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Twitter reacts as Kane Williamson hits century at Lord’s

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson has made his 10th Test hundred after scoring 132 comes off 148 balls against England during the third day of the first Test at Lord’s. The 24-year-old is the sixth Kiwi batsman to score 10th Test hundred for New Zealand (BLACKCAPS). Here is how twitter reacts as Williamson’s ton gave tourists a significant lead over England on Saturday. Lord's salutes Kane Williamson. #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/rlcGI97Zyd — Lord's Ground (@HomeOfCricket) May 23, 2015 When I grow up I want to be Kane Williamson — Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) May 23, 2015 #KaneWilliamson is a really special player @BLACKCAPS His innings especially with the new ball day 3 has been exceptional @HomeOfCricket — Matthew Hayden AM (@HaydosTweets) May 23, 2015 Kane Williamson G.O.A.T That is all — Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) May 23, 2015 Kane Williamson is a class act... — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 23, 2015 Kane Williamso...

Queen Elizabeth II to attend 2nd Ashes Test

The 87-years-old, Queen Elizabeth II will attend the first day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord's Cricket Ground on Thursday. The Queen will be introduced to the players and match officials on the pitch, before meeting management staff of the two teams and watching part of the match. The last Test attended by the Queen was also between England and Australia at Lord's, in July 2009. Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Queen-Elizabeth-II-to-attend-2nd-Ashes-Test/articleshow/21043312.cms

England Set to be No. 1 Soon - Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss , England cricket Team captain believes his side will become the world number one in Test cricket. After beating India by 196 runs at Lords in 1st Test, Now England has 1-0 lead in the 4 Test match series. According to the Daily Telegraph Strauss was quoted as saying " To be number one you have to grab your opportunities and I think we did that very well in this game, It's the first of a four-match series but we've demonstrated that when we play well we're a match for anyone. Now we just have to play well again." He added " We are aware that this is just the opening salvo in the series, but Lord's is a hard wicket as the game goes on and the performance was outstanding "

Dravid left behind Ponting

London, Wednesday, July 23, 2011 Rahul dravid on Saturday here at Lords against England at 1st test became the second batsmen for most runs in test cricket and the way he left behind Australia Ricky Ponting . Dravid Scored 12364 in his test carrer so far. While Sachin's name are recorded on it the first in test cricket

India vs England - The 2000th Test Match & 100th between India and England

The 2000th Test Match in entire history and the 100th between India and England will be staged at Lord's . England : Andrew Strauss (capt.), Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan. India : M.S. Dhoni (capt. & wk), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir (vice-capt.), Abhinav Mukund, V.V.S. Laxman, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, S. Sreesanth, Munaf Patel and Wriddhiman Saha. Umpires : Asad Rauf and Billy Bowden, Third Umpire: Marais Erasmus and Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle Hours of play (IST) 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m - 1st Session 6.10 p.m. to 8.10 p.m - 2nd Session 8.30 p.m. Onwards - 3rd Session

Broke the window at Lords was just an accident - Prior

London, Friday, 10 June 2011 England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has said that during the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lords broke the window in the dressing room was not intentionally but it was an accident. Prior was out for 99 runs on the last day of the match at Lords. He then caught up in controversy when the dressing room window glass was found broken in the audience Members area.