Matt Roller

England have picked 11 different spinners between Liam Dawson's third and fourth Test caps. His return is a pragmatic call after some extraordinary form, with seven 100s and ten 5-fors in the last two-and-a-half Championship seasons @ESPNcricinfo espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-i…

Shubman Gill walked out face a hat-trick ball 24 hours ago, with India 0 for 2 and trailing by more than 300 after 157.1 overs in the field

Every time Shubman Gill has reached 20 in this series, he has gone on to score a century. Elite conversion

England have reached 600 in a home Test for only the second time in the last 20 years. The most recent was 710 for 7 declared vs India at Edgbaston in 2011 - the match they became world No. 1

And now a first Test century since July 2, 2023

Jasprit Bumrah has conceded 100 runs in an innings for the first time in his career 😳

Joe Root has only missed two of the 159 Test matches that England have played since his debut in 2012 He needs another 2,512 runs to draw level with Sachin Tendulkar - just under his tally for his last 50 innings In other words: it's on @ESPNcricinfo espncricinfo.com/story/joe-root…

Ben Stokes' first half-century against India since the Hyderabad Test last January. Ends a streak of 15 consecutive innings against India without one

Birmingham City owners Knighthead Capital have completed their purchase of a 49% stake in Birmingham Phoenix. First Hundred deal was officially signed off 10 days ago on July 15 @ESPNcricinfo espncricinfo.com/story/birmingh…

That's the thing about Joe Root, you look up and all of a sudden he's on 13,379

Joe Root moves to 50 for the 104th time in his Test career. Only Sachin Tendulkar, 119 times, is fiftier @englandcricket

On Jofra Archer's masterful bowling to left-handers: immense skill from both over and around the wicket, as demonstrated by dismissals of Jadeja and Pant today Archer has 29 Test wickets at 35 against right-handers, but 21 wickets at 22 against lefties espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-i…

A T10 league in the Cayman Islands featuring David Warner has descended into chaos, with fixtures cancelled due to a player strike World Cricket Association allege contracts have been "flagrantly breached" and treated like "worthless pieces of paper" espncricinfo.com/story/max60-ca…

A #longread on Italy's qualification for the men's @T20WorldCup 2026 - a story of how far they have come and the people involved in it #T20WorldCup @FedCricket espncricinfo.com/story/how-ital…

On Friday, I was lucky enough to spend the day with @HomeOfCricket groundstaff. Fascinating, long, hot day where I learnt a hell of a lot (and had some very funny pictures taken) telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/0…