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Record-breaking Joe Root, Brook lead ENG to strong 492-3 vs PAK in 1st Test

Joe Root celebrated his record-breaking day with a resolute 35th century as England cruised to 492-3 on Day 3 of the first cricket test against Pakistan on Wednesday. Root overtook Alastair Cook as England's top run-scorer in tests to make an unbeaten 176 and his Yorkshire teammate Harry Brook compiled a spectacular 141 not out off 173 balls on a placid pitch of Multan Cricket Stadium. The two have combined for a 243-run partnership, hitting 24 boundaries between them, and made Pakistan bowlers toil hard on a benign wicket which hasn't deteriorated over the last three days. England now trails Pakistan by 64 runs through its usual Bazball aggressive batting in 3 1/2 sessions, in comparison to the home team's score of 556 over 5 1/2 sessions. Root overcame cramps in intense hot weather to bat the entire day after resuming on 32. He also featured in two other century-stands with Ben Duckett (84) and Zak Crawley (78), who were the only wickets to fall in the first two sessions. Brook

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Joe Root becomes the highest run-getter for England in Test cricket history

Joe Root is now fifth on the all-time list of test run-scorers behind Sachin Tendulkar's leading 15,921.

ENG W vs SA W Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Brunt, Wyatt shine in England's win over SA

England women vs South Africa women HIGHLIGHTS: Wyatt and Brunt's 64 runs partnership for the third wicket helped England recover from a clumsy start to win the game

Women's T20 World Cup 2024: ENG-W vs SA-W playing 11, live time, streaming

The winner of the England vs South Africa game will jump up to the top spot on the Group B points table

PAK vs ENG 1st Test: Masood, Shafique help PAK take upper hand on Day 1

Skipper Shan Masood (151) and opener Abdullah Shafique (102) helped Pakistan register Day 1 of the Test in their favour

Pakistan vs England 1st Test playing 11, live telecast and streaming

Both Pakistan and England have announced their playing 11 a day before the start of the first Test on Monday

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 points table: ENG, SA position in Group B

Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary, with her fighting 44-run knock against England on Saturday, is now the top batter in Group B

Joe Root believes defeating Pakistan in Test cricket remains a challenge

Joe Root on Saturday said beating Pakistan in their backyard remains "challenging" despite England's thumping series victory on the last tour in 2022, as the two teams are set for another three-Test affair starting here on Monday. England swept aside Pakistan 3-0 in a ruthless manner in the winter of 2022 with their "Bazball" approach producing rich results. Root hoped England's series win against Pakistan two years ago would help the visitors formulate their plans, but emphasised that the visitors will have to be at the top of their game. Yes, that series has helped us prepare for the coming matches and we have a plan on how to play here. But this is a new series and we have to play well again to win again in Pakistan, Root told a media conference here on Saturday. "We learnt a few things from that series, but (playing against) Pakistan at home is a challenge. Pakistan can definitely take advantage of their home conditions and we also have a couple of new young players eager to ..

Pakistan vice-captain wants Babar Azam at his best during England Tests

Pakistan Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel wants to focus on his team's performance in the upcoming series against England rather than fret on premier batter Babar Azam's decision to step down from white ball captaincy. On Tuesday, the 29-year-old Babar announced that he was stepping down from the leadership role due to workload and instead wanted to solely focus on his batting. Meanwhile, Shakeel explained that the decisions taken by Babar and national selector Mohammad Yousuf were their personal choices and didn't concern the other players in the team. Our focus right now is on red-ball cricket and this series, which is very important for us. We are playing at home, and we have another chance to end our recent streak of bad results, Saud said in a media session here on Saturday. We want to see Babar at his best; he is a key player for us. We might have discussed these happenings among ourselves as a group. But more importantly, we have been discussing how to win this Test ...

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Group B standings, top batters and bowlers

England beat Bangladesh by 21 runs on Saturday to jump up to the top spot

BAN W vs ENG W Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: ENG beat BAN by 21 runs in a low scoring game

Bangladesh women vs England women HIGHLIGHTS: Englamnd's Danni Wyatt-Hodge named player of the game for her 41 off 40 innings

Women's T20 World Cup 2024: BAN-W vs ENG-W playing 11, live time, streaming

England will hope to replicate their performance from the inaugural season in 2024, which saw them become the first-ever Women's World T20 champions

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Full schedule, format, live time, streaming

In the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024, ten teams have been divided into two groups of five teams each, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for semifinal.

Women's T20 World Cup 2024: England full schedule, live timings, streaming

In the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Heather Knight will be leading the team, with experienced players Danni Wyatt and Sophie Ecclestone by her side

WTC 2023-25 points table: India, NZ, SL rankings; top batters & bowlers

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Australia beat England 3-2 in the five match ODI series on Sunday

The rain arrived too late for England as Australia won the deciding fifth one-day international to clinch the series 3-2. Australia finished on 165-2 in 20.4 overs, appearing to be comfortably on track to reaching the original winning target of 310 before rain stopped play at Bristol's County Ground on Sunday. No further play was possible and Australia won by 49 runs under the DLS method which sets revised targets for interrupted cricket matches. Australia struggled with injuries and illness during the series, and fielded a different starting lineup in each game and a stand-in captain Steve Smith in the decider when Mitch Marsh withdrew because of soreness. "It's certainly been a tricky series," Marsh said. "But it's just the calmness, our ability to stay present with the XIs we put out, that impressed me." The teams entered the game tied at 2-2 and the match would have been abandoned as a no-result, with the series ending 2-2, if Australia had not batted for 20 overs the mini

England vs Australia 5th ODI: Playing 11, Live Timings (IST), Streaming

In a major change, Steve Smith will be seen leading the Australian side in the fifth ODI in place of Mitchell Marsh

English captain Brook credits bowlers for series levelling win over Aus

Speaking in the post-match presentation, Brook said, as quoted by Cricbuzz, "We have taken all the positives and the momentum we had from the first two games and brought them to the last two games."

England vs Australia 4th ODI: Playing 11, live timings (IST), streaming

England vs Australia 4th ODI: England ended Australia's 14-match winning streak in ODIs after defeating them by 46 runs in the third ODI