test cricket england - Search News

Order byBest matchMost fresh

A rare double for Stokes

A rare double for Stokes as England score the highest Test total at Old Trafford

311 First-innings lead for England at Old Trafford. Only twice did India concede a bigger lead despite scoring 300-plus while batting first in Tests - 415 against Sri Lanka in 1997 after scoring 537 for 8, and 334 also against Sri Lanka in 2009 after scoring 426.

· 2h

England captain Stokes scores a century against India

· 2h

Stokes century as England pile up massive 669

Root moves to 2nd in all-time top test run scorer charts

Digest more

· 19h · on MSN

Joe Root becomes the 2nd highest scorer in test cricket as England takes control against India

Joe Root became the third highest run scorer in test cricket on Friday as he helped England reach 332-2, only 26 runs behind India.

· 14h · on MSN

England vs India, 4th Test – Day 3: Root Rises, India Regresses

· 1d

Root moves to second in all-time top test run scorer charts as England earn first innings lead

· 20h

Record-breaking Root puts England in control and in sight of series win

Joe Root moved to second in the all-time test run scorer charts with a superb 150 to put England in control on day three of the fourth test against India on Friday, with the hosts 544-7 at the close ...

· 19h

Root passes Ponting as England dominate India

· 1d

'One of the finest!' - Root becomes third-highest Test run scorer in history

1hon MSN

Stokes hits a century in 4th test as England makes a stunning start on 4th day against India

Ben Stokes has scored his 14th test century as England ran up a 311-run lead in the fourth test against India.

1hon MSN

Cricket-Woakes double strike rocks India after England pile up 669

Chris Woakes took two wickets in two balls in the first over to leave India reeling on day four of the fourth test, the touring side slumping to 1-2 in their second innings at lunch on Saturday after England had racked up 669.

India Vs England, 4th Test: Ben Stokes Scripts Historic All-Rounder Milestone At Old Trafford

The England captain reached the milestone in style on Day 3 of the fourth Test against India, smashing a towering six early in the day. He now stands alongside legends Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis in one of the game’s most exclusive clubs.

1don MSN

Steve Smith says England have ditched promise to be Test cricket’s entertainers before Ashes

England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

England to host New Zealand, Pakistan in test series in 2026

England will host New Zealand and Pakistan in test series next year, and India and Sri Lanka will visit for white-ball tours, the country's cricket governing body (ECB) said on Thursday.

22h

Joe Root can become Test cricket’s top runscorer – and his record would never be beaten

Only Don Bradman (19 v England) and Sunil Gavaskar (13 v West Indies) have scored more Test centuries against a single opponent than Root’s 12 against India, a testament to his particular ability against spin bowling and the unique demands of the sub-continent.

Press Trust of India on MSN17h

India Vs England 4th Test: Rishabh Pant’s Injured Fifty Shows ‘Cricket Is In Dark Ages’ With Substitutes, Says Vaughan

Injured India batter Rishabh Pant's brave fifty with a broken foot in the fourth Test against England was "great theatre" but it also showed "cricket is in dark ages" on the issue of allowing medical substitutes, feels former England captain Michael Vaughan.