caribbean next month.
England cricket legend Ben Stokes stranded in Manchester with visa trouble trying to go on US holiday with his family
26/04/24 00:54The 32-year-old was forced to ditch his wife and two children at the airport, who boarded their flight without him, leaving him alone in the big city, miles from his family home in County Durham.
England duo Mark Wood and Harry Brook named as two of the five cricketers of the year as Bazball is celebrated in 161st Wisden Almanack
15/04/24 21:33Brook and Wood are named as two of the five cricketers of the year along with Australians Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Starc and Ashleigh Gardner.
Hawk-Eye developer admits VAR is 'the contribution to sport I am LEAST PROUD of' - but offers four ways to help solve football's most divisive topic
04/04/24 19:16The system currently in place frequently comes in for criticism in the media, and if anything officiating calls seem to be under more intense scrutiny than before it's introduction.
Nathan Lyon reveals how FOOTY inspired him after calf injury that ruled Australia star out of the Ashes 'hit me harder than I've ever been hit before'
04/04/24 17:00Lyon, 36, was forced out of the remainder of an enthralling Ashes series between England and Australia after pulling up during day two of the second Test against Ben Stokes 's side at Lord's.
Ben Stokes PULLS OUT of England's T20 World Cup defence to focus on getting fully fit to play Test summer as an all-rounder
02/04/24 09:00RICHARD GIBSON: Stokes will miss the tournament in the Caribbean and USA to maximise his fitness with both bat and ball ahead of the Test summer.
England hero Tom Hartley welcomes Mail Sport to his family's garden centre on Merseyside to talk greenhouses, India and learning from Nathan Lyon at Lancashire
01/04/24 21:30RICHARD GIBSON: Hartley, 24, made his own mark on the British sporting landscape earlier this year with one of the most memorable debuts in Test history.
'I owe Somerset so much but I'll leave if that's what it takes': England's Shoaib Bashir on the next stage of his wild journey to the top, his teary reaction to his dream call-up and his desire to prove doubters wrong
31/03/24 21:31EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY PAUL NEWMAN: Shoaib Bashir talks with wide-eyed enthusiasm about the time he was plucked from nowhere to bowl for England at some of the best players of spin.
Matthew Potts is keen to prove he is a man for all seasons as Durham seamer targets an England place after impressing for the Lions in India
30/03/24 22:30Matthew Potts is keen to dispel the theory that he is a home specialist, by proving to be a man for all seasons when he gets his next chance at Test level.
Jimmy Anderson among England stars set to miss the start of the County Championship season next month... with Ben Stokes to discuss plans amid Twenty20 World Cup ambitions
22/03/24 00:54England's leading Test players like Jimmy Anderson and Ben Stokes will be conspicuous by their absence at the start of the County Championship season.
ASK NASSER: Which England players are fighting for their futures, where they lost the India series and has Jonny Bairstow played his last Test?
10/03/24 21:00The manner of defeat to India was a serious setback for the Ben Stokes and Brendan McCullum regime and leaves many questions to answer. Nasser Hussan is on hand.
England coach Brendon McCullum admits that his team were beaten at their own game by big-hitting India and says he needs to refine his style
10/03/24 16:28PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: The first phase of 'Bazball' ended with a 4-1 thrashing, completed by victory by an innings and 64 runs for India.
PAUL NEWMAN rates the England team after their 4-1 series defeat to India...as bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Shoaib Bashir score highly, while Jonny Bairstow has a trip to forget
09/03/24 22:30England crashed to a comprehensive and humiliating defeat within three days to end their tour of India on the lowest possible note as they were bundled out for 195.
Ben Stokes warns that England should be 'written off at your peril' despite losing inside three days to India as his side suffered heavy series defeat
09/03/24 14:10PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: When the dust settles, Stokes will surely know that a fourth successive defeat will raise serious questions for his partnership with Brendon McCullum.
England LOSE the fifth Test to India by an innings and 64 runs after another batting collapse on Day Three, despite Joe Root's knock of 84 - as Ben Stokes' side are thumped 4-1 in the series
09/03/24 08:30PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: Ravichandran Ashwin, in his 100th Test, took five for 77 as England were defeated by an innings and 64 runs.
Jimmy Anderson reaches 700 Test wickets with scalp of India's Kuldeep Yadav as legendary England seamer, 41, achieves another landmark in his extraordinary career
09/03/24 07:02Anderson - backed by his captain Ben Stokes this week to be playing in the next Ashes series in 18 months' time - sits third on the all-time list of Test wicket takers.
