England have ‘further to go’ after Pakistan win

BIRMINGHAM: England captain Alastair Cook insisted his side had “further to go” after a win over Pakistan at Edgbaston gave them a chance to top the world Test rankings

Published on: Aug 9, 2016, 06:45:30 IST

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BIRMINGHAM: England captain Alastair Cook insisted his side had “further to go” after a win over Pakistan at Edgbaston gave them a chance to top the world Test rankings before the end of their home season.

The hosts had it all to do after conceding a first-innings lead of 103 runs at Midlands county Warwickshire’s headquarters.

However, showing admirable resilience, England recovered to win the third Test by 141 runs on Sunday to go 2-1 up with one to play ahead of the series finale at The Oval starting on Thursday.

Not that Cook was getting carried away by the prospect.

“If we do win at The Oval, I wouldn’t say we are anywhere near our potential,” he said.

“If we become number one there, that’s fantastic – but it will be a bit of an irrelevance, because this side has still got much further to go.

“I thought that might come in a couple of years’ time.”

VINCE GETS ALL CLEAR FOR FOURTH TEST

James Vince was passed fit to play after England named an unchanged 13-man squad for next week’s fourth Test against Pakistan at The Oval.

Vince suffered an injury to the fourth finger of his left hand while fielding in the slips on Sunday. But later an England spokesman said there was no fracture or break in the finger, merely slight bruising.

JAMAICA CRUSH GUYANA FOR SECOND CPL TITLE

BASSETERRE: A brilliant bowling performance from the Jamaica Tallawahs saw them dismiss the Amazon Warriors for 93 in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final to secure their second title, the first team to do so.

Jamaica finished behind Guyana in the group stage and lost to them in the first play-off game, but in the final Jamaica did not give them a sniff in a fantastic all-round display that saw them win by nine wickets with 43 balls to spare. They did so thanks to a career best bowling performance from Imad Wasim and yet another Chris Gayle half century – his 78th score of fifty or more in T20 cricket.

Chasing 94 to win the Jamaica did not need to rush, but that did not stop Chris Gayle getting off the mark with a towering six off Steven Jacobs.

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