Josh Hazlewood claimed five wickets as Australia wrapped up an emphatic 159-run victory against West Indies in the first Test in Barbados. West Indies lost all 10 of their second-innings wickets in the evening session on day three of the contest as Australia showed their ruthlessness to close out the match with two days to...
Asked whether a draw had been discussed, Tongue said: “Hopefully we’re not in that situation anyway. We’ll try and be as positive as we can in that first session, then see where we are at lunch – then we’ll take things from there. “With our batting line-up I feel we can chase down anything. Their...
Just when this fabulous, fluctuating Test looked to have taken a decisive direction, it turned again. India are strong favourites, even if England chased 378 to beat them at Edgbaston three years ago. Much of the day belonged to Rahul and Pant. What made their batting all the more impressive was the way they survived...
Josh Tongue takes the wickets of Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah in the same over as India fall from 349-6 to 349-9 in their second innings of the first Test against England at Headingley. FOLLOW LIVE: England v India first Test – day four Available to UK users only. Read full article at...
South Africa finally break Australia’s resistance, as Josh Hazlewood is caught by Keshav Maharaj to bowled out their opponents for 207 in the men’s ICC World Test Championship final. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
It’s easy to say, “Why don’t you just walk away?” But unless you’ve lived it, you don’t understand. The structure of training, the routine, the high of fight week – it’s like a drug. I’ve never touched recreational stuff in my life but I imagine the hit of fight night is not far off. The...
Exeter full-back Josh Hodge says Rob Baxter has gone “back to basics” after taking control of the playing group. Chiefs director of rugby Baxter has stepped in as acting boss after head coach Rob Hunter left the club and backs coach Ali Hepher was suspended. The coaching changes came after Exeter’s club-record 79-17 loss at...
“I’m speechless. All that hard work this season,” the 29-year-old told Sky Sports. “We’ve been written off so many times, people calling us boring. We’ve bored our way to the Premier League. “It takes a whole team – it’s not just a back four, a goalkeeper, it takes everybody. “I don’t think a lot of...
An American pastor has been kidnapped by armed men after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say. Josh Sullivan had been conducting a service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, a township in Gqeberra in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday evening when “four armed and masked male suspects entered”, police spokesman...
Tongue’s debut for Nottinghamshire came more than two months after he first returned to action with the England Lions in Australia. He featured twice for the second-string national team Down Under, but had failed to take a wicket in their matches in Brisbane and Sydney. His first scalp for 590 days finally came when wicketkeeper-batter...
Colin Ackermann’s second century of the match was not enough to stave off defeat for Durham, who succumbed to Nottinghamshire by eight wickets after a match-turning spell by England fast bowler Josh Tongue. South African-born Netherlands international Ackermann made 124 to go with his first-innings 116 as Durham, who had trailed by 201 on first...
Close friendships were formed as Ward-Hibbert travelled the world playing tennis, and in 2012 he reached the pinnacle as he teamed up with Liam Broady to win the Australian Open junior doubles title. Ward-Hibbert turned professional and won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Futures circuit, including five with Broady and...
Warrington Wolves winger Josh Lynch has been banned for 16 months for use of a prohibited substance. The 21-year-old was tested by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) in December 2023 during a training session with the sample returning a ‘adverse analytical finding’ (AAF) for the growth hormone ibutamoren, which is prohibited in sport. Lynch has been out...
