LONDON: The England cricket team will play their 1,000th Test match when they face India at Edgbaston today. England, set 234 to win, suffered a top-order collapse before Brian Close’s 70 revived their hopes. 1981: v Australia, HeadingleyEngland won by 18 runsPerhaps still the most astounding win ever known in Test history. 2005: v Australia, EdgbastonEngland won by two runsEngland, 1-0 down in the Ashes after a heavy defeat at Lord’s, turned things round in Birmingham. Spinners Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann out-bowled their India counterparts in both innings as England completed one of their best away wins.

Source: Pakistan Today August 01, 2018 05:26 UTC