Cricket News

Harry Brook continued his extraordinary LV= Insurance County Championship season with his ninth score over 50 as Yorkshire piled on the runs on a flat Ageas Bowl pitch.

Ollie Pope said he had learnt from the "unbelievable" Joe Root after scoring his second Test hundred - and seeing his team-mate continue his staggering form with his 27th.

Ollie Pope's face was a picture of elation - and no shortage of relief.

A first hundred in England for Ollie Pope, a second anywhere in Test cricket, and, crucially, a first since being backed as the man at No 3.

Graeme Swann joins Michael Atherton to deliver a masterclass on the art of off-spin bowling and discuss his Test career;