Leeds: Joe Root said on Wednesday that England would look to carry on from where they left off against New Zealand at Lord's during the second and final Test at his Headingley home ground.
England skittled out New Zealand for just 68 at Lord's on Sunday to secure a 170-run win that left them 1-0 up in a two-match series heading into the second Test, which starts on Friday.
"The guys played exceptionally well over the week," England batsman Root told Sky Sports on Wednesday. "That last day was really good so we are taking a lot of confidence from that into this week. We want to win and we will definitely be going out there to do that. We want to prepare as best we can and hopefully we can get things right and start off well," he added.
Last week's match was Root's first Test in England and he responded with knocks of 40 and 71, valuable innings in the context of a low-scoring clash. Now he is looking to follow that up with more runs on his Yorkshire home ground, where pitches have generally aided batsmen so far this season....
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09:31 PM, May 22, 2013
Leeds: New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling was ruled out Wednesday of the second and final Test against England at Headingley starting Friday. Watling injured his knee during New Zealand's 170-run first Test defeat at Lord's last week. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who deputised behind the stumps at Lord's, will keep at Headingley with Martin Guptill coming into the team to bat at number six, a Black Caps statement issued...
08:31 PM, May 22, 2013
Los Angeles: Steven Spielberg is all set to convert a popular video game 'Halo' into a live-action television series. While unveiling its new Xbox One entertainment console, Microsoft announced that the 60-year-old filmmaker will executive produce the upcoming television venture, said the Hollywood reporter. 'Halo' is a multi billion-dollar video game franchise. The story focuses on a fight between human race and aliens. Spielberg is currently presiding over Cannes Film...
05:11 PM, May 22, 2013
Wellington: New Zealand's media were muted in their reaction to their side being bundled out for just 68 runs to give England a 170-run victory in the first Test at Lord's on Sunday, instead turning their focus towards the second match in Leeds. Their second innings score, sparked by Stuart Broad's career-best figures of seven for 44, was New Zealand's ninth-lowest in their 83-year Test history. Unlike the furore that...
11:25 AM, May 20, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates from day four of the first Test between England and New Zealand being played at Lord's in London. Day 3 Round-up: James Anderson and Steven Finn continued the good work from the previous day and bowled out New Zealand for 207. England's second innings did not get the start it needed as both openers Alastair Cook and Nick Compton departed in quick successions. Joe...
02:48 PM, May 19, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates from day three of the first Test between England and New Zealand being played at Lord's in London. Day 2 Round-up: James Anderson took his 300th Test wicket and then ended a bold counter-attack by New Zealand's Ross Taylor as England fought back in the first Test at Lord's. The two players lit up a Lord's bathed in artificial floodlight to counter the overhead...
03:06 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Dale Steyn, the world's most feared pacer, on Tuesday backed his country South Africa to come out trumps in the three-Test series against India to be held at the end of this year, but was also wary of the quality of the opposing batting line-up. "We have got a pretty good Test side at the moment, to be fair, and we play quite well at home. I would like...
05:08 PM, May 14, 2013
Bulawayo: Shakib Al Hasan performed with bat and ball to hand Bangladesh a comfortable 34 run win over Zimbabwe and ensure a drawn Twenty 20 series in Bulawayo on Sunday. Bangladesh's victory in the second international levelled the series at 1-1 after Zimbabwe had won the opening match by six runs on Saturday. Shakib scored 40 runs after Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat in a vital 82-run...
09:44 PM, May 12, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday's third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory. After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory on Sunday, preventing Bangladesh from extending their unbeaten run...
09:46 PM, May 07, 2013
London: Chris Rogers gave Australia a timely Ashes boost with a fine double century in Middlesex's county championship draw against Surrey at Lord's on Sunday. Rogers hit 214 - his ninth first-class double century - to improve his chances of featuring against England after a five-year absence from the national team. The 35-year-old left-hander has played just one Test, making only 19 runs against India at Perth in 2008. But...
04:21 PM, May 07, 2013
Dubai: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Monday fined 75 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's loss in the second one-day international against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Shakib was fined after he pleaded guilty to a Level 2 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match. Shakib was found to have breached Article 2.2.1 of the ICC Code...
05:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Bulawayo: Sean Williams hit a career-best 78 not out as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the second one-day international in Bulawayo on Sunday to set up a series decider. Playing in only his second one-day match since the 2011 World Cup, Williams was aided by Malcolm Waller's unbeaten 39 as he calmly saw Zimbabwe to their target of 253 with 13 balls to spare. Abdur Razzak's maiden half-century...
09:06 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI has once again declined the PCB proposal of having a bilateral series between India and Pakistan, sources told CNN-IBN on Thursday. The recent political developments between the two countries don't present an appropriate situation for resuming the cricket ties, opined sources. Earlier, PCB had sent a proposal to the BCCI for a bilateral series titled Gandhi-Jinnah series, along the lines of the Ashes. In the proposal...
12:15 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Update: Samsung has started sending out invitations for the Galaxy S4 launch event to be held on April 26. The media invite confirms our report. New Delhi: The India launch of Samsung's flagship smartphone, Galaxy S4, which according to our source, was scheduled for April 25, will now happen on April 26, confirmed the same source with knowledge of the Galaxy S4 launch plans in India. He also said that...
12:53 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Zimbabwe took a massive 442-run lead over Bangladesh after the hosts bundled out the visitors' for 134 in the first innings with Kyle Jarvis and Shingi Masakadza picking four wickets each. In Zimbabwe's second innings, Roibul Hossain picked up a six wickets to put Zimbabwe in trouble before Taylor and Graeme Creamer put the hosts right on track. Read on for the updates Zimbabwe second innings End of over No....
01:31 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Dhaka: Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Friday returned to bolster Bangladesh for an upcoming two-Test series in Zimbabwe after recovering from a shin-bone injury. Shakib, who underwent surgery in Australia in February, missed last month's tour of Sri Lanka. He has scored 1,835 runs and taken 102 wickets in 28 Tests. The left-hander is likely to play as a batsman only in the first Test, chief selector Akram Khan...
08:09 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Chandhok said that Formula One is the pinnacle but his future now lies in sports car racing and the focus in 2013 would be on FIA GT series and Endurance races. ...
06:31 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Making his debut in the FIA GT series, Karun Chandhok helped his side Seyffarth Motorsport earn sixth position on the grid. ...
09:14 PM, Mar 31, 2013
