News Those part of England tour unlikely to feature, but expect the likes of Dhawan, Hardik and Bhuvneshwar India are set to tour Sri Lanka in July for a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and three T20s. As per SLC’s proposed itinerary to the BCCI, accessed bt ESPNcricinfo, the series will commence with the ODIs on July 13, 16, 19 followed by T20 segment on July 22, 24, 27. The…
Ollie Robinson could be in contention for a Test debut against New Zealand © Getty Images Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, has hinted that the upcoming Test series against New Zealand will be used to look at “some new faces”. While England have the unexpected availability of some players they had anticipated would be at the IPL to consider, Giles suggested there will be no hurry…
Gleeson wondered if he’d ever play again, months after training with the England squad When Richard Gleeson was named in England’s enlarged training squad ahead of the truncated 2020 season, it was hailed as a triumph for late developers. Gleeson, 33, did not make his first-class debut until the age of 27, having held down a series of unlikely jobs – manual labour in a boiler factory, landscape gardening…
Report This is the first time in Pakistan history three bowlers have taken five wickets in a single Test Pakistan 510 for 8 dec (Abid 215*, Azhar 126, Nauman 97, Muzarabani 3-82) beat Zimbabwe 132 (Chakabva 33, Hasan 5-27) and 231 (Chakabva 80, Shaheen 5-52, Nauman 5-86) by an innings and 147 runs It took exactly five overs on the fourth day for Pakistan to take the solitary wicket they…
News The Indian legspinner, who was part of the Mumbai Indians squad at IPL 2021, shared the news of the bereavement on Monday Piyush Chawla‘s father, Pramod Kumar Chawla, died on Monday. He had recovered from a bout of Covid-19, but as Chawla, the India and Mumbai Indians wristspinner said in a post on Instagram, Pramod had been suffering from post-Covid-19 complications. Our thoughts go out to Piyush Chawla who…
Warwickshire 343 (Yates 104, Burgess 101) and 70 for 3 drew with Worcestershire 364 for 8 dec. (Haynes 87, Barnard 76*, Libby 75) Warwickshire hope to have Dom Sibley and, perhaps, Chris Woakes available for their next Championship game. Sibley, the England opener, broke his finger in the field at Trent Bridge in mid-April but was close to winning a recall for the County Championship match against Worcestershire which finished…
Keaton Jennings sets off for a run © PA Images via Getty Images Lancashire 301 for 9 dec. (Jennings 64, Bohannon 53) drew with Glamorgan 344 (Lloyd 78, Douthwaite 61, Taylor 58) Honours finished even at Emirates Old Trafford in the LV=Insurance County Championship clash between Lancashire and Glamorgan with both sides collecting 14 points each from a rain-affected draw. With day three a total wash out, there was little…
Report Chris Wright claims five-for as Stoneman shares 164-run stand with Rory Burns, who contributes 75 Surrey 324 (Burns 75, Stoneman 119, Wright 5-60) drew with Leicestershire 496 (Evans 112, Harris 101, Swindells 103, Mike 74, Virdi 6-171) A damp outfield that delayed the start of play for nearly three hours, coming on top of the loss of the entire third day to the weather, resulted in Leicestershire and Surrey…
Nathan Gilchrist took four wickets © Getty Images Yorkshire 321 (Ballance 96, Brook 59, Gilchrist 4-74) drew with Kent 305 (Crawley 90, Coad 3-53) “The problem with old coppers’ tricks, Constable Boyle, is that old coppers know ’em,” says Inspector Raymond Fowler in the 1996 British sitcom The Thin Blue Line. Likewise the point about four-day cricket pitches is that they are meant to last four days. This is absolutely…
Report Josh Davey picks up five-wicket haul on final day as Keith Barker offers some resistance with 52* Somerset 336 (Overton 74, Abell 64) and 4 for 0 beat Hampshire 79 (Gregory 4-26) and 258 (Barker 52*, Davey 5-30, Overton 5-66) by 10 wickets A superb all-round display from Craig Overton inspired Somerset to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Hampshire as his side wrapped up a fourth LV= County Championship…