This was one half-century he was always going to convert. From the moment Joe Root toddled out to bat in Nagpur – really, did old-school Yorkshiremen like Brian Close or Ray Illingworth, look as young as Root did that day even in their pre-natal scans? – it looked likely he would spend a decade and more in the side. A hundred caps: check. Don’t rule out a hundred more. Yes,…
News Javeria Khan, Anam Amin and rain deny SA a 3-0 sweep Pakistan women 127 for 6 (Javeria 56*, Imtiaz 29, Shangase 3-20, Sekhukhune 2-15) beat South Africa women 68 for 4 (du Preez 24*, Amin 2-14) by eight runs via DLS method After being swept 3-0 in the ODI series and losing the first two T20Is, Pakistan women ended their South Africa tour with a consolation victory in a…
News Retained Trent Rockets captain Lewis Gregory expects “quite a few teams” to take interest in Somerset team-mate Lewis Gregory has backed his Somerset team-mate Tom Lammonby to be signed in the Hundred draft this month following his breakout season in county cricket last summer. Lammonby, a former England Under-19 captain, struggled in his first season in Somerset’s T20 side in 2019 but flourished in the abbreviated 2020 season when…
News England fast bowler aware he could inspire kids from varying backgrounds as a public figure England bowler Chris Jordan says he hopes that by being a positive presence at the highest level the game can serve as inspiration for young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Cricket, especially in England, is increasingly under-fire for its lack of diversity, with former England batsman Michael Carberry saying last…
News Chennai clash will be first Test match on UK terrestrial TV since the 2005 Ashes Test cricket is set to return to free-to-air television in the UK for the first time in more than 15 years, after Channel 4 struck a deal with Star Sports, the global rights holders, to broadcast England’s Test series against India. The four-match series, which begins in Chennai on Friday, will be the first…
News He says the bubble life hasn’t taken a toll on India’s players India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has said he is pleased at Virat Kohli‘s return to the team and is gearing for his normal and “easy” role as deputy, one he said he enjoys best by being in the back seat. Rahane took over as stand-in captain, when Kohli left on paternity leave after the first Test of the…
News Birmingham Phoenix retention is on tour to help her development as a fast bowler England Women have trained for the first time since reaching New Zealand, which fast bowler Issy Wong described as “a big sigh of relief” after seven days of isolation at their hotel in Christchurch. England’s touring party arrived in the country last week ahead of a limited-overs series starting on February 23, and have been…
Jonathan Trott, England’s batting consultant in India, has stressed the importance of big first-innings runs, with contributions all down the order, as the team puts in its final preparations ahead of Friday’s opening Test at Chennai. Trott, who has taken over the role filled by Jacques Kallis in Sri Lanka, was a part of the last England side to win a series in India in 2012-13 – a campaign in…
At a time when sport across the world has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan, a team that has been forced to play at neutral venues for much of the last decade, is on the brink of a third, successive series win at home. After victories over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, they now have the opportunity to defeat a team ranked higher than them and will fancy their chances…
De Kock “has been given the extra burden of being captain and that can be tough and something he’s not used to” – Boucher Quinton de Kock will not continue as South Africa’s Test captain after the Rawalpindi Test, with coach Mark Boucher saying that it’s important to “release him from that burden” of leading all three sides in the international arena. But it’s not a decision the team…