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India vs England: COVID-19 pandemic has hampered hosts' consistency, says Joe Root
• 4 years agoEngland were skittled out for 183 in their first innings to concede a 95-run lead to India. Root then scored a second-innings hundred as the hosts managed 303 to set India a tricky target.
India vs England: 'Their defensive technique lets them down', Geoffrey Boycott slams England batters
• 4 years agoSkipper Joe Root was only England batters who made an impact in the series-opener, scoring 109 and 64 in his two innings.
Firstpost Explains: Why is Ollie Robinson suspended after a successful Test debut?
Firstcricket Staff • 4 years agoSoon after the first England-New Zealand Test ended in a draw, Robinson, whose racist and sexist tweets from 2012 and 2013 had resurfaced online, was suspended from international cricket.
Geoffrey Boycott urges ECB to to dock money from players who prioritise IPL over national duty
• 4 years agoLast week, England head coach Chris Silverwood confirmed that IPL-bound England players will be available for the entire tournament, which means those involved in the final stages of the cash-rich league are most likely to miss the opening Test against New Zealand.
India vs England: Visitors guilty of thinking too far ahead, have gone wrong with rotation policy, says Ian Bell
• 4 years agoEngland fell to an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India to go down 1-2 in the four-match series, while also getting knocked out of contention from the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final in June.
India vs England: 'You should be ashamed of what you've done to Jonny Bairstow,' Geoffrey Boycott tells selectors
• 4 years agoBairstow, who is a wicketkeeper-batsman, played the two Tests in Sri Lanka as a specialist batsman before being sent home as part of England's workload management for their players.
Joe Root has potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as all-time run scorer in Tests, says Geoffrey Boycott
• 4 years agoRoot, 30, amassed 426 runs in four innings at an average of 106.50 including two centuries with a high score of 228 in the just-concluded 2-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka.
Theresa May attracts criticism from domestic abuse charities for awarding knighthood to Geoffrey Boycott
• 5 years agoGeoffrey Boycott was convicted in France in 1998 of hitting his ex-girlfriend; he maintains his innocence and said he couldn’t give a toss about the criticism.
Andrew Strauss, Geoffrey Boycott bestowed knighthood in former British PM Theresa May's resignation honours list
• 5 years agoEngland cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa May in her resignation honours list.
Ashes 2019: Geoffrey Boycott criticses England's 'batting without brains' after their poor show on Day 2 of Leeds Test
• 6 years agoBoycott said, 'If England had batted all day they would have a lead of 100. So, what did England do? They batted without any brains and threw away the Ashes.'