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Nevill made his debut in Australia s 405-run second Test win at Lord s after first-choice wicketkeeper Brad Haddin withdrew to be with his sick daughter Mia.

In reply Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth survived two overs to go in 4-0, leaving 117 more runs to get if they are to go 2-1 up in the series.

“It’s been a mad Test match but an enjoyable one”.

England have added two tempo bowlers to their 14-man squad for the fourth test towards Australia beginning at Trent Bridge on Thursday as potential replacements for the injured James Anderson.

England find themselves on the brink of victory in the third Ashes Test after Steven Finn took five wickets on an unbelievable day at Edgbaston.

England will aim to seal the five-match series after taking a 2-1 lead following an eight-wicket win over title holders Australia in Birmingham.

England spearhead James Anderson has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test, and will miss the remainder of the Edgbaston Test with a side strain.

Only 33 men have been ordained into that club of glovemen over the course of 138 years, while nearly half as many again (45) have led their nation on to the Test match field.

Australia had won the first Test impressively, but are thoroughly outplayed in Port Elizabeth. “Don’t get me wrong – we didn’t plan to be bowled out the way we were today”.

Finn then made it two in two balls by taking the wicket of Adam Voges to leave the home fans delirious.

Opting to bat first, the tourists, who had clinched the preceding test as well as the ODI series, posted a strong total of 175-5 with Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik contributing 46 runs each. In addition, Pakistan are also leading the two-match T20 series 1-0 which...

England will be without James Anderson at Trent Bridge after their all-time leading wicket-taker suffered a side injury at Edgbaston.

At that time, Clarke was asked to comment on the “tremendous sex” he has enjoyed since taking over Australia’s captaincy. “Jimmy [Anderson] showed his class in the first innings of this game and his record at Notts is very good, so maybe it’ll be a...

England’s momentum was stifled to some extent in the afternoon as David Warner flashed his blade but even the lively left-hander is vulnerable and his innings ended on 77 when his side still needed 34 to avoid an innings defeat inside two days.

Clarke wasn’t alone in failing here, with Nevill so far the only Australian to bat more than 100 balls despite what Warner called a “fantastic batting wicket”.