Aussie cricket legend Mark Waugh slams former England skipper Alastair Cook for making excuses after India take control of fifth Test: 'This is what you train for and get paid for'
09/03/24 04:01Aussie cricket legend Mark Waugh has slammed Alastair Cook after he declared Ben Stokes' England team are 'not robots' following a brutal day in the field during the fifth Test versus India.
NASSER HUSSAIN: The future is bright for one of England's young stars - and how guidance from India's master can get him to the very top
09/03/24 00:30Of the three young spinners who have played Test cricket for England this winter, Shoaib Bashir has impressed me the most.
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Ben Stokes edges closer to 200th Test wicket as he claims first scalp in eight months - and Indian pair finally celebrate long-awaited 100-run partnership
08/03/24 22:53India remain firmly in the driving seat of the fifth and final Test against England after Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill produced a masterclass in batting on their way to individual centuries.
England are dominated by India despite Ben Stokes' spectacular entrance with the ball, with hosts racking up lead of 255 on second day of final Test
08/03/24 11:36PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: Ben Stokes really does write his own scripts it is fair to assume he would not have England staring down the barrel at another nightmare defeat.
England's review strategy needs reviewing and Yashasvi Jaiswal makes history in Dharamshala after horror showing sees visitors collapse to 218 all out - TOP SPIN ON THE TEST
07/03/24 22:30RICHARD GIBSON: Seeking a consolation win in a series they trail 3-1, England endured a chastening opening day to the fifth Test after crumbling from 137 for two before Crawley's dismissal
NASSER HUSSAIN: To be a great side England have to master their one major failing
07/03/24 18:02NASSER HUSSAIN: Forget any debate about the merits of Bazball, what England have lacked during this series in India is a ruthless streak to get through difficult periods.
Jimmy Anderson backed to play at next year's Ashes at 43 by Ben Stokes with the England captain admitting he 'can't see him stopping'... as the seamer chases 700 Test wickets landmark in final India Test
06/03/24 11:27Ben Stokes raised the extraordinary prospect of Jimmy Anderson playing in the next Ashes in 18 months time when he said he 'can't see him stopping.'
England hopeful Shoaib Bashir will be fit for series finale against India despite sickness bug... as Mark Wood returns with Ollie Robinson dropped after his wicketless fourth Test
06/03/24 08:19PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSALA: England named Shoaib Bashir in their team for the final Test even though he has succumbed to the sickness bug that has hit their team and the officials.
England seek divine inspiration from the Dalai Lama... as His Holiness plays host to Ben Stokes & Co ahead of fifth Test in India - surely it's a good omen for Ollie Pope!
05/03/24 21:06It is not clear whether the Dalai Lama is a student of Bazball or prefers a more traditional Test approach but if England need a bit of divine inspiration they have come to the right place.
NASSER HUSSAIN: England are fun to watch but it's a DRUBBING if they lose 4-1 to India... plus I name my five favourite cricket venues
05/03/24 17:42NASSER HUSSAIN: In the end, all sports teams are judged on their statistics. How they end up at the end of a season or a series. In cricket, how many runs you scored, the wickets you took .
It could be 'sleet stops play' in the foothills of the Himalayas as 5,000 England supporters are expected to descend on Dharamshala for the final Test vs India... as Ollie Robinson looks set to be left out of Ben Stokes' squad
03/03/24 22:31PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: One forecast has sleet descending on one of the most picturesque grounds in world cricket on Thursday's opening day.
DAVID LLOYD reveals what role he thinks suits Jonny Bairstow best as under fire star joins the centurions
03/03/24 22:05DAVID LLOYD: The occasion of his 100th Test in Dharamshala might be a dead rubber against India but it will be viewed by Jonny as a fabulous milestone, not so much for himself but for his family.
NASSER HUSSAIN on the England star playing for his future - and why Ollie Robinson should NOT be picked
27/02/24 17:00NASSER HUSSAIN: Shoaib Bashir offered England a glimmer of hope on Monday taking two wickets in two balls just after lunch. Yet, Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel would steady things for the hosts.
PAUL NEWMAN: England pay for a lack of killer instinct... as Ben Stokes' men blow a great opportunity to beat weakened India
26/02/24 17:52PAUL NEWMAN: Yes, taking on India in their own conditions is one of the toughest tasks in Test cricket. Even harder, it could be argued, than beating Australia in their backyard.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Each England player must make one significant change if they are to win their first Test series since 2022!
