LONDON: Gus Atkinson continued his Lord’s love affair by taking five wickets as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Test on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series. Sri Lanka, set what would have been a new Test record fourth-innings winning total of 483, were dismissed for […]
LONDON: Gus Atkinson scored a superb maiden century as England posted 427 all out on day two of the second test at Lord’s on Friday before Sri Lanka lost both openers to reach lunch on 32-2. Atkinson, whose previous highest score in first-class cricket was 91 for Surrey, began with back-to-back boundaries, clipping Lahiru Kumara’s […]
England batter Joe Root heaped praise on pacer Gus Atkinson who scored a maiden century in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. On Day 1 of the second Test, the hosts found themselves in trouble after they were reduced to 42-2 at one stage. It was then Joe Root arrived at the crease […]
The England Cricket Board (ECB) has pulled Gus Atkinson out of The Hundred 2024 finale as a precautionary measure before the Sri Lanka Test series. England will face Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match Test series on August 21 at Old Trafford, followed by the second game scheduled at Lord’s while the third […]