India could go for one change to their playing XI in the second Test against England starting Saturday with Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem making way for fit-again all-rounder Axar Patel after his poor show in the series-opener in Chennai. While Nadeem’s replacement will be decided by Friday, one can expect Patel to replace him
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Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men There aren’t many players in cricket history that you would rather have walk out to the middle in the dying overs of a match. MS Dhoni delivers when it matters and he did so in emphatic style back in 2011 against England. This is the official
News Allrounder Frances Mackay returns to the ODI side after seven years New Zealand Women have included two potential debutants in 16-year-old Fran Jonas and Brooke Halliday for their 13-person squad to take on England in the upcoming ODI series at home. However, the team will continue to miss Suzie Bates due to a shoulder
News India captain says the vice-captain, alongwith Pujara, remain India’s ‘most important batsmen’ in Tests While acknowledging England’s dominance during the game, Virat Kohli asserted after the first Test that there will be no impulsive reactions from his team after a big defeat to start off the series. Kohli pointed that out on several fronts
Welcome to our live report of the final day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here. *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 1.35pm: Archer finishes it
News Australia are set to go nearly 10 months without a Test match between the two summers Australia are set to make a belated trip to Bangladesh later this year for their first tour since 2017. Not for the Tests originally scheduled as part of the World Test Championship, but instead for T20Is intended as
Report Zimbabwe were bundled out for 77, losing their last seven wickets for 37 runs Pakistan Women 255 for 6 (Javeria 81, Riaz 74, Sibanda 2-28) beat Zimbabwe Women 77 all out (Iqbal 2-8, Sana 2-16) by 178 runs Pakistan Women bowlers ran through the Zimbabwe line-up to bundle them out for 77 and seal
News Appointment comes just days before Vijay Hazare Trophy after wrangling between CIC and MCA A day before the squad is picked for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, Mumbai have appointed a new head coach in former allrounder Ramesh Powar. Powar, the former Mumbai and India offspinner, replaces former Mumbai batsman Amit Pagnis,
News “We’ve executed the gameplan brilliantly and to finish in the manner we have done today is really pleasing” Joe Root has hailed the work ethic of his England side while warning that they must continue to improve after taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series in Chennai. England enjoyed a “fantastic five days”
News Saif Hassan, Aminul Islam Biplob picked in squad alongside U-19 stars Akbar Ali and Rakibul Hasan The BCB has named Saif Hassan and Aminul Islam Biplob in the 20-member preliminary Bangladesh Emerging players squad for their upcoming home series against the Ireland Wolves – the Ireland A side. The visitors arrive on February 18,
News Wicketkeeper-batsman will lead South Africa in T20Is in Pakistan without many first-choice players in the mix Heinrich Klaasen will play competitive cricket for the first time after a two-month recovery from Covid-19, when he captains South Africa in the T20I series against Pakistan. Klaasen, who is leading the team in the absence of Quinton
News Pakistan head coach defends himself after coming under scrutiny over the past few months Misbah-ul-Haq believes the 2-0 series win over South Africa was like “a breath of fresh air” for a Pakistan team which had until then been low on confidence, and also hoped that it puts an end to questions about his
News “He kept insisting on picking his own team which is not right as selectors are there,” counters association secretary Wasim Jaffer, the former India opening batsman and domestic giant, has resigned as Uttarakhand’s head coach citing “interference in team selection” days before they were to compete in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, starting
After lighting up the final day of the Chennai Test with another ageless display of reverse-swing bowling, James Anderson insists he will be ready to put his “name in the hat” for selection in Saturday’s second Test, even though the team management may feel obliged to rest him given the intensity of their four-match series
News Australia might just be the happiest as they are hoping for a drawn series or a (not too big) England win England’s 227-run win against India in the first Test in Chennai has made the race to the World Test Championship final that much more interesting, and now there is plenty at stake for
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has resigned as Uttarakhand’s head coach due to “interference in team selection”, days before they were to compete in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beginning on February 20. Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) has accepted his resignation. “I feel really sad for the players as I genuinely think that they have
Moeen Ali took an incredible spinners hat-trick, the first since 1958. England take on South Africa in the winter test series. Watch this classic Hat-trick from Moeen Ali to get yourself in the mood for the first test. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest
News The team’s head coach said their poor fielding cost them about 150 runs in the second Test alone South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has identified lack of mental application and diminished match awareness as the two main reasons for the poor batting and fielding that led to the Test team’s 2-0 defeat in
Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour on the final day Welcome to our live report of the final day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here. *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page
Jhye Richardson‘s friends noticed there was something not quite right about him during the latter phases of the same Big Bash League in which he was feted as its leading wicket-taker. Though an overall return of 29 wickets at 16.31 made Richardson, 24, the BBL’s standout pace bowler, his figures at the pointy end were
News Three T20Is and three ODIs between the two sides were originally scheduled for April Ireland men’s limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe, originally scheduled for April, has been postponed indefinitely after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) advised Cricket Ireland against going ahead with the tour owing to the Covid-19 situation in the African nation. The Irish squad was
News After historic victory, West Indies coach says he’s “tired of these one wins and then struggling for the next three or four games” West Indies coach Phil Simmons says he wants his side to keep up the intensity after a win so that it doesn’t become a solitary highlight in the Test series against
News “There is always a plan and you have to stick with it and wait for things to fall your way” At lunch on the final day of the Rawalpindi Test, South Africa were clearly on top, needing just 151 runs with seven wickets in hand. The predictor on the official broadcast said South Africa
News Fast bowler confident India can chase down the target in the fourth innings Ishant Sharma acknowledged that his career has been “quite a rollercoaster” after becoming the third Indian pacer, behind Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan, to get to the 300-wicket milestone in Tests – in his 98th match, against England in Chennai. Long
News The allrounder had hurt his left thigh during the first Test, which Bangladesh lost by three wickets Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies, beginning in Dhaka on February 11, because of the left-thigh injury that kept him away from large chunks of the action during the
CSA has written to the ICC asking it to consider means of redress for less wealthy nations to make up for financial losses when tours do not take place as scheduled. The communication came as a response to Cricket Australia’s decision to indefinitely postpone a three-Test series that was due to be played in South
News “It was full of confidence for the guys who were coming on tour,” says captain Kraigg Brathwaite You wouldn’t normally need to motivate an international cricket team before a regular bilateral tour, but the West Indies’ trip to Bangladesh has been anything but normal. Their board’s commitment to keeping the FTP schedule intact has
Report Opener and Temba Bavuma add 84 for unbroken fourth-wicket stand after Hasan Ali’s double-strike Lunch South Africa 201 and 219 for 3 (Markram 100*, Bavuma 44*, Hasan 2-46) trail Pakistan 272 and 298 (Rizwan 115*, Linde 5-54) by 151 runs Aiden Markram scored his fifth Test century, and first since March 2018, to keep
News “Even if some parts of my body are not responding, I can really keep going,” says Ashwin about injury fears The Indian team seems fairly confident about what they’re dealing with on the last day of this Test: they need 381 to win with nine wickets in hand, and going by the reflections of
Welcome to our live report of the fourth day of the first India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 5.03pm: Stumps – India
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