Two families in the Oshikoto region have been left destitute after their homesteads burnt to ashes over the weekend. The incidents occurred on two sperate occasions at Nanghene and Onyati C villages. Speaking to The Namibian on Monday, Onyaanya constituency councillor Gideon Shikomba said the fires were started by children playing with matches in the...
Australia have retained the Ashes after the fourth Test against England ended in a rain-affected draw, with bad weather at Old Trafford washing out Sunday’s final day. The result ensured Australia, as the holders, kept the Ashes at 2-1 up with one match left in the series — regardless of the result of next week’s...
Australia century-maker Marnus Labuschagne fell to Joe Root before rain returned to frustrate England’s hopes of forcing a series-levelling win in the fourth Ashes Test on Saturday. Only 30 overs had been bowled during the fourth day at Old Trafford when the wet weather swept back in during the revised tea break. Play was officially...
Fast bowler Mark Wood ripped through Australia’s top order following Jonny Bairstow’s thrilling 99 not out as England strengthened their grip on a must-win fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford on Friday. Australia were 113-4 in their second innings at stumps on the third day, still 162 runs behind England’s huge first-innings 592. Wood had...
Zak Crawley’s super-charged 189 fuelled a dramatic England run spree on the second day of the must-win fourth Test at Old Trafford as Australia wilted in the face of an Ashes onslaught. England were 384-4 at stumps on Thursday in reply to the tourists’ first-innings 317, a lead of 67 runs. The home team, 2-1...
England’s Stuart Broad became just the fifth bowler to take 600 Test wickets, as Australia ended Wednesday’s opening day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on 299-8. Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Marsh each made 51 after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss in a match the hosts must win to maintain their hopes...
England’s thrilling three-wicket win in the third Test at Headingley on Sunday kept the Ashes alive, with Ben Stokes’s men now just 2-1 behind with two Tests to play. But both England and Australia face selection dilemmas heading into next week’s fourth Test at Old Trafford, with history against the hosts in their bid to...
England kept their Ashes hopes alive on Sunday as Harry Brook made an impressive 75 before the recalled duo of Chris Woakes and Mark Wood completed a thrilling three-wicket win over Australia in the third Test at Headingley. The hosts’ victory reduced Australia’s lead in the series to 2-1 with two Tests to play. England...
Chris Woakes led the way with the ball before England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett held firm to give England the upper hand in a must-win third Ashes Test for the hosts against Australia at Headingley on Saturday. Woakes, playing his first Test since March last year, took 3-68 as Australia were dismissed for...
England captain Ben Stokes’s dynamic 80, his latest dashing innings kept the hosts’ Ashes hopes alive before Moeen Ali struck twice in quick succession in the third Test against Australia at Headingley on Friday. Australia were 116-4 in their second innings at stumps on the second day, a lead of 142 runs, as they looked...