Cook confirmed that Durham’s Mark Wood, who took four wickets on his Ashes debut as England won the first Test in Cardiff, was likely to be tasked with filling the chasm, having recovered from an ankle problem.
Yes, you could be critical and say it doesn’t need a keeper to highlight something like that, but little things like that WILL make all the difference at Arsenal.
After England won the toss and bowled first, Broad picked up his 300th test match wicket with just the third ball of the day, dismissing Australian opener Chris Rogers for a duck – the first duck in Rogers’ test career.
Defiant and angry Australian captain Michael Clarke vowed to keep playing on after the Ashes series with England, with those suggesting he was finished talking “a complete load of rubbish”.
Goal understands Arsenal are prepared to spend up to £40m on Benzema as they look to make the striker their marquee summer signing following the arrivals of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the last two years.
With Diego Costa still a doubt for Saturday’s Premier League opener against Swansea City, Falcao or Loic Remy could be left to lead the line for a side looking well out of practice.
Low interest rates have helped boost stocks since the financial crisis, raising some concerns about how the market will react when rates begin to rise.
Nevill’s maiden Test 50, in just his second innings, occupied 126 balls and kept England waiting longest before Australia were bowled out for 265 just before lunch on day three of the third Investec Test.
Anders Lindegaard could finally be on his way out of United, after Louis van Gaal made it clear that there was going to be little game-time for him this season.
His record at The Oval is less stellar – 35 wickets at 33 – but his loss would be a huge boon for the Australians, who this afternoon were fighting to cling on in the third Test at Edgbaston.
It was the first time the Frenchman has beaten Jose Mourinho in 14 encounters, a losing streak that last year prompted the Chelsea manager to label Wenger a “specialist in failure”.