Cricket: Australia have cruised to a comfortable win in their opening match of the T20 World Cup.
Aussies open world cup with a bang | 02:23England captain Ben Stokes said Saturday he will miss the first Test against Pakistan starting next week, after failing to recover from a hamstring injury.
Top-order batter Ollie Pope, who led the side against Sri Lanka, will stand in again for the first of three matches starting in the central city of Multan on Monday.“But have taken the call to miss this one because I’ve not quite managed to get game ready.”Start your free trial today > But the skipper said he was “not sure” he would participate in the second Test – also in Multan and slated for October 15.
“I think I’m further ahead than what we expected. I’ll be working just as hard over the next ten days to try to get myself fit for the second Test.”
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