Match facts Thursday, October 20, 2016Start time 1330 local (0800 GMT) Play 02:33 Kumble backs Rahane to open Big picture In a normal Indian season, this ODI would have been played on Wednesday and not Thursday, but it has been postponed to accommodate the festival of Karva Chauth. This is festival season in India; the Kolkata Test was advanced to avoid a clash with Durga Puja and Diwali, one of…
Anil Kumble has said India have told Hardik Pandya ‘to bowl with freedom and not worry about getting hit’ © AFP India coach Anil Kumble has said he was heartened by Hardik Pandya‘s performance with the new ball on his ODI debut, and that the team management would give the allrounder the freedom to bat and bowl without specific instructions. Pandya opened the bowling along with Umesh Yadav in Dharamsala…
Play 02:06 Anderson defends fitness record England will be without their leading wicket-taker, James Anderson, for the first Test against India next month. Anderson has already been ruled out of the tour to Bangladesh due to a stress fracture in his left shoulder and now England captain, Alastair Cook, has revealed he will not be ready for the opening match in Rajkot which starts on November 9. “He won’t be…
Financially-stricken Durham have secured a financial rescue package from Durham County Council which will further help to secure the future of professional cricket in England’s most northerly outpost. Durham County Council has agreed to convert loans of £3.74m into shares, so freeing the county from interest payments on long-standing debts. Under the ECB-brokered settlement, Durham County Council has agreed to convert its debts into redeemable preference shares. The ECB has…
Papua New Guinea 311 (Vala 144*, B Scholtz 5-105) and 189 (Morea 61, B Scholtz 6-65) beat Namibia 146 (Burger 52*, Siaka 3-16, Vanua 3-39) and 155 (Kotze 36, Siaka 4-38) by 199 runsScorecard File photo: Assad Vala struck his second successive I-cup century © IDI/Getty Stand-in captain Assad Vala scored an unbeaten 144 in the first innings to set up Papua New Guinea’s 199-run win over Namibia at Port…
John Wright in his New Zealand days in 2012 © Getty Images Derbyshire have become the first English county to employ a specialist T20 head coach. Contemporary thinking, though, has rarely seemed more of a throwback as they have turned to John Wright, the former New Zealand Test batsman, who first set foot in Derbyshire nearly 40 years ago. Wright, 62, is steeped in experience with coaching spells for India…
John Wright in his New Zealand days in 2012 © Getty Images Derbyshire have become the first English county to employ a specialist T20 head coach. Contemporary thinking, though, has rarely seemed more of a throwback as they have turned to John Wright, the former New Zealand Test batsman, who first set foot in Derbyshire nearly 40 years ago. Wright, 62, is steeped in experience with coaching spells for India…
Match facts October 20-24, ChittagongStart time 10.00am (0400GMT) Play 00:47 Butcher: Bangladesh not just a warm-up to subcontinent marathon Big picture The first Test is the meeting of a major force in Test cricket and an irregular participant. Bangladesh are resuming the format after a gap of more than 14 months, while by the end of year England will have played 17 Tests in 2016 including seven in eight weeks…
Play 02:06 Anderson defends fitness record England will be without their leading wicket-taker, James Anderson, for the first Test against India next month. Anderson has already been ruled out of the tour to Bangladesh due to a stress fracture in his left shoulder and now England captain, Alastair Cook, has revealed he will not be ready for the opening match in Rajkot which starts on November 9. “He won’t be…
Play 01:34 Butcher: Cook’s record a remarkable feat of endurance Test No. 1 – Debut century at NagpurOne hundred and two cricketers have made a century on Test debut, including ten Englishmen since the Second World War. But few have given such definitive proof of their poise and purpose as Cook, England’s emergency replacement on the tour of India in 2005-06. After Marcus Trescothick’s breakdown on the eve of the…