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He has made a record 65 half-centuries and 36 centuries, [10] and was one half of the highest England Test partnership of 454. As a slip fielder, holds the England record for the most catches taken with 207. [11] Captaining his side from 2016 until standing down in 2022, Root holds the record for the most matches played as English captain with ...
In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the West Indies and Bangladesh, although they also avoided defeat by any of the non-Test playing nations. Even so, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with heavy defeats by New Zealand, Australia ...
In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one. [13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...
Ireland was to pay a one-off £10 million sum to the United Kingdom (as opposed to annual repayments of £250,000 over 47 more years). Arguably the most significant outcome, however, was the return of so-called "Treaty Ports", three ports in Ireland maintained by the UK as sovereign bases under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, [a] [b] and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). [5] [6] Ireland played their first Test match in 2018, becoming the eleventh Test nation ...
If there is no shame in losing to Ireland at the Aviva, England do not seem to have the depth required to match the top sides in the world. Ireland’s 22 unanswered points came amid a familiar ...
J. J. Ferris played Test cricket for both Australia and England. Iftikhar Ali Khan, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi, is the only cricketer to have played for both England and India. Seventeen men have represented two nations in Test cricket. List updated to 27 September 2024 (Test #2552).
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