Root should quit England captaincy – Vaughan
Former skipper Michael Vaughan says Joe Root should step down as England Test captain following his side’s series loss to the West Indies.
Former skipper Michael Vaughan says Joe Root should step down as England Test captain following his side’s series loss to the West Indies.
Joe Root may be “passionate” about remaining as England’s Test captain but should he stay in the post after the West Indies inflicted the latest damaging defeat of his tenure?
The West Indies thrashed England by 10 wickets in the third Test in St George’s on Sunday to secure a 1-0 series win.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has slammed the current side’s lack of “spirit and fight” as they hurtled towards a series loss in the West Indies.
Kyle Mayers’ first five-wicket haul put the West Indies on the verge of a series-clinching victory against England on the third day of the third Test.
Joshua da Silva’s unbeaten Test half-century anchored a West Indies lower-order revival which pushed the home side ahead of England on the second day of the third Test.
There is no structure in place for consistent Proteas success. They appear to be reliant on feeling and talent. That’s not what defines champion teams, writes @Ryan_Vrede.
A 90-run last-wicket partnership between Jack Leach and Saqib Mahmood rescued England from a desperate position on day one of the third and final Test against the West Indies on Thursday.
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s unbeaten second-innings half-century ensured another draw on the final day of the second Test against England at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Kraigg Brathwaite’s grinding, marathon 160 hauled the West Indies to within 96 runs of England’s first-innings total at the Kensington Oval.
Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood scored centuries as the West Indies posted 288-4 on the third day of the second Test against England at the Kensington Oval.
England extended their first innings to a mammoth 507-9 declared on the second day of the second Test in Barbados.
Joe Root’s composed, unbeaten century guided England to a comfortable 244-3 at the close of the first day of the second Test against the West Indies in Barbados.
Yorkshire seamer Matthew Fisher was given a shock debut by England on the morning of Wednesday’s second Test against the West Indies in Barbados.
Pace bowler Saqib Mahmood will make his Test debut for England in the second Test against the West Indies.