After Ben Stokes enforced a follow on, New Zealand left the England bowlers frustrated on Day 3 of the second Test in Wellington.
'The reality is around the rest of the world... teams have had to deal with positive cases... We have to manage it as best we can.'
Play on day three of the first Test match between England and New Zealand at Lord's in London was abandoned due to rain on Friday without a ball being bowled.
Images from Day 5 of the second Test between England and Pakistan at the Rose Bowl, in Southampton, on Monday
'I am very excited for him to put the England shirt on again. It's something he has worked very hard for and thoroughly deserves.'
Pat Cummins admits he would relish taking the prized wicket of England captain Joe Root in this week's opening Ashes Test in Brisbane even if he had not earned a late promotion into the Australian captaincy.
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
Rohit Sharma has overtaken captain Virat Kohli to become the top-ranked Test batsman from India.
Jonny Bairstow led England to within 40 runs of South Africa's first innings total, with seven wickets in hand, on the first day of the second Test at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Collingwood takes over after Chris Silverwood stepped down last week
New Zealand were in trouble at 37 for 3 at stumps in reply to England's declared first innings total of 325 for 9 at Bay Oval, with seven wickets tumbling in a frantic evening session.
India pacer Prasidh has been laid low by a lumbar stress fracture that will require the Rajasthan Royals bowling spearhead to go under the knife.
Here are glimpses of fans adding some Christmas cheer and just having a good time at the MCG on Sunday...
His duel with India stalwart Virat Kohli will be an interesting sub-plot of the match.
Jasprit Bumrah, the new 'Smiling Assassin' of Indian cricket, has the potential to become a 'Captain Marvel' if entrusted with full-time responsibility.
The five-Test series pours about A$200 million ($145.68 million) into Cricket Australia (CA) coffers through broadcast, sponsorship and ticketing, local media have reported.
India's pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord's on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
England were left frustrated after a blunder by third umpire Anil Chaudhary denied them the wicket of India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and a DRS review.
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Ahmedabad.
The right-handed batsman made his Test debut against India in 2012 and has scored 8,249 runs in Test cricket, including 19 centuries and 49 half-centuries, since then.
England are being "too nice" and need to "get nasty" against Australia in the Boxing Day Test to fight back in the Ashes series, said former skipper Michael Vaughan.
'For what I think is a pretty common non-event, it does seem like everyone has a pretty strong opinion about it.'
'It's a bit different and a bit weird, but it's just something we'll have to get used to'
England were 7-1 at stumps with Ben Duckett (4) and Ollie Pope (3) batting together
Broad said 'Baz' McCullum had already made a difference.
Andhra skipper Hanuma Vihari batted left-handed and defied speedster Avesh Khan to add 26 runs for the 10th wicket and help his team reach 379 against Madhya Pradesh on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final.
Images from Day 5 of the fourth Test between England and India, at The Oval, on Sunday.
Jonny Bairstow was selected to play as a specialist batsman in England's fourth Test against India even though he fractured a finger while keeping wicket in the third-Test loss.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri said that there was a 'gang of people in India', who always wanted him to fail.
Rohit has 807 rating points as against 828 of Kohli.
Joe Root's masterful unbeaten 168 has put England in firm control of the first Test against Sri Lanka
The toss is always an important factor in Chennai as chasing anything above 170 to 175 could be a risky proposition.
Resurgent KKR face struggling RR, aim to break into top-4
The Test series, to be played in a bio-secure environment to counter the COVID-19 threat, is subject to the final approval of the UK government.
Moeen Ali warming the bench during the Twenty20 series against India was "circumstantial" and the all-rounder remains a vital white-ball player for the team, captain Eoin Morgan said on Monday.
England's cricket players on central contracts have agreed to take a 15% pay cut for 12 months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on finances
Joe Root has yet to score a century in Australia and in his two previous away Ashes series averages 38 from nine Tests.
