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- April 22, 2018
Former England batsman Ed Smith has been appointed as the team’s new national selector, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday
England’s bid to win the second Test against New Zealand was hindered by bad light when play was abandoned early with the hosts 42 without loss chasing an unlikely 382 for victory
England lost by an innings and 49 runs to New Zealand in the first Test at Auckland despite the efforts of all-rounder Ben Stokes on the final day
Root had scored his 38th test half century and was showing signs of the fight that his team would have been able to rally around on the fifth day
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Boult finished with career-best figures of six for 32 after he had ripped the top off England’s batting with four for nine from his first six overs. Southee finished with four for 25
Both sides were hit with late replacements but with marked differences
Ross Taylor was limping badly after he appeared to suffer a similar strain but still combined with Tom Latham (71) for 187 runs
Ben Stokes is expected to make his long-awaited England return in an ODI against New Zealand on Sunday, ending an absence that stems from an incident in Bristol last September which led to him being charged with affray
Chris Gayle went unsold in two rounds with none of the eight franchises looking interested in the swashbuckling left-hander whose five centuries in IPL is the most by any batsman
Tom Curran came up with a lethal spell of reverse swing to help England bowl out Australia for 247 and complete their 4-1 series victory after failing to win a single Test match in the preceding Ashes series
National team mate and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler joined Ben Stokes at Rajasthan Royals but England captain Joe Root found no taker on the opening day of the two-day auction
Australian captain Steve Smith has been rested for the T20 games ahead of the crucial Test tour to South Africa, with David Warner stepping up to lead the team
Shakib al Hasan, who as an integral part of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad for seven years, has been released by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2018 player retentions
Jason Roy hit the highest one-day international score by an England player with a sublime 180 to help the tourists beat Australia by five wickets in the first ODI at the MCG
Ben Stokes has been named in the 16-man Test England Test squad while Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone has received a maiden call-up for the tour of New Zealand
Australia have bowled England out for 180 to win the fifth Test by an innings and 123 runs to seal a 4-0 Ashes win
Brothers Shaun and Mitchell Marsh had earlier both scored centuries on a scorching morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground to put Australia in a position where they could declare on 649-7 in the second session
A day that started with rain washing out the first session had looked like ending with a packed Sydney Cricket Ground bathed in summer sunshine and England’s Barmy Army of fans in full triumphant voice
The drop-in pitch at the MCG was unforgiving for bowlers, with a total of 1,081 runs scored and only 24 wickets taken over five days
