FOLLOW the latest updates from day four of the Third Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s. 18.45 CHANCE! We’re back underway and Jimmy has it on a string. England are throwing everything at the Sri Lankan openers who are holding out on 7-0. 17:31: MATCH DELAYED: Rain stops play 15:25: NOT OUT! It takes […]
JONNY BAIRSTOW went from hero to zero as he batted brilliantly — before dropping the easiest of easy chances. It is becoming a theme for the Yorkshire wicketkeeper. His work with the willow is wonderful, his catching with the gloves open to question. Kaushal Silva posted a brilliant 79 not out as Sir Lanka put […]
LATEST updates from day two of the Third Test between England and Sri Lanka. 5.57pm – A solid start from Mendis, he has moved on to 15 from 28 deliveries. Sri Lanka still 273 runs behind but the main thing for them will be to survive the final seven overs tonight and have nine wickets […]
JONNY BAIRSTOW rode a wave of confidence and good fortune to add to his astonishing 2016. The Yorkshireman hit another century — his first at Lord’s — as England recovered from 84-4 to end day one on 279-6. And Bairstow admitted the ton ended four years of hurt, having been dismissed for 95 here against […]
STUART BROAD says his showdown with convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Amir at Lord’s next month will stir memories of the most hollow victory of his career. Broad made his only international century – an epic 169 in which he shared an eighth-wicket partnership of 332 with Jonathan Trott – during the infamous Test against Pakistan in […]