In the City of Saints, England spent the first day of their Test series against Pakistan muttering a quiet prayer. Stand-in England captain Ollie Pope lost the toss and saw his bowlers struggle against Pakistan Shan Masood scored a fabulous 151 before being caught and bowled by spinner Jack Leach England's bowlers toiled in the heat having left their homeland …
A one-word message from Stokes, after first-choice spinner Jack Leach had been ruled out of all five Ashes Tests against Australia, was all it took to bring slow-bowling all-rounder Moeen back into England’s red-ball set-up. London: Moeen Ali said Ben Stokes was the only England captain who could have persuaded him to come out of Test retirement. And Moeen could …
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