Sibley leaves Surrey after Stewart refuses to give guarantees

August 2, 2017

Dom Sibley’s ambitions have been met by Warwickshire © Getty Images Dominic Sibley has turned down a new three-year contract at Surrey to join Warwickshire after receiving promises that he would bat in the top order in all three forms of the game. Alec Stewart, Surrey’s director of cricket, admitted that Sibley’s decision was “bitterly disappointing” and stressed that he had a philosophical resistance to giving players guarantees in the…

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Fit Philander aiming to provide missing edge

Play 01:25 ‘My intensity was missed’ – Philander If Vernon Philander could do The Oval Test all over again, he would. And he would do it feeling the way he does now because that is infinitely better than the way he felt last week. Philander spent most of the third Test in the toilet, “losing quite a lot of fluids, top and bottom”. The same could be said of South…

August 2, 2017
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Roach shows form before rain sets in

August 2, 2017

Essex 47 for 4 (Roach 3-17) trail West Indians 338 for 8 dec by 291 runs Kemar Roach produced a three-wicket burst with the new ball © Getty Images Heavy rain from the lunch interval onwards forced the premature abandonment of play on the second day of the three-day tourist match at Chelmsford, but not before West Indies pace man Kemar Roach had blasted a hole in the Essex top…

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Our batsmen need to identify what risks to take – Chandimal

Play 00:39 ‘We have taken positives out of our losses too’ – Chandimal Having been appointed to the captaincy in a time of cricketing crisis, Dinesh Chandimal finds himself scrambling to prevent another one. He only walked out of hospital a few days ago, after having had pneumonia, but thanks in part to an ICC-approved inhaler, he has come back to take control of his side. Just don’t tell him…

August 2, 2017
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Hathurusingha focuses on winning away and against higher teams

August 2, 2017

Bangladesh recently sealed their first Test win against England at home last year © Getty Images Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes that the positive results over the past season will be the base on which the team will look to build their progress in the upcoming international season. The steady rise since the 2015 World Cup which culminated in the 2017 Champions Trophy semi-final appearance was the starting point for…

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Important to make Rahul feel secure – Kohli

Play 02:10 Agarkar: Tough on Abhinav, but he’ll have to make way M Vijay injured his hand in the first Test in the West Indies last year. He had been India’s premier opener since they started a long leg of overseas Tests in December 2013. The hand healed in time for the third Test, but in the meanwhile KL Rahul came in and scored 158. Fit for the third Test,…

August 2, 2017
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Rahul set for return as India aim to close out series

Match Facts August 3-7, 2017Start time: 1000 local (0430GMT) Play 02:10 Agarkar: Tough on Abhinav but he will have to make way Big Picture Fourteen overs. That’s about as long as Sri Lanka stayed in the contest in Galle. As soon as Shikhar Dhawan’s catch went down and Asela Gunaratne left the field, shoulders seemed to drop, bowlers’ lines seemed to stray, and India rampaged more or less unhindered for…

August 2, 2017
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Kent hang on after Afridi strikes

August 1, 2017

Kent 159 for 6 (Bell-Drummond 62, Denly 31, Afridi 4 for 26) beat Hampshire 154 for 4 (Alsop 43*, Vince 39, Bailey 41) by five runs Shahid Afridi’s four wickets were to no avail © Getty Images Mitchell Claydon defended 16 in the final over to back up Daniel Bell-Drummond’s ninth career T20 fifty as Kent edged a last over thriller to beat Hampshire by five runs in the Natwest…

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Last-ball run-out for Wakely as Bears pip champions

August 1, 2017

Birmingham 172 for 9 (de Grandhomme 37) beat Northants 170 for 7 (Wakeley 52, Rossington 43) by two runs Alex Wakely suffered a last-ball run-out agony © Getty Images Aaron Thomason held his nerve to defend 13 from the final over as Birmingham beat Northamptonshire by just two runs at Wantage Road to go top of the North Group of the NatWest T20 Blast. 20-year-old Thomason, playing just his 13th…

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NZC drop West Indies Test with eye to the future

August 1, 2017

It remains to be seen if Eden Park’s lights will be switched on for a Test match © Getty Images New Zealand’s first home day-night Test, against England next March, remains an uncertain prospect with NZC still awaiting approval to stage the match under lights at Eden Park while one Test has been dropped from West Indies’ visit with an eye on the future structure of the international game. Whether…

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