Ben Stokes, T20 World Cup win, Nat Sciver - 10 memorable moments for English cricket in 2022

From the despair of 2 Ashes defeats to an unthinkable Test turnaround and a World Cup win, it has been an unthinkable twelvemonth for English cricket.

BBC Sport person picked retired 10 moments involving England's men's and women's sides successful 2022 for you to look backmost connected earlier selecting your ain apical 10 below...

The drawn Women's Ashes Test

The melodramatic last time ended with past brace Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross surviving the last implicit to rescue a gully for England

In January the Women's Ashes Test ended with 1 of astir unthinkable finales cricket has seen.

Set 257 successful 45 overs by Australia, England were connected people for a stunning triumph successful the last session, needing 45 from 60 balls. But, arsenic the unit increased, a illness of six wickets for 26 runs meant England's attraction switched to redeeming the draw, with Australia favourites for the triumph that would person clinched the series.

It was near to England's fig 11 Kate Cross to past the last over, which she did alongside Sophie Ecclestone.

Sciver's 148 not retired successful World Cup final

England whitethorn person mislaid the 50-over Women's World Cup last successful February but Nat Sciver's innings should beryllium remembered.

In a pursuit of 357, the all-rounder was the lone England batter to walk 30, ending connected 148 not retired arsenic her broadside were outclassed erstwhile again by Australia.

Root scores 10,000th Test tally successful England victory

England's men's summertime began with a tense triumph implicit New Zealand astatine Lord's wherever Joe Root scored his 10,000th Test tally during a masterful century.

It was an affectional juncture for Root, who stood down arsenic skipper 2 months earlier.

He became the 2nd England subordinate to scope 10,000 runs successful Tests - doing truthful aged 31 years and 157 days, the nonstop aforesaid property his erstwhile team-mate Alastair Cook reached the landmark, making the brace the associated youngest to bash so.

Bairstow's blistering period astatine Trent Bridge

One of the aboriginal signs of England's new, attacking attack successful men's Tests. On the last time of the 2nd Test against New Zealand astatine Trent Bridge, England were acceptable what looked a challenging 299 from 72 overs. The task was made adjacent much hard erstwhile they slipped to 93-4.

But Jonny Bairstow took connected a stunning battle successful the last session. He smashed a period from 77 balls, missing retired connected making the fastest England Test 100 by 1 ball. The Yorkshireman finished connected 136 from 92 and England won with 22 overs to spare.

England's grounds pursuit against India

Another precocious successful the summertime of 'Bazball' was the staggering triumph against India successful the rearranged 4th Test, that had been delayed by the Covid pandemic.

England nonchalantly scored 378 successful the last innings, the highest people they person ever made successful a fourth-innings pursuit and the ninth largest successful Test history. Root made 142 not retired and Bairstow ended unbeaten connected 114.

Cricket leads tributes to Queen Elizabeth II

Day 1 of the 3rd Test betwixt England and South Africa was washed retired but successful the day it was announced Queen Elizabeth II had died.

The 2nd time was called disconnected arsenic a people of respect and the crippled began a time later, becoming 1 of the archetypal large nationalist events to instrumentality spot pursuing the Queen's death.

The players and umpires entered the tract done a subject defender of honour and a minute's soundlessness was observed earlier the nationalist anthems, with God Save The King followed by sustained applause from the crowd.

Sharma's Mankad astatine Lord's

Probably the astir arguable infinitesimal of the year.

England needed 17 to triumph the 3rd one-day planetary against India with 1 wicket near erstwhile bowler Deepti Sharma stopped successful her transportation stride and ran retired hosts' batter Charlie Dean astatine the non-striker's end.

The dismissal, referred to arsenic a Mankad, overshadowed a momentous time astatine Lord's and sparked wide debate.

England's demolition of India astatine T20 World Cup

The astir implicit men's show of the year?

Set 169 to triumph by a tentative India successful the T20 World Cup semi-final successful Adelaide, England skipper Jos Buttler and chap opener Alex Hales romped to triumph without losing a wicket.

They smashed six aft six to soundlessness the mostly India-supporting assemblage and implicit 1 of England's large white-ball wins.

England triumph Men's T20 World Cup

Three days later, England were crowned treble satellite champions with triumph implicit Pakistan astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

It was a tense brushwood successful a highly-charged ambiance but Stokes, conscionable arsenic successful the 50-over last successful 2019, was determination to usher England to a five-wicket victory.

England's celebrated triumph successful Rawalpindi

Jack Leach took the last wicket precocious successful the last league arsenic England sealed a 74-run win

The archetypal Test betwixt England and Pakistan was unthinkable from commencement to finish. England scored 506 runs connected time 1 - the astir runs ever connected the archetypal time of a Test - with Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook each hitting centuries.

England successfully entreaty for the last wicket of Naseem Shah to triumph the First Test Match

The level transportation meant they had to conflict hard but, aft a brave declaration from skipper Stokes, England won the lucifer successful the last moments of a melodramatic 5th time arsenic the sunlight faded.

Honourable mentions

So overmuch has happened successful 2022. Some of these moments were precise unlucky not to person made our apical 10.

• Bairstow's period successful Sydney: Jonny Bairstow deed a gutsy period from 36-4 to assistance England unafraid a gully successful the 4th Ashes Test and debar a bid whitewash.
• The assignment of Brendon McCullum: The infinitesimal that sparked England's Test turnaround? The New Zealander caught the oculus from the commencement with his mentality and by speaking to the media for the archetypal clip arsenic men's Test manager successful skinny jeans and ankle socks.
• England deed highest ODI score: England scored 498-4 against the Netherlands, breaking their ain grounds for the highest people successful one-day internationals.
• Overton's 97 connected debut. Having travel successful astatine 55-6, Jamie Overton scored 97 connected debut astatine Headingley successful a concern of 241 with Bairstow. England would spell connected to triumph the Test against New Zealand.
• Cricket's Commonwealth return: A women's T20 contention saw cricket marque its instrumentality to the Commonwealth Games for the archetypal clip since 1998. Australia were crowned champions, portion England missed retired connected a medal.
• Ahmed's five-wicket haul connected debut: 18-year-old leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed became England's youngest men's Test cricketer and took 5-48 successful the 2nd innings of the 3rd Test against Pakistan.

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