Given how the day played out – India on top, then England, then India, then England again – another twist seems inevitable. But it ended with control in England’s hands, with India’s batting coach, Vikram Rathour, conceding that a poor session with the bat in the morning had been at the root of their opponents’ fightback. “The plans didn’t work out,” Rathour said. “I’ll agree that we had a pretty…
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia, due to start in Galle on Friday, after testing positive for Covid-19. An SLC media release stated that the 23-year-old had complained of feeling “unwell”, which was prompted the test. “Jayawickrama was immediately isolated from the rest of the team members and now will remain in room isolation for 5 days,” added the release….
England 259 for 3 (Root 76*, Bairstow 72*) and 284 trail India 245 all out (Pujara 66, Pant 57, Stokes 4-33) and 416 by 119 runs England’s dream run in fourth-innings chases this summer continued as they got to 259 for 3 in pursuit of 378, a record chase for them if it comes off. Alex Lees and Zak Crawley put together their quickest hundred-run opening stand in Test cricket…
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been appointed the new USA head coach for their senior women’s and the Under-19 women’s teams. USA Cricket announced on Sunday that Chanderpaul had agreed to a contract that begins this week, with the junior squad’s participation in the CWI women’s U-19 Rising Stars T20 Championship in Trinidad, and will run through to the end of 2023. Over that stretch, USA will have appearances in the 2023…
Scott Edwards (capt, wk), Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Philippe Boissevain, Tom Cooper, Aryan Dutt, Brandon Glover, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Max O’Dowd, Vikram Singh In: Tom Cooper, Paul van Meekeren, Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle Out: Pieter Seelaar (retd), Ryan Klein, Boris Gorlee, Clayton Floyd Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Lahore and Karachi are likely to host England for seven T20Is, scheduled between September 15 and October 2, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has confirmed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB’s three-member security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess the security arrangements. Though Pakistan have Multan and Rawalpindi as other venues to consider, Ramiz said that the schedule is “very tight and we can’t go elsewhere”. PCB…
Yorkshire hope that the signing of Shannon Gabriel on a short-term contract will allow them to make the most of conditions at Scarborough, where they will play two of their next three County Championship matches. Gabriel, the West Indies fast bowler, has been working his way back to full fitness for Trinidad and Tobago in domestic cricket and has signed a three-match deal as a like-for-like replacement for Haris Rauf….
Rehan Ahmed, the 17-year-old legspinner, has won an England Lions call-up for two 50-over games against the touring South Africans next week after a breakthrough season for Leicestershire in the T20 Blast. Ahmed starred for England at the Under-19 World Cup this year, taking 12 wickets in four games and showcasing his sharply-spun googly. He took 19 wickets in the group stages of the Blast, the most of any right-arm…
Lea Tahuhu has been through what she calls a “rollercoaster” in the last couple of months, but a late call-up to the New Zealand squad for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) has changed things. Barely two weeks later, Tahuhu was also left out of the CWG squad. Related Amy Satterthwaite retires from international cricket Ben Sawyer charged with New Zealand’s rebuilding process CWG: Carson, Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups ‘When…
Warwickshire will squeeze a home quarter-final into Edgbaston’s packed schedule after talks with the ECB and have slashed ticket prices for Thursday’s fixture against Hampshire. Edgbaston is hosting the ongoing, rescheduled fifth Test between England and India, which is due to finish on Tuesday, and will then stage the second T20I between the same teams on Saturday. It will then host a County Championship game later this month, the women’s…