LONDON: England cricketer Moeen Ali became the latest target of trolls after he asked his Twitter followers to bid for his drawing for a charity. The all-rounder’s portrait of Sir Viv Richards was to be auctioned by Cricket United, a cricket charity awareness campaign that raises money for the Professional Cricketers’ ...
Read More »Moeen Ali credits Saqlain Mushtaq for maiden hat-trick
LONDON: England all-rounder Moeen Ali paid due credit to his bowling coach Saqlain Mushtaq after claiming his maiden Test hat-trick against South Africa at Oval. England were already cruising to claim thier second win against South Africa in the 4-match Test series when took to pitch on Day 5, but ...
Read More »Moeen Ali helps England thrash South Africa
LONDON: Moeen Ali became the first bowler in The Oval’s 100 Test-history to take a hat-trick as England wrapped up a crushing 239-run win in the third Test against South Africa on Monday. Victory put England 2-1 up in this four-match series, with just the fourth Test at Old Trafford ...
Read More »England v South Africa: third Test, day one, Proteas lose toss, bowl at The Oval
This is the 100th Test match to be played at the Oval LONDON: England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the third Test at The Oval on Thursday. Root made his decision despite overcast skies and a green-tinged pitch both offering the ...
Read More »Majestic Moeen Ali spins England to victory over South Africa
Moeen Ali celebrates his five-wicket haul as South Africa are rolled aside at Lord’s © Getty Images LONDON: Moeen Ali ripped through South Africa’s batting to give England a 211-run win in the first Test on a wonderfully entertaining fourth day at Lord’s. Off-spinner Moeen took 6-53 for match figures ...
Read More »Broad and Ali help England seize advantage
James Anderson struck late on the second day to maintain England’s ascendancy over South Africa in the first Test after Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali had done the earlier damage for the home side at Lord’s. Anderson snaffled out a 99-run stand between Temba Bavuma and Theunis de Bruyn that ...
Read More »Champions Trophy: England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets
Alex Hales and Joe Root put on 159, England v Bangladesh, Champions Trophy, Group A, The Oval, June 1, 2017 LONDON: Joe Root scored an unbeaten century as hosts England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the opening match of the Champions Trophy at the Oval on Thursday. England set ...
Read More »England play it safe with Lord’s line-up after clinching ODI series
LONDON: England will rest Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali as injury precautions in the final Royal London Series match against South Africa at Lord’s today and have brought Steven Finn, Toby Roland-Jones and Liam Dawson into their squad. It is understood there is no significant concern as yet ...
Read More »India level T20 series against England
NAGPUR: Fast bowler Ashish Nehra claimed three wickets as he combined with Jasprit Bumrah to choke the England batting and set up India’s series levelling five-run win in the second Twenty20 international in Nagpur. Chasing 145 for victory, England needed eight off the final over but Bumrah claimed two wickets ...
Read More »Ali, Morgan star in big England win
KANPUR: Skipper Eoin Morgan Thursday hailed England’s “outstanding” bowling performance after Moeen Ali’s superb spell set up a comprehensive seven-wicket win over India in the first Twenty20 international in Kanpur. Chasing a modest 148 for victory, England rode on the third-wicket 83-run stand between Morgan (51) and Joe Root (46 ...
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