26/02/24 17:00NASSER HUSSAIN: That's not a criticism of this England side, even if a harsh critic might point out that they've not won a Test series now since beating Pakistan in December 2022.
England suffer first series defeat of the Bazball era as India win fourth Test by five wickets - with Ben Stokes' side left to rue their second innings collapse
26/02/24 08:10PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: But wicketkeeper Druv Jurel, only introduced to this India side for the third Test, came together with Shubman Gill to calmly hit the remaining runs.
THE NOTEBOOK: Why unlucky Joe Root was given out by DRS, MS Dhoni's legacy is on show in Ranchi... and an amateur spinner's role in Shoaib Bashir's rise
25/02/24 23:26An England batting collapse left Ben Stokes' side facing the prospect of a series defeat in India. Mail Sport's Paul Newman and Lawrence Booth picks out some of the things you may have missed.
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Ravichandran Ashwin draws level with Test cricket legend after his 35th five-wicket haul in Ranchi - and young English spinners are thriving under Ben Stokes
25/02/24 23:23India dashed England's hopes of a fourth Test victory on day three as they bowled the tourists out for 145 in Ranchi. Mail Sport's LAWRENCE BOOTH provides the big stats from the day.
NASSER HUSSAIN: What impresses me most about India and the change England should make
25/02/24 19:41NASSER HUSSAIN: If England had gone into that third innings with a lead of 100 or more, they would have been able to bat with more freedom. As it was, the advantage had been cut to 46.
India 152 runs away from series victory with all 10 wickets in hand after Ravi Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav ripped through England's batting as Ben Stokes' side toss away strong position
25/02/24 11:26PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: It was not the first time this series England looked to have a golden opportunity to seize control and bat their way towards a famous triumph.
England captain Ben Stokes is SAVED by Umpire's Call days after calling for it to be abolished... but Joe Root's controversial DRS dismissal sparks fury in crunch India Test
25/02/24 09:35Stokes was angered by a contentious DRS call which went against opener Zak Crawley during the third Test against India in Rajkot last week.
STUART BROAD: Why Ben Stokes wiggled his finger at Joe Root after he struck his brilliant century... as England make India pay for leaving out Jasprit Bumrah
24/02/24 22:30STUART BROAD: When England heard Bumrah wasn't getting on the plane to Ranchi, they must have been doing cartwheels. To me, it made no sense.
Stuart Broad and Michael Vaughan lead the criticism of the pitch in fourth Test between England and India... after Ben Stokes said he has never seen a surface as 'dark and crumbly'
24/02/24 16:27The pitch for the Test has received widespread criticism despite England's success in the game so far with Stokes saying he had never seen anything like it before the game got underway.
Shoaib Bashir takes four wickets to put England in control of fourth Test against India - with tourists 134 ahead at the end of day two in Ranchi
24/02/24 11:22PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Bashir took four for 84, hardly surprisingly the best figures of his fledgling career, as India struggled to cope with the uneven bounce and England's newcomer.
NASSER HUSSAIN: This was the day Joe Root confirmed his sporting greatness... but England were able to capitalise on TWO key India mistakes
23/02/24 17:00Root judged things perfectly. Make no mistake: he'll have been stung by the criticism after Rajkot. Here, it was as if he was sending everyone a message: I'm Joe Root, and I'm one of the greats.
THE NOTEBOOK: Rehan Ahmed is latest player to drop out of Test series, Ravichandran Ashwin completes historic double... and Ravindra Jadeja may need to keep low profile at his own hotel
23/02/24 16:55Joe Root defied an unpredictable pitch to make a timely return to form as a risk-free unbeaten century stabilised England on a seesaw opening day of the fourth Test against India.
Joe Root ditches Bazball to rescue England with stunning century on day one of the fourth Test against India... as former skipper goes back to basics to silence his critics
23/02/24 11:28PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Joe Root went back to the methods on Friday that served him so well before the Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum revolution to make a priceless unbeaten 106.
England include Ollie Robinson and Shoaib Bashir in their side for crunch fourth Test against India... as Jimmy Anderson keeps his place and leads the attack
22/02/24 08:27PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Ollie Robinson comes in for Mark Wood and will take part in his first game of any cricket since he hobbled away from the third Ashes Test at Headingley last summer.
