Sydney, Jan 7 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has hailed Jacob Bethell’s gritty century in the final Test of the ongoing Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, calling the 22-year-old a new star of English cricket. Bethell scored his maiden Test century off 162 balls. At 22 years and 78 days of age, he became the second youngest batter to score an Ashes hundred in the 21st century, behind only former England captain Alastair Cook, who achieved the feat in 2006 at the age of 2…
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Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has expressed interest in joining the national team’s coaching set-up at some point in his life, saying he would like to “try and make a difference” to the national set-up. Cook’s comments came after former England opener Michael Atherton suggested in The Times and Sky Sports Cricket Podcast that the former could be considered for an assistant coach position in the wake of England’s Ashes series defeat under head coach Brendon McCullu…