With England set for a mammoth Test cricket series in India – one of the biggest feats in international cricket

Mancunian Matters looks at England’s record at the Gabba and three of their most memorable performances. The 2021/22 Ashes begin

Anderson has now joined a select group of bowlers who have taken over 500 test wickets – Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Glenn McGrath and Courtney Walsh have all took a quintuple century of wickets in international test cricket.

Lancashire’s home ground will host four more England Internationals behind closed-doors this summer

Lacnashire’s Matt Parkinson has been included in England’s 30 man training squad for the West Indies series.

Dan Haygarth speaks to former England cricketer Monty Panesar about his international career

Today’s play is one of the few in this series where England can say they held the advantage, though much more will be required to win this test match and square the series in Hamilton as the tourists reached 269-5, still 106 runs behind New Zealand.

New Zealand opener Tom Latham racked up his fifth test century in only ten innings on a truncated first day of the second test at Seddon Park in Hamilton overnight.

If you ever needed reminding how strong Michael Atherton’s Mancunian roots are just mention the weather.

Any negative self-reflection after the Ashes should be left firmly to the vanquished Australians, former England wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, has said.

Lancashire wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has been called up to the England squad to replace the injured Matt Prior for the third Test against India.