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Ashes: R Ashwin points at ‘double standards’ after 19 wickets fall on Day 1 of Perth Test | Cricket News

Ashes: R Ashwin points at ‘double standards’ after 19 wickets fall on Day 1 of Perth Test | Cricket News

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Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has pointed out the clear double standards in Test cricket after the first day of the Perth Test of the Ashes series saw 19 wickets fall with England being bundled out for 172 in just 33 overs. Australia were then left reeling at 123/9 in 39 overs. After that 19-wicket carnage, Ashwin took a jibe on social media. “Only 19 wickets fell at Perth today, but an excellent days cricket. Oh no! What if the same happens tomorrow in Guwahati?” Ashwin posted on X with a GIF that read: “Double Standards.” Ashwin’s post was a reference to the criticism that Indian pitches get when there are a heap of wickets falling on one day in a Test match. Since 19 wickets tumbled in 72 overs on Friday, the Test match is almost half over with four days remaining. The first day of the first Test of the Ashes in Perth saw pace bowlers dominating batters on what was a sunny day with over 51,000 spectators at Perth Stadium. Only 19 …

Ashes: Mitchell Starc takes a career-best 7 wickets as Australia dismisses England for 172 | Cricket News

Ashes: Mitchell Starc takes a career-best 7 wickets as Australia dismisses England for 172 | Cricket News

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Mitchell Starc claimed a career-best seven wickets to break the back of England’s batting as Australia bundled England out for 172 after losing the toss in the first Ashes Test at Perth. Starc’s 7-58 included critical wickets like that of Joe Root and Ben Stokes. The 35-year-old left-arm pacer snapped up three England wickets in his first five overs in the first session at Perth. He also picked up his 100th career wicket and took a wicket in the first over of a Test for the 24th time in his career. Starc’s early breakthroughs had England on the ropes with the scoreboard reading 105 for four at lunch on Day 1. Starc’s 100th Ashes wicket was also a big one for Australia as he got the No. 1-ranked Test batter Root out. Root is still searching for his first Ashes century in Australia. His stay in the middle on Friday lasted just seven balls before he nicked Starc to Marnus Labuschagne at third slip for a duck and England slumped to 39-3. Starc started his …

Nick Knight interview: Joe Root will score big runs in Australia | Cricket News

Nick Knight interview: Joe Root will score big runs in Australia | Cricket News

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The first Ashes Test starts on Friday in Perth. Former England Test batsman-turned-commentator Nick Knight, speaking to The Indian Express, gives his views on how Bazball will fare in Australia, why he backs Joe Root to score big runs Down Under and why leaving the ball on length is key on Australian pitches? What are the challenges for an English batsmen in Australian conditions? Bounce is the keyword. What has to be at the back of your mind when you’re playing, particularly in Perth, but also in Australia, is you can leave the ball on length. That’s such an important thing when you start your innings, because you want to try and get in, get settled. And you can leave balls on the stumps if you’re picking the right length. Then you’re forcing the bowler to bowl fuller. And that’s when you can start scoring more freely. Story continues below this ad This England team, with the Bazball approach, are not known for leaving the ball. The way they’re playing now is a more refined …

‘You always want to take down the best’

‘You always want to take down the best’

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Veteran England cricketer and their batting mainstay, Joe Root, will have a target on his back as Australian fast bowler Scott Boland has named him as someone whom Australians will try to keep quiet during the upcoming high-octane Ashes clash. Root, the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket, has attracted a lot of media attention in the build-up to the first Test, which will be played in Perth starting from Friday. “You always want to take down the best players. In the past when Joe Root has been captain, you want to try to make sure they have as little impact as you can,” Boland was quoted as saying by BBC Sports. “England have quite a few good batters we’ll be looking to do that to. Hopefully we can keep Joe Root and the guys in the middle-order pretty quiet,” added Boland, who dismissed Root four times during the last Ashes tour Down Under. Story continues below this ad ‘Our bowling stocks have been really strong’ Australia will play a depleted pace bowling attack in the …

Marcus Trescothick optimistic on Joe Root having good Ashes: ‘His game has gone to the next level…’ | Cricket News

Marcus Trescothick optimistic on Joe Root having good Ashes: ‘His game has gone to the next level…’ | Cricket News

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Joe Root has been able to stamp his authority all over the world, but one place he could not score a ton and something which he would be looking to change and bettering his record is in Australia. In 14 games, Root has managed to score 892 runs at an average of 35.68. England’s assistant coach Marcus Trescothick was optimistic that Root will continue his good form in Australia in the summer coming up. “The way he’s gone in the last couple of years will probably explain that he’s comfortable with what he’s trying to do, how he’s playing his game. His game has gone to the next level and hence the reason where he is in the rankings. You would be very surprised if he doesn’t carry on in that same sort of vein with the style of play and the type of player he is,” Trescothick said as quoted by ICC. England are set to play one warm-up game in Perth ahead of the first Test. “I guess everyone has an opportunity to …

I remember thinking, ‘I just don’t see a way out of this’: Former England pacer Steven Finn on mental struggles amid 2014 Australia tour | Cricket News

