‘Important to play close to the body in England’ – Shaw (2:25) Prithvi Shaw, who scored 70 in India A’s 125-run win against an ECB XI on Sunday, speaks about what he has learned from his coaches Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid (2:25) 11:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari have been called up to India’s Test squad for the final two matches in England. Opening…
3:00 AM ET Toss Afghanistan chose to bat v Ireland Afghanistan have elected to bat in the second T20I against Ireland, with both making one change from the last match. Shafiqullah replaced Usman Ghani for Afghanistan, and the experienced Boyd Rankin, having recovered from a back niggle, came in for Tyrone Kane. The visitors lead the three-match T20I series 1-0 after outplaying Ireland in a rain-truncated first match. Twenty-year-old Hazratullah…
9:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Kedar Jadhav is set to return to action for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury on the opening day of IPL 2018. Jadhav has been included in the India A squad for the ongoing Quadrangular series also involving Australia A, South Africa A and India B. Jadhav replaces Siddhesh Lad in the India A squad. There is a change in India B’s squad…
‘India are nearly the best travelling team in the world’ – Shastri (0:41) India’s coach is confident his side can beat anyone in home conditions and are nearly at the stage when they can beat anyone away from home (0:41) 9:40 AM ET India’s head coach Ravi Shastri arrived at the squash courts, behind the Pavilion at Trent Bridge, where the media conferences happen, with a positive stride. Sitting down…
Root backs Cook to fire at Southampton (1:25) England captain says Alastair Cook has given his no indication he won’t be available for the 4th Test (1:25) 9:27 AM ET Joe Root has insisted he is 100% committed to selecting Alastair Cook for the rest of the Test series against India. Cook is the most prolific batsman in England’s Test history but is averaging just 19.21 in the eight Tests…
3:00 AM ET Worcestershire 572 for 7 dec (Moeen 219, Mitchell 178; Poysden 3-128) beat Yorkshire 216 (Williamson 87; Pennington 4-53, Barnard 3-32) and 170 (Williamson 61; Moeen 6-49) by an innings and 186 runs Before the start of the morning session on the final day of this game a father was walking round the boundary with his son. They were watching the Yorkshire squad warming up. “Dad, why are…
9:21 AM ET George Dobell Ben Stokes will not be available for Durham’s Vitality Blast quarter-final against Sussex having sustained a minor knee injury in the third Test. Stokes missed the second Test at Lord’s as he was standing trial on a charge of affray at Bristol Crown Court. As a result, he came into the match at Trent Bridge a little short of bowling and, used in something of…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 277 (Vince 74, Dawson 72, Abbott 60*) for 399 for 7 dec (Vince 147, Alsop 99) beat Nottinghamshire 166 (Edwards 6-50) and 240 (Wessels 69, Mullaney 50, Abbott 4-36, Dawson 4-80) by 270 runsScorecard Kyle Abbott claimed his best bowling figures of the season as Hampshire alleviated their Specsavers County Championship relegation worries by claiming a 270 run victory over Nottinghamshire. Fast bowler…
7:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s misfiring top order will be tasked with turning things around in the week before the fourth Test starts in Southampton, with captain Joe Root highlighting the example shown by Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes at Trent Bridge. Buttler scored his maiden Test hundred during a 169-run partnership but it was not enough to prevent England falling to a heavy defeat on the fifth morning,…
7:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India were 2-0 going into the Trent Bridge Test, but it seems there wasn’t too much panic in the dressing room. After sealing an emphatic 203-run victory, Virat Kohli revealed that the only thing the team was concentrating on was “putting runs on the board” because “the bowlers were doing so well”. “We only spoke about the fact that we were outplayed in only one…