The wily old James Anderson once again got his “bunny” Virat Kohli in a mesmerising spell that undid India’s solid opening stand to leave them tottering at 125 for four against England on a rain-curtailed day two of the opening Test. The 39-year-old Anderson (13.4-7-15-2) swung it in England’s favour with successive precision deliveries that
News The five-match T20I series will happen first now. The original schedule had the tour starting with three ODIs Zimbabwe’s tour of Ireland has been rescheduled to begin on August 27 on the advice of Ireland’s health authorities. The tour was originally scheduled to start on August 6, but Zimbabwe Cricket hadn’t received clearance from
News The England seamer will play no part in the Test series against India, the T20 World Cup or the Ashes Jofra Archer has been ruled out of all cricket for the rest of the year following a recurrence of a stress fracture in his right elbow. Archer, the England fast bowler, was forced home
News Injuries have parched him of steady opportunities but he has been able play more consistently since the start of the 2020-21 BBL Adam Milne, the New Zealand fast bowler, has set his sights on October’s T20 World Cup in the UAE despite injuries limiting him to two T20I appearances since November 2018. Milne played
Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from Trent Bridge on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog India’s bowlers performed admirably to give them the advantage against England on day one. Can their batters push it home? Follow ESPNcricinfo’s live updates to find out (Please refresh the page to get the latest). Click here for ball-by-ball
News The tour starts with three ODIs in Rawalpindi on September 17 and culminates with five T20Is in Lahore. Pakistan’s efforts to bring cricket back home continues in full swing as they prepare to host New Zealand for a limited-overs series in September. It will be the first time they will tour the country since
Preview Other than Mitchell Marsh the visitors have struggled to find answers to Bangladesh’s attack Big Picture In the space of 48 hours, Bangladesh have put themselves within touching distance of their first series win over Australia in any format. They have exploited the visitors’ weakness on slow, gripping wickets expertly and shown enough ticker
India were a pleased bunch as Mohammed Siraj had a not-out caught-behind appeal overturned on review © AFP/Getty Images India took the last seven England wickets for 45 runs to bowl the hosts out for 183 after they won the toss and batted in tough batting conditions. India’s openers knocked off 21 of those without
News Pakistan’s focus now on the Tests, says the pacer, with the series being a key one for his side in the new World Test Championship cycle An early 1-0 lead that’s consolidated by not much happening for the rest of the contest sounds like something out of Jose Mourinho’s playbook, but if ever a
News But batting coach refuses to make excuses for first-innings 183 all out Marcus Trescothick has admitted that England “probably [did] not” have appropriate preparation before heading into the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India at Trent Bridge. England were dismissed for just 183 on Wednesday, with only Joe Root reaching 30.
News Henriques praises Mustafizur’s skills in restricting Australians On a difficult, sticky and turning Mirpur deck, 21-year old Afif Hossain hit an unbeaten 31-ball 37 to drag Bangladesh out of a bit of a mess, helping rescue the hosts from 67 for 5 to winning with eight balls to spare. After the victory, Afif said
Paceman Jasprit Bumrah took six Australian wickets to put India on track for a series-sealing victory in the 2018 Boxing Day Test
England’s batting coach Marcus Trescothick has termed the Indian bowling attack “the most potent” after the home team folded for 183 on the opening day of the first Test on Wednesday. India’s four-man pace attack took the last six England wickets for just 45 runs as the hosts ended their innings in 65.4 overs. Jasprit
News ZC has now set August 19 as the new departure date, subject to government clearance Zimbabwe’s white-ball tour of Ireland has been postponed and could take place in August-September as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) awaits clearance from the government to travel to Ireland. The tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, was originally scheduled to
News He says involvement of other England players in the tournament, scheduled in September-October in the UAE, was a matter of personal choice Eoin Morgan has confirmed he will return to Kolkata Knight Riders for the rescheduled second half of the IPL in the UAE in September-October following the postponement of England’s limited-overs tour to