I remember thinking, ‘I just don’t see a way out of this’: Former England pacer Steven Finn on mental struggles amid 2014 Australia tour | Cricket News

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Steve Finn took 125 wickets in the 36 Tests that he played for England, eventually retiring in 2023. He had played in seven Ashes Tests, with the first of those coming in the 2010 series. The 36-year-old has had his share of ups and downs, including being once sent home by the England team management from the white-ball internationals in the Australia tour in 2014 after being termed as ‘ not selectable’ by England’s limited overs head coach Ashley Giles. The former England bowler has opened up on how that tour took a toll on him mentally and how his sending off was ‘clumsy’. “I remember being in Perth and feeling at my wits’ end. I remember thinking, ‘I just don’t see a way out of this,’ and I wasn’t willing to voluntarily walk away from it, even more so given the reception that the guys who had left the tour (Jonathan Trott and, eventually, Graeme Swann would leave prematurely) received, even if it would have been kinder on myself to do so. I was …

Joe Root hits fastest 13000 Test runs, gets closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s most runs & Tests record

Joe Root hits fastest 13000 Test runs, gets closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s most runs & Tests record

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England’s veteran Joe Root became the fastest player to score 13,000 Test runs and joined an elite list on Thursday during his 34-run knock in the first innings of the one-off four-day Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Root, who had 12,972 runs in 152 matches ahead of the Test, needed 28 runs to reach the 13 thousand club. He is also the only English player to breach the 13k Test runs mark, and overall only the fifth player to reach the milestone. The run machine, Root, is also the fastest to reach the landmark in just 279 innings of 153 Tests. Ahead of him stand some great names in the history of sport: Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid. Story continues below this ad Root looks prime to break Tendulkar’s record of most runs in Test cricket. With just 2915 runs behind Sachin, Root has played 47 fewer Tests than the Indian batting great. With age on his side (34), Root at the moment is the biggest threat to Tendulkar’s …

8 Test hundreds vs 8 countries: England’s Ollie Pope sets world record with century against Zimbabwe | Cricket News

8 Test hundreds vs 8 countries: England’s Ollie Pope sets world record with century against Zimbabwe | Cricket News

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England No. 3 Ollie Pope set a new world record after the Bazballers had a field day on the first morning of the cricket summer at home against Zimbabwe on Thursday. Batting first on Day 1 of the four-day Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England piled on a massive 498 for three in 88 overs with the top-3 of the Ben Stokes-led side all gathering centuries. While opener Ben Duckett slammed a century in as many balls on his home ground, a struggling Zak Crawley got some runs under his belt with relatively slower 124 off 171 balls. But it was England’s No. 3 Pope who set the headlines after his senior batting partner Joe Root nudged past 13,000 Test runs. Story continues below this ad Pope’s record century sta(r)t Pope waltzed to his eighth Test century in 109 balls and set multiple records as he crossed the three-figure mark. Despite his middling Test average, Pope recorded his seventh hundred at No.3, putting him level with Jonathan Trott among English batters in the spot. Only …

‘Can’t hide when facing India in five Tests’: Joe Root on England’s upcoming home series | Cricket News

‘Can’t hide when facing India in five Tests’: Joe Root on England’s upcoming home series | Cricket News

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Former England captain Joe Root has batted for consistency to counter India in the upcoming five-Test series, starting in June, affirming that “there’s no hiding place” when it comes to facing such an indomitable opponent. After missing out on a World Test Championship final ticket in the 2023-25 cycle with their Border-Gavaskar Trophy defeat earlier this year, India will commence the 2025-27 edition of the WTC in England, the first Test slated to begin in Headingley on June 20. The 34-year-old Root, who is on the cusp of scaling up to the second spot among Test cricket’s highest run-getters this year, is gearing up for the gruelling challenge after a fine Champions Trophy series as a batter. Story continues below this ad “We are good in our own conditions but with India coming over for a five-match series there’s no hiding place. It’s a long old slog, you’ve got to be consistent. You’ve got to put in those match-winning performances time and time again,” Root told Sky Sports. Root has led England to the most …

Monty Panesar: England missed another batsman to support Joe Root | Cricket News

Monty Panesar: England missed another batsman to support Joe Root | Cricket News

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Monty Panesar says England’s approach of going on an all-out attack led to their downfall barring Root, as they didn’t have another batter that could play 50 overs. Probably the strategy. They didn’t prepare a proper second spinner to support Adil Rashid and they just went with fast bowlers. They thought having four or five 90-plus miles fast bowlers would help them win games, but that didn’t help on pitches in Pakistan. We have seen England succeed with an all-attacking approach from 2015-19 in ODI cricket but in the last few years, it has not given good results. What do you think has changed? Story continues below this ad Yeah, because they had batsmen who could bat for longer periods and now they relied just on (Joe) Root. They could have possibly had another batsman there, like maybe Harry Brook, thinking right, these are the two batsmen who are going to bat longer period while the others can attack a bit more. They were just missing another batsman. Root came into the team because he …