Chris Woakes

England ended a summer of thrilling cricket on the wrong side of a series defeat for the first time as twin centuries from Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwel(...)

Day Five: England 583-8d off 154.4 overs (Z Crawley 267, J Buttler 152) and Pakistan 273ao off 93 overs (Azhar Ali 141, M Rizwan 53, JM Anderson) &(...)

Zak Crawley produced a career-changing knock of 267 and Jos Buttler added 152 as the pair shared a record-breaking stand that all but guaranteed Engla(...)

Jimmy Anderson is still alive; he can still smile and he can still bowl; debate over his imminent retirement has stalled. In between the Tests he almo(...)

Joe Root has warned anyone questioning Jimmy Anderson’s ability does so at their peril, with England to give their record wicket-taker an immediate c(...)

Ben Stokes has withdrawn from the remainder of England’s Test series against Pakistan for unspecified family reasons, with the all-rounder due to join(...)

England 277-7 (C Woakes 84*, J Buttler 75, Y Shah 4-99) and 219 (O Pope 62, J Buttler 38, Y Shah 4-66) beat Pakistan 326 (S Mansood 156, B Azam 69, S (...)

Day 3 of 5: Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156, Babar Azam 69) & 137-8 lead England 219 (O Pope 62; Yasir Shah 4-66) by 244 runs In the old days the a(...)

Day 2 of 5: Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156, Babar Azam 69) lead England 92-4 (O Pope 46no) by 234 runs England’s wretched record in the first Test of (...)

Day 1 of 5: Pakistan 139-2 (Babar Azam 69no) v England There was not much play at Old Trafford but there was enough to alarm, delight and tantalise –(...)