Report Yasir Shah is the sole specialist spinner in the Pakistan XI Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs Pakistan West Indies elected to field in the first Test at Sabina Park on a day that promises a passing shower or two in the afternoon session, against Pakistan, whose openers’ fragility has been a point
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Shardul Thakur picked up four wickets during the first Test in Trent Bridge © Getty Images India have suffered a selection headache on the eve of the second Test against England with an injury likely to rule out Shardul Thakur. The nature of Thakur’s injury is unclear, but ESPNcricinfo understands the team management has decided
Ashwell Prince has resigned as head coach of South Africa’s Western Province to take up a permanent role as batting coach of the Bangladesh men’s national team. His present stint will be till the end of the 2022 men’s T20I World Cup, to be played in Australia in October-November. Prince was in charge of the
News ECB chief reiterates importance of player welfare with Australia’s Covid rules possibly preventing families on tour Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says that England and Australia will use every diplomatic channel available to ensure that this winter’s Ashes can go ahead as planned, in spite of the players’ fears that their families may
News Marchant de Lange is back with Trent Rockets after Wahab Riaz is forced out with an injury Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will play no further part in the Hundred. While Mandhana, of Southern Brave, will fly back home to spend time with her family before the India Women’s tour of Australia next month
Preview England could be without Broad and Anderson; Moeen set for his first Test of the summer Big picture England could, conceivably, have taken the nine wickets they needed to seal an unlikely victory had the weather not intervened most critically on the final day at Trent Bridge. India should have overhauled the remaining 157
News Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from Lord’s on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog Welcome to our live report of the first day of the 2nd Test from Lord’s. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. All timestamps are local time. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. “There’s no
News The game is a must-win fixture for both teams, sitting fifth and sixth on the points table Northern Superchargers men’s fixture against Manchester Originals is set to go ahead as scheduled on Thursday night, despite two players testing positive for Covid-19. All players in the Hundred are required to take regular lateral flow tests
News Batter seemed to have been ousted from the England Test team but is now back as one of its senior-most members At the start of the summer, it wasn’t out of the question that Jonny Bairstow‘s Test career was done and dusted. He finished a dispiriting tour of India with three ducks in four
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Jasprit Bumrah poses for a selfie with his wife Sanjana Ganesan.© Instagram Sanjana Ganesan took to social media to post an adorable photograph with husband Jasprit Bumrah. The pacer is currently with the Indian cricket team for their ongoing five-match Test series against England. The duo tied the knot in March this year and they
News The allrounder was added to the England squad ahead of the Lord’s Test against India Liam Livingstone has admitted it is “obviously disappointing” for players to be pulled out of the Hundred for international duty but has backed Birmingham Phoenix to cope with the absence of their captain Moeen Ali for the final two
Preview Teams seek progress as they begin new WTC campaigns Big picture A dustbowl at Sabina Park, devoid of spectators owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, with rain forecast on all five days of the Test match, doesn’t sound like the first step of any great journey. But it is at this venue that West Indies
News Uncapped Molly Penfold comes into the squad that will depart at the end of the week New Zealand pace bowler Rosemary Mair has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of England due to a stress reaction in her left shin. Mair will be replaced in the 16-player squad by uncapped Auckland quick Molly
News Tournament’s leading run-scorer credits ignoring criticism for her upturn in form India and Northern Superchargers batter Jemimah Rodrigues says she handled criticism by “ignoring it” as she overcame a few “tough months” in international cricket this year to emerge as the Hundred’s leading scorer after nearly 80% of the tournament’s league matches had been
News With the impact of the pandemic making it a challenge for the series to go ahead, here’s where things stand as of now The men’s Ashes series is due to get underway in just under four months in Brisbane but the ongoing impact of the pandemic is making it a challenging process to pull
News It will feature all 15 provincial teams as well as the national Under-19 side South Africa’s domestic season is set to get underway in September with a T20 knockout tournament featuring all 15 provincial teams and the national Under-19 side. The teams have been divided into four pools of four and will play each
News Bumrah returns to top 10 in Test bowlers list after his 9 for 110 in the first Test England captain Joe Root has overtaken his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters, while Jasprit Bumrah has returned to the top 10 among Test bowlers, and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan
News The stand-in coach for the tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan will be joined in the backroom by former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera New Zealand’s stand-in coach Glenn Pocknall believes ”there is a huge amount of growth” the team can look forward to from the uncapped pace bowler Ben Sears, who is among the
News Both teams were also fined 40% of their match fee by match referee Chris Broad England and India have been fined two World Test Championship points each for their slow over-rates during the first Test in Nottingham, which ended as a rain-affected draw on Sunday. Both teams were also fined 40% of their match
News Captain says Hameed will take the opportunity with “both hands”, if he plays Joe Root, England’s captain, hopes that Moeen Ali can transform the confidence and fluency of his recent table-topping exploits with Birmingham Phoenix into the Test arena, as he prepares to make only his second Test appearance in two years, and his
News de Grandhomme and Finn Allen also didn’t find a place Mark Chapman, who represented Hong Kong at the T20 World Cup in 2014 and 2016, has been named in New Zealand’s 15-member squad for the 2021 edition to be played in the UAE and Oman this October-November. There was no place for Ross Taylor,
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England vs India: All-rounder Moeen Ali has recalled by the hosts.© AFP England Test skipper Joe Root on Tuesday said that all-rounder Moeen Ali has the ability to win games for his side with both the bat and ball in hand. Root’s comments came as Moeen Ali was drafted into the England squad for the
Andrew Strauss believes that a compromise can still be reached whereby England’s cricketers will be allowed to bring their families with them on this winter’s Ashes tour of Australia, but says it would be “unrealistic” to expect the players to embark on such an arduous campaign without being able to see their loved ones for
News The former New Zealand allrounder is being treated in Canberra and is in serious condition, as per media reports Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a health problem in Australia, New Zealand media reported on Tuesday. Cairns, 51, had undergone several operations
A trimmed, final squad for the Australia tour would be selected from the pool of 35 players in the camp © Getty Images A group of 30 India players would be assembling in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening for a camp ahead of the multi-format tour of Australia that kicks off next month. The five India
News Antigua to host three T20Is and five ODIs starting August 31 South Africa Women will tour the Caribbean for three T20Is and five ODIs starting August 31. The tour serves as preparation for both teams, with just seven months to go for the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand. All the matches will be
News Spinning allrounder recalled to balance side in wake of England’s struggles at Trent Bridge Moeen Ali has been recalled to the England squad and looks set to play in the second LV= Insurance Test at Lord’s. Moeen, the off-spinning all-rounder, is expected to join up with the squad at training today (Tuesday) as England
News He was also not impressed by the lack of preparation from the players ahead of the first Test against Pakistan West Indies head coach Phil Simmons acknowledged that the hosts were the underdogs in the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan. The Tests – both of which will be played in Jamaica – herald