England captain Stokes backs struggling Crawley as India await
England made a superb start to life under their new leadership duo of Stokes and red-ball coach Brendon McCullum during the recent 3-0 whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand. But Crawley had a tough time against the Black Caps, with four single figure scores sandwiched between efforts of 43 and 25 at either end of the series. Things are unlikely to get any easier against a formidable India pace attack led by stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah when the Covid-delayed fifth Test starts at Edgbaston on Friday. Читать дальше...