England Test captain Ben Stokes will return to competitive cricket for Durham on Friday. Dropped from the second Test against New Zealand due to an ongoing nightclub incident investigation, Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson remain cleared for domestic fixtures
England Test captain Ben Stokes will return to competitive cricket for Durham on Friday. Dropped from the second Test against New Zealand due to an ongoing nightclub incident investigation, Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson remain cleared for domestic fixtures
England Test captain Ben Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson have been dropped from the second Test against New Zealand following a midnight curfew breach in London. The ECB has named Joe Root interim captain as Stokes reportedly weighs his international future
Former skipper Michael Vaughan argues that Ben Stokes' midnight curfew breach at a London nightclub should not cost him England's Test captaincy. Vaughan believes Stokes holds enough "credit in the bank" despite the ongoing ECB investigation ahead of the second Test
On day three of first Test at Old Trafford, Wood left the field immediately after bowling two deliveries into his 11th over in Sri Lanka's second innings. he remaining deliveries of the 56th over were bowled by Joe Root, who managed to pick up the wicket of Milan Rathnayake with his part-time off-spin.
Anderson delivered an outstanding spell, bowling 28 dot balls in his first 30 deliveries and finishing the day with figures of 10-5-11-2, leaving West Indies in a struggle.