News The series will be part of the teams’ preparations for the T20 World Cup, which will be held from October 17 to November 14 in UAE and Oman Bangladesh will host New Zealand for a five-match T20I series from September 1 to 10, with all the matches scheduled to take place at the Shere
News There was 24% fall in participation during the pandemic hit 2020-21 season Inevitably Covid-19 had an impact on grassroots participation in Australian cricket last summer, and is likely to do so for another season, but the decline was mitigated somewhat by growth in the female game. Cricket Australia released its annual participation figures on
Are you ready? It’s time for Test cricket to take centre stage again as India and England come together for the first of a five-match series at Trent Bridge. What does day one have in store? Perhaps a Virat Kohli century? Or a James Anderson five-for? A Cheteshwar Pujara masterclass? Or a Stuart Broad demolition
Report The home side won the opening match of the series by 23 runs Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh Having watched his team flounder in last night’s run chase, Matthew Wade opted to set a target when the coin fell Australia’s way in the second T20I in Dhaka. Both teams
News Pioneering figure to receive permanent memorial, five years after her death in 2017 Rachael Heyhoe Flint will be commemorated at Lord’s by a newly named gate, after the MCC committee overcame criticism from a section of its membership to agree on a permanent memorial to one of cricket’s most pioneering figures. The gates are
News “It all boils down to execution in crunch moments,” says India captain Having spent two months in the UK, India are “definitely better prepared” for the five-Test series in England, but Virat Kohli believes the visitors cannot cross the line if they don’t find a way to execute their plans in “situations which are
News England brace for update this week on fast bowler’s elbow injury England are braced for an update on Jofra Archer‘s elbow injury, with the fast bowler due to see a specialist later this week amid fears he could miss the whole international summer. Archer returned home from England’s tour to India ahead of the
News Wicketkeeper Jess McFadyen and seamer Claudia Green called up for tour of three T20Is and five ODIs Allrounder Amelia Kerr has opted out of New Zealand Women’s tour of England for three T20Is and five ODIs in September, citing the need to prioritise her mental health and well-being. Kerr, who has played 41 ODIs
News Australian to play primarily as a batter, and is expected to be with the club for the full season Matthew Wade has signed an all-format deal with Worcestershire for the 2022 season, with the club saying that the Australian would be used primarily as a top-five batter. Wade, whose experience in the English county
Preview Shaheen Shah Afridi was rested again by the visitors Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs West Indies Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl in the fourth – and final – T20I against West Indies in Guyana. With a win in the second T20I, Pakistan have an unassailable 1-0 lead
News Several batters haven’t batted in a first-class match for months You would never have known there was a Test scheduled for Trent Bridge as you walked to the ground from the station the day before the series. You would know there was a new tournament where ‘every ball matters,’ of course. And you might
Dwayne Bravo played his last international match on the Caribbean soil on Tuesday.© AFP Dwayne Bravo, the two-time T20I world champion, on Tuesday announced that today’s match against Pakistan in Guyana will be his last international match on home soil. Bravo made the disclosure to his teammates in the team huddle and via Cricket West
Cricket South Africa is to blame for the decline in the coaching careers of Geoffrey Toyana and Paul Adams, who were both on the radar to take over the national team in 2017, but missed out in favour of Ottis Gibson. Former CSA CEO Thabang Moroe, speaking at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings,
News England seamer says he struggled after calf problem forced him out of 2019 Ashes James Anderson has admitted he had to be talked out of retirement by his wife after a series of injury setbacks. Anderson managed just four overs in the 2019 Ashes after a recurrence of a calf injury ruled him out
File photo: Carey will open the batting in Finch’s absence © AFP Toss Australia opt to bowl vs Bangladesh In the opening contest of the five-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Australia in Mirpur, it was the away captain Matthew Wade who won the toss, choosing to chase. Wade – the captain for the series