Reaction after Ben Stokes's unbeaten 135 earned England a thrilling one-wicket victory in the third Ashes Test to level the series against Australia at 1-1 on Sunday.
England captain Joe Root:
"Ben Stokes is a freak, he's incredible. The message at (...)
Jofra Archer's first five-wicket haul in test cricket put England in command on a weather-affected opening day of the third Ashes test at Headingley on Thursday as they bowled Australia out for 179.
Only four overs were possible in the morning (...)
The absence through injury of leading Australia batsman Steve Smith gives England a golden chance to level the Ashes series in the third Test at Headingley, but the hosts must resolve their own batting problems first.
Smith, who averages 126 in the (...)
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne lamented his team's failure to give pace spearhead Lasith Malinga a fitting World Cup farewell after their comprehensive defeat in their final group match against India on Saturday.
Sri Lanka overcame a top-order (...)
India's run-machine Rohit Sharma shared the secret of his red-hot form in the Cricket World Cup on Saturday, saying he approaches every match as if it was his first.
Sharma became the first player to smash five centuries in a World Cup after his 103 (...)
Geopolitics resurfaced at the Cricket World Cup on Saturday when a plane towing a "Justice for Kashmir" message flew over Headingley during India's final group game against Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan innings was into its first hour when the plane (...)
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib apologized to his team's fans after their winless campaign in the Cricket World Cup, saying the side's big guns had let them down.
Few had expected Afghanistan to make it through to the semifinal stage in only their (...)
West Indies should follow England's example to return stronger in the next World Cup, all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite said after the two-time champions exited the tournament with only two victories from nine matches.
Jason Holder and his men entered (...)
Chris Gayle removed Afghanistan top-scorer Ikram Alikhil with his tame off-breaks as the West Indies secured just their second win of a chastening World Cup campaign on Thursday.
The Caribbean side scored 311 for six in their 50 overs in Leeds and (...)
For someone as flamboyant off the pitch as on it, it is fitting that Hardik Pandya's transformation into India's reliable fifth bowler has been nothing less than spectacular at this year's Cricket World Cup.
The 25-year-old, known for his flash (...)
The International Cricket Council has said it will take action against any fans involved in "scuffles" before the Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Headingley on Saturday.
Videos shared on social media showed supporters of (...)
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib has reminded Pakistan of the threat posed by leg-spinner Rashid Khan ahead of their World Cup meeting on Saturday.
Rashid, third in the one-day international bowling rankings, has taken just four wickets at the (...)
England pacer Chris Woakes claimed five wickets while batsmen Joe Root and Eoin Morgan hit half-centuries to help the hosts defeat Pakistan by 54 runs in the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) at Headingley on Sunday.
Root made 84 and (...)
Derby County moved a step closer to the Premier League after reaching the Championship playoff final with a 4-2 win over Leeds United on Wednesday, as they roared back from a two-goal aggregate deficit to win 4-3 over two legs.
Jack Marriott came (...)
Resolute half-centuries by Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow led England to a four-wicket victory against Pakistan and a 4-0 lead in the five-match one-day international series on Thursday.
Stokes stroked a nearly run-a-ball 69 and Bairstow, included at (...)
James Anderson took 10 wickets in the match as England thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 88-runs inside three days in the first Test at Headingley Saturday.
Sri Lanka, following on, was dismissed for 119 in its second innings as England went 1-0 (...)
Kaushal Silva has urged Sri Lanka to fill the void left by Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara when it returns to the scene of one their greatest triumphs for the first Test against England at Headingley Thursday.
Two years ago, Yorkshire's (...)
Pakistan is on the verge of its first Test victory over Australia in 15 years, requiring 40 runs to level the two-match series with two days remaining following impressive performances from Mohammad Aamer and Imran Farhat.
Aamer claimed 4-86 as (...)
Captain Ricky Ponting led a gritty Australian fightback on the second day of the second test against Pakistan Thursday.
Ponting steered his team to 136-2 at the close, just 34 runs behind Pakistan which bowled out the Australia for 88 on the first (...)
Salman Butt will captain Pakistan for the first time Wednesday in the second Test against Australia at Headingley, marking a new era for Pakistani cricket – a mere eight days after the previous new era had apparently dawned.
A week is a long time (...)
Billy Slater's hat trick of tries helped Australia wallop England 46-16 in the Four Nations rugby league final at Elland Road Saturday.
Trailing 16-14 early in the second half, the Australians scored 32 unanswered points as they repeatedly scythed (...)
Australia completed a crushing victory over England in the fourth Test Sunday to level the Ashes series at 1-1 with one match to play.
The touring side ended England's entertaining lower-order resistance 20 minutes after lunch on the third day, (...)
England collapsed spectacularly to 82 for five in its second innings to leave Australia on the brink of victory in the fourth Ashes Test on Saturday.
Marcus North's patient century guided Australia to a commanding total of 445 on the second day and (...)
Australia took control of the fourth Ashes Test with devastating swing bowling and positive batting on a dramatic first day on Friday.
Seamers Peter Siddle and Stuart Clark sliced through the England batting order to dismiss the host for 102, its (...)
Andrew Flintoff's fitness for the fourth Ashes Test was still in doubt on Thursday after the England all-rounder struggled with the ball in a net session.
“He bowled this morning and it didn't look like he was quite 100 percent,” captain Andrew (...)