Zak Crawley's 267 in the third Test against Pakistan at Southampton on Saturday saw the England batsman rewrite the record books.SCOREBOARD: England v Pakistan - 3rd Test, Day 2It was the seventh-highest maiden century in the 143-year history of Test-match cricket and the tenth highest innings by any England batsman.Crawley's partnership of 359 with Jos…
Health 11 June 2020 By Adam Vaughan People in England are being asked to get tested for covid-19Michael Kemp / Alamy In its first week of operation, England’s coronavirus contact tracing scheme was unable to reach a third of the people who tested positive for the virus, official figures show. The NHS Test and Trace…
Ruan Ackermann (Getty Images) There has seldom been that much song and dance about the likelihood of Pretoria-born Ruan Ackermann turning out in an England jersey - a moderate surprise to me.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021But that prospect drew considerably closer to fruition when his father,…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…