Brook replaces Root as world number one Test batter

Harry Brook displaces England team-mate Joe Root as the number one ranked Test batter in the world.

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Harry Brook keeps feet on ground after Joe Root rates him ‘best in world’

England batter not getting carried away with impressive statistics after match-defining innings in Wellington. England got a bit of grief in India earlier this year when Ben Duckett suggested their ...
The Guardian - 2d
Brook is 'far and away' best batter in world - Root

Harry Brook is "by far and away the best player in the world", according to his England team-mate Joe Root.
BBC News - 2d
Joe Root’s 36th Test century helps England claim series with big win over New Zealand

Second Test: England 280 & 427-6d; NZ 125 & 259 Tom Blundell hits consolation hundred for hosts England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome in New Zealand, be it a warm-up game ...
The Guardian - 4d
Australia v India: second men’s Test, day one – as it happened

Mitchell Starc took career-best figures of 6 for 48 as Australia rolled India for 180 on the first day in Adelaide. We’re underway…. The anthems, then the commencement bell is rung by Tim May. A ...
The Guardian - 5d
Ivory Coast turns to World Bank to replace costly debt

Swap deal to buy back bonds issued in January comes as African borrowers struggle under expensive debt burdens
Financial Times - 5d
Lung cancer ‘could be detected by world-first urine test’

Scientists hope for earlier detection after creating injectable sensor that releases compound into urine. Scientists have created a world-first urine test that could indicate the first possible ...
The Guardian - 6d
‘A dancer dances, even with replaced hips and scoliosis’: only one actor can play Liza Minnelli

Despite Minnelli’s memoir not being finished and a queue of ‘Academy award, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winners excited to talk’, the star of the upcoming biopic is already obvious. As the repeatedly ...
The Guardian - Dec. 3
Neil Wagner: ‘That Test, just one run in it, will stay with me for ever’

New Zealand fast bowler recalls the feelings before and after he took England’s final wicket in 2023. The Basin Reserve was built on land thrown up by an earthquake in 1855 and England’s return to ...
The Guardian - Dec. 3
ONS admits it may not be able to replace UK labour force survey until 2027

Policymakers face further uncertainty over state of jobs market
Financial Times - Dec. 3