Articles by Stephan Shemilt
The latter stages of McCullum's tenure have been blighted by off-field issues. During the winter, Harry Brook,Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Ben Duckett were all involved in late-night incidents.
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Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day five of five)
New Zealand 438 (Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70) & 288-9 dec: (Mitchell 100*, Ravindra 94; Archer 4-53)
England 354 (Duckett 113, Bethe�...
Ben Stokes said retiring from international cricket is the "best thing" for him after he revealed England's final Test against New Zealand will be his last.
The 35-year-old, one of the greatest cric�...
Although Stokes won almost 56% of his previous 43 Tests as captain - the best success rate for an England skipper in 45 years - his methods were found wanting against the biggest opponents.
England �...
Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day three of five)
New Zealand 438 (Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70) & 120-3: Ravindra 60*
England 354: Duckett 113, Bethell 74; Smith 4-91
New Zealand a�...
Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day two of five)
New Zealand 438: Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70
England 223-2: Duckett 113, Bethell 74*
England are 215 runs behind
Scorecard
Ben Duckett�...
Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day one of five)
New Zealand 361-4: Conway 157, Latham 151
England: Yet to bat
New Zealand won the toss
Scorecard
England took two late wickets to hang in thei�...
Second Rothesay Test, The Kia Oval (day five of five)
New Zealand 391 (Phillips 100) & 362 (Nicholls 121, Ravindra 76, Mitchell 68)
England 291 (Gay 53, Fisher 50*; Henry 5-80) & 209 (Root �...
A target of 272 was modest by the standards of modern ODIs, but well above par at this venue only three times have more runs been chased to win a one-dayer on this ground.
Zak Crawley, playing his f�...
This is not the first time the Melbourne pitch for an Ashes Test has been criticised. In the drawn match of 2017, the surface did not offer enough assistance for the bowlers, resulting in a dull cont�...
