Images from Day 2 of the fifth Test between England and India at The Oval, London, on Friday.
Shubman Gill played a masterful captain's knock with his second century of the series on the opening day of the second Test
Fulham held visitors Manchester United to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Sunday.
'We all know what he's capable of achieving in Test cricket and we hope that when the opportunity does arrive for him, he's able to recapture, and also improve on, what he's been able to do already in that form of the game.'
Goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez earned Chelsea a 2-0 victory at lowly Burnley on Saturday, a win that moved the Blues within three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Saturday
Siraj dismissed Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton before bowling Gus Atkinson to end the match.
Woakes was stranded on nought as Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took the remaining 4 wickets in an hour's play to help India register a series-levelling 6-run win.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between England and India at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, on Saturday.
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It's unbelievable because I was waiting for a long time: Siraj on his six-wicket haul
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Jaiswal Blazes, Gill Leads: India's Young Guns Dominate Opening Day
Gill second successive ton as skipper takes India to 310 for 5
I expected seam and swing in England but on tracks like these only discipline helps: Akash Deep
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday
Drama in the most dramatic of series isn't over yet!
On a tense Day 4 at The Oval, the England batter blazed his way to a 98-ball century, dragging his team back into the contest and into the history books.
Root reached the milestone during his 69th WTC appearance - a single pushed to deep backward square leg brought up yet another half-century and sealed his place in the record books.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was "disappointed" on missing a century by a whisker, but amazed by Test captain Shubman Gill's "incredible" effort that powered India to a comfortable position at the end of the opening day of the second Test against England, at Edgbaston, on Wednesday.
England captain Ben Stokes tried to focus on the positives after his team's agonising six-run loss to India in their riveting final Test at The Oval on Monday.
Harry Brook could be in contention to replace Ollie Pope as Ben Stokes' deputy when England travel to Australia this winter.
India made 3,809 runs in this series, which is the most ever scored by a team in a five Test series.
Across five fiercely contested Tests, more than 7,000 runs were scored, including a record-equalling 21 individual centuries. Every match stretched into a gripping fifth day. The sun shone, the stands were full, and the cricket -- emotional, enthralling, and endlessly unpredictable -- captured imaginations around the world.
'I wouldn't bowl to him (Gill) in England, that's for sure.'
Coming off a commanding 336-run win at Edgbaston, Team India not only ended their winless streak at the historic venue, but also levelled the five-match series 1-1 in stunning fashion thanks to Shubman Gill's twin hundreds and a rousing spell from pacer Akash Deep.
Ben Stokes acknowledged that missed opportunities early in the match allowed India to take firm control of the second Test at Edgbaston
Root surpassed 7000 runs in ODIs and also went past Eoin Morgan to become England's leading ODI run-scorer.
Lord's has a tradition of rewarding those who give their best, asserts veteran cricket correspondent K R Nayar.
Fans also took to X, calling for Head Coach Gambhir's sacking.
England were second-best in all departments in a heavy Test loss to India at Edgbaston after they misread the pitch and made the wrong decision at the toss, coach Brendon McCullum said after his team lost by 336 runs on Sunday.
Siraj, Krishna, Akash Shine as India's Pace Future Takes Shape
Jofra Archer will play his first Test in more than four years as he replaces fellow seamer Josh Tongue for the third Test at Lord's.
He revealed that the team consciously chose to go on the offensive with short balls when England were 83 for 5.
Atherton reckons that in his three years at the helm, the series against India is Stokes' sternest test of leadership qualities.
'We obviously want to wheel him in, but we also want to respect where his body's at, and on the basis of that, we just felt that it wasn't worth including him in the squad.'
As England and India gear up for the final Test of the fiercely fought five-match series starting at The Oval on Thursday, a number of individuals on either side will be on the cusp of major individual milestones.
IMAGES from the third Test played between England and Sri Lanka at the Oval on Sunday
Stokes praises incredibly skillful Akash Deep, says task was to bat out 80 overs
Australian batter Steve Smith on Thursday said his bowlers reaped the benefits of relentlessly targeting the off stump.
