• Babar Azam

    Five players to watch

    The first of three Test matches between England and Pakistan gets under way at Old Trafford on Wednesday. ANDRE HUISAMEN spotlights five players worth keeping an eye on throughout the series.

    James Anderson and Stuart Broad

    Best fast-bowling partnerships

    Last week Stuart Broad became only the fourth fast bowler to reach 500 Test wickets but since 2010 bowling partner James Anderson and he have taken the most wickets in red-ball cricket. ANDRE HUISAMEN looks at the top four pace-bowling partnerships in Test cricket over the last ten years.

    Dom Sibley

    Rain spoils cricket’s return

    The long-awaited return to international cricket yielded only 17 overs as rain washed out the majority of the first day of the opening Test match between England and the West Indies, writes ANDRE HUISAMEN.