West Indies 79 for 6 (Athanaze 22, Anderson 2-11, Stokes 2-25) and 121 trail England 371 (Crawley 76, Smith 70, Root 68, Seales 4-77) by 171 runsEngland need four more wickets to secure an innings win over West Indies inside three days, after James Anderson, Gus Atkinson and Ben Stokes shared six wickets on the second evening. The hosts were dominant with the bat, scoring at more than four runs per over across their first innings and then turned the screw with the ball to close in on a 1-0 lead.Needing to score 250 – more than double their first-innings…

To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Best shots of Smith’s 50Article informationAuthor, Stephan ShemiltRole, Chief Cricket Writer at Lord’s9 hours agoJamie Smith says Ben Foakes has helped him with his Test debut despite replacing his Surrey team-mate as England’s wicketkeeper.Foakes, arguably the best keeper in the world, is Surrey’s first choice, with Smith usually playing as a specialist batter in county cricket.But England have chosen Smith to keep in the first Test against West Indies and he responded by making 70 on day two at Lord’s.”We’ve got a very good relationship and he…

The proposed venue at Macquarie Point is part of a Tasmanian team joining the AFL in 2028Andrew McGlashan12-Jul-2024 • 52 mins agoA concept design of the proposed new stadium in Hobart Tasmania GovernmentThere are ambitions to host indoor Test cricket at a new stadium proposed in Hobart as part of a Tasmanian team joining the Australian Football League (AFL).The Tasmania Devils are due to become the AFL’s 19th team in 2028 and part of the deal is based around there being a new stadium constructed. It is being earmarked as a multipurpose 23,000-seater venue at Macquarie Point with a transparent…