England captain Ben Stokes insists he's never seen a pitch as 'dark and crumbly', with fourth Test wicket looking like a raging turner and a batsman's nightmare
21/02/24 18:09PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Stand-by for fireworks. This fourth Test could well be short and, England can only hope, sweet as they try to put the rout of Rajkot behind them and level this series.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Three things England must do to bounce back - and how they have to show Bazball is about smart cricket, not headless cricket
21/02/24 17:00England's challenge when the fourth Test gets under way in Ranchi on Friday will be to stick to the methods and principles which have brought them so much success under Stokes and McCullum.
NASSER HUSSAIN on what England must NOT do - and whether we should ditch the toss
19/02/24 17:00ASK NASSER: As England try and put this latest humiliation behind them as quickly as possible, our columnist answers your burning questions.
THE NOTEBOOK: India out-Bazball England, Yashasvi Jaiswal equals Test-record feat, while frustration remains in Indian camp despite dominant display
18/02/24 22:45PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT AND RICHARD GIBSON: England suffered a miserable defeat to India on the fourth day of the third Test in Rajkot as they went down by a huge 434-run margin.
Ben Stokes insists he has no regrets about England's thumping third Test defeat against India... and calls on his Bazballers to carry on doing it their way
18/02/24 16:09PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: Stokes admitted that Joe Root's ill-fated reverse-ramp, which sparked the first-innings collapse, was the turning point in what became a remarkable turnaround.
England's third Test defeat against India is labelled as 'CATASTROPHIC' and 'embarrassing' by fuming fans as visitors slump to 122 all out and lose by 434 runs in deciding innings
18/02/24 12:12England cricket supporters have blasted their third Test defeat against India on Sunday as 'catastrophic' as the visitors slumped to a dominant loss and now trail 2-1 in the series.
England suffer one of their heaviest-ever defeats as they are crushed by 434 runs by India in the third Test after collapsing AGAIN on a damning day for Bazball - as hosts claim historic win
18/02/24 11:19PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: So bad were England in being demolished for 122 to lose this third Test that the last two days have been indistinguishable from the darkest times.
STUART BROAD: No one will be more frustrated with Joe Root's dismissal than the man himself but his approach was RIGHT... here's why coach Baz McCullum will be happier with his wicket than Jonny Bairstow's
17/02/24 17:00STUART BROAD: England have seldom been in this kind of situation - where the game is stretched out so early - under the leadership of Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
India build mammoth 322-run lead with Yashasvi Jaiswal hitting century before retiring hurt... after England slumped miserably from 224 for two to 319 all out after Joe Root's ill-advised reverse ramp
17/02/24 11:38PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: The scene was set and everything was in place for England to take full control of this third Test and probably the series. Then Root made an error.
Ravichandran Ashwin pulls out of India's third Test against England as he rushes to be with his ill mother hours after becoming only the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets
16/02/24 19:30RICHARD GIBSON: Ashwin rushed to be with his ill mother, making him the second high-profile India player to be missing for family reasons following Virat Kohli's withdrawal.
THE NOTEBOOK: Sir Alastair Cook reveals regular gamesmanship of Essex batsmen, Steven Finn gets into some bother and Ravichandran Ashwin claims Zak Crawley as his 500th Test victim
16/02/24 18:46PAUL NEWMAN AND RICHARD GIBSON IN RAJKOT: County umpires were placed on alert ahead of the 2024 season when TNT pundit Sir Alastair Cook discussed India's five-run penalty.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett's skilful century shows why he's the player that has epitomised England's change in mindset… but he was aided by one India decision that caught me by surprise
16/02/24 17:00NASSER HUSSAIN: Before this series, Ben Duckett spoke about what he learned from his first winter with England in 2016-17 when he toured Bangladesh and India and really struggled.
Ravichandran Ashwin hits back at Alastair Cook after the former England captain accused the India star of 'deliberately' breaking an obscure rule in third Test
16/02/24 15:45Ravichandran Ashwin rubbished former England captain Sir Alastair Cook 's suggestion that he had intentionally encroached upon the protected area of the pitch.
Ben Duckett's superb century off just 88 balls offers England hope in Rajkot after India piled on the runs to post 445 and take control of third Test
16/02/24 11:46PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: Now the tormented became the tormentor with a breath-taking unbeaten hundred that made the master off-spinner look like the beginner this time.
NASSER HUSSAIN: If there's one player you don't want to reprieve, it's classy Rohit Sharma... and Joe Root's HUGE drop has now allowed India to take charge in third Test
15/02/24 21:52NASSER HUSSAIN: The pivotal moment of the opening day, and potentially the series, came after the morning drinks break when England offered Rohit Sharma a life.
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