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Ken Rutherford averaged 27.08 in Test cricket. That figure was not truly representative of a considerable talent, yet it was a lot higher than it might have been. Rutherford had to build a Test career after one of the most traumatic and inhumane introductions to Test cricket imaginable. At the age of 19, he was picked by New Zealand to open the batting during their tour of the Caribbean in 1984-85. Malcolm Marshall destroyed him. Rutherford got a pair …
West Indies suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat to England Lions yesterday, just four days ahead of their clash with World number one England in the opening Test at Lord's. Without the full services of their three-pronged pace attack, West Indies struggled to make any inroads and the Lions easily wiped off the 197 set for victory before tea on the final day of the four-day tour match at Wantage Road. more at Jamaica Gleaner
Joe Root, the Yorkshire batsman, hit an unbeaten hundred as England Lions cruised to a 10-wicket victory against the West Indians on the final day in Northampton
Kieran Powell gave the West Indians an important boost ahead of the first Test with a composed hundred against England Lions to take the visitors into a 66-run lead on the third day
NORTHAMPTON, England (CMC):Embattled West Indies were facing the prospect of an innings defeat after their bowlers let England Lions off the hook and their batsmen then suffered their second collapse in as many days, on the second day of their four-day match here yesterday. Captain James Taylor stroked a fine 118 as the Lions, resuming on their overnight 40 for one, recovered from a precarious 98 for five before lunch to post 341 all out in good conditions at …
The West Indies Cricket Board has asked Chris Gayle to specify a date on which he can meet with it and regional officials, to mop up ‘residual matters’ related to their now seemingly concluded spat
James Taylor was relieved to finally be rewarded after a month battling in bowler-friendly conditions with a hundred for England Lions
England Lions moved into a 104-run lead against the West Indians in Northampton after the visitors had fought back during the morning sessions
It is difficult to know who learned what at Northampton when England Lions rolled the West Indies for 147. The conditions were so conducive to seam bowling that not taking wickets might have proved harder than taking them.
Jack Brooks did not emerge from village cricket until he was 20. Since then his progress has accelerated to the extent that he is among the next pack of fast bowlers vying for England recognition
