ENGLAND’S RED-HOT TEST SUMMER

ENGLAND entered the summer with one win in 17 Tests but turned it around with six wins in seven...

WON by five wickets v New Zealand at Lord’s

WON by five wickets v NZ, Trent Bridge

WON by seven wickets v NZ, Headingley (3-0 series win) WON by seven wickets v India, Edgbaston (2-2 series draw, with this Test rearranged from 2021)

LOST by an innings and 12 runs v South Africa at Lord’s WON by innings and 85 runs v SA at Old Trafford WON by nine wickets v SA at the Oval (2-1 series win)

...WHAT’S NEXT FOR TEST TEAM?

■ DECEMBER: Three-Test series in Pakistan, starting December 1 (Rawalpindi), 9 (Multan) and 17 (Karachi)

■ FEBRUARY: Two-Test series in New Zealand in Mount Maunganui (February 16) and Wellington (23)

■ JUNE: Ashes warm-up with Test against Ireland

■ JUNE: The Ashes starts, with dates and venues TBC for the five-Test series.