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EDGBASTON TEST England need 536 more runs on the final day of the Test with seven wickets in hand © Getty England’s assistant coach Marcus Trescothick asserted that his team was not naive enough to rule that a draw as an option going into the final day of the Edgbaston Test. England have vocalised their intentions to go after any target in the fourth innings in this Stokes-McCullum era but may have to settle for only their second home draw in this period given the equation. They need 536 more runs on the final day of the Test with seven…
CNN — There is a Diogo Jota performance that many Liverpool supporters will remember above all others. In October 2022, with the Reds struggling badly for form, Jota and Co. came up against a Manchester City team that would go on to win a historic treble that season. A month before the 2022 men’s World Cup – the tournament Jota later said was “one of his dreams” to play in – many players might have taken it easy for fear of injuring themselves. Not Jota. The Portuguese forward did not contribute a goal or an assist, but he played 100…
Chicago AP — Bobby Jenks, a two-time All-Star closer and World Series champion with the Chicago White Sox, has died, the team announced Saturday. He was 44. The White Sox said Jenks died Friday in Sintra, Portugal, where he was being treated for adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer. Jenks helped the White Sox win the 2005 World Series, saving four games in six appearances during the postseason. He was an All-Star in each of the next two seasons while saving 41 games in 2006 and 40 in 2007. Ozzie Guillén, who managed that World Series-winning squad, had a signature…
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES, 2025 The pair added 93 runs together for the fourth wicket © AFP Steve Smith and Cameron Green helped Australia take control of the second Test in Grenada on a rain-hit third day. The visitors ended the day on 221 for 7, leading West Indies by 254 runs on a pitch that is getting harder to bat on. Smith, who missed the first Test with a finger injury, made a solid 71 while Green scored 52, his first half-century at No 3. The pair added 93 runs together for the fourth wicket after nightwatchman Nathan…
MLC 2025 Kieron Pollard smashed a half-century and picked up a wicket © MLC Kieron Pollard’s 36-ball 50 from No.6, a frugal 19th over and a combined effort from the other bowlers in favourable conditions helped MI New York defend 142/9 against Los Angeles Knight Riders – despite a fighting effort from Unmukt Chand – to keep them in the hunt for a playoffs spot. The win pushed them up to fourth ahead of Seattle Orcas, even if only momentarily. The fight between them and Orcas for the last playoffs spot is set to go down till the very last…
Day 3 Wrap | Middle order puts Aussies in box seat While he has hardly been out of form given his last century was only eight innings ago, Cameron Green believes his game is “trending well” after posting his maiden half-century in his new role at No.3. Installed at first-drop on his return to the side for last month’s World Test Championship decider, it finally clicked for Green on day three of the second Test in Grenada as he posted a vital 52 in what could end up being a match-defining partnership with Steve Smith. The West Australian quipped post-play…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 For all their commitment to chasing anything, it’s what they fail to catch – the rhythm and relief their bowlers need – that may end up costing England most. ©Getty Ravindra Jadeja pressed forward in defence to the last ball before Tea on Day 4, and lingered. Still crouched, eyes scanning the pitch as if searching for a clue that never came. From slip, Harry Brook strolled over and stood alongside him, a moment of quiet drama in a session that badly needed some. They walked off together, sharing a smile. Four sessions left in…
INDIAN captain Shubman Gill plays a lofted shot as England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith looks on during the second Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.—Reuters BIRMINGHAM: Indian captain Shubman Gill became the first batsman in Test history to make scores of 250 and 150 in the same match before Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep again struck with the new ball as the tourists pressed for a series-levelling win at Edgbaston on Saturday. Gill followed his first-innings knock of 269 with a superb 161 off just 162 balls to amass 430 runs in the match and now sits second behind England’s Graham Gooch…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Shubman Gill celebrates his second 100 of the Test © Getty Shubman Gill became only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to get a double hundred and a hundred in the same Test as India’s lead swelled to 484 at Tea on Day 4 of the second Test at Edgbaston. A quick-fire 110-run partnership between Rishabh Pant and Gill was followed by a 68-run stand for the skipper with Ravindra Jadeja as India moved to 304 for 4 at the end of the second session. Although the fifth wicket stand was on the slower side,…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 430 runs aggregated by Shubman Gill is now the second highest by a batter in a Test match © AFP Statistical highlights from Day 4 of the ongoing second Test between England and India at Edgbaston. Gill leads the way 430 runs aggregated by Shubman Gill is now the second highest by a batter in a Test match, only behind Graham Gooch’s 456 against India at Lord’s in 1990. Overall, five batters have aggregated 400-plus runs in a Test till date, four of them while captaining the side, Kumar Sangakkara being the exception. Sunil Gavaskar…