England v Pakistan - Test Match & T20 Series 2020

Jimmy has finally got his 600th wicket at 4:37

Azhar c Root b Anderson 31
"Extra bounce - it kicked up and surprised Azhar who nicked off high to the solitary slip".

Day 5 3rd Test Ageas Bowl Southampton England 583-8 dec Pakistan 273 & 187-4 Babar 63 no Anderson 2-45 match drawn

been ain interesting summer

3rd Test Man of the Match - Crawley
England Man of the Series - Buttler
Pakistan Man of the Series - Rizwan

Jason Roy is out of the T20 Series with a shoulder injury.

1st T20 Old Trafford - Pakistan won the toss & elected to field
England 131-6 (16.1 overs) Banton 71 rain stopped play

Banton's weighed in with a quick scoring 71.
Yet another wicket keeper batsman. And with Roy injured it could give him a decent run in the team.

Banton is the future, Bairstow Roy & Malan need to keep performing in this format, it;s a good problem to have. Not sure how Denly will fit into future plans. Next World T20 has been moved from Oz to India so maybe Denly's leggies could be useful.
Going back to Banton, watch his legside shots especially, they have a touch of Pietersen, not a bad player to copy. Also some Buttler style flicks one of which went for six behind the wicket.

Latest - match abandoned

be a pity of the summer's international cricket ended in a series of washouts....

Tomorrows 2nd T20 will be aired live on BBC TV for the 1st time since 1999 (BBC1 from 13.45).