Of the England players arriving into this Ashes riding the crest of England’s nu-wave, Harry Brook is probably at its very peak. Which explains the confidence he has in stating the faster Australia bowl, the quicker they will get sent to the boundary. “Obviously they might have a little bit of extra pace, but if
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The move comes as a surprise given England’s stated desire for “fast, flat wickets” this summer, leaving them without a genuine fast bowler in the side – though Wood is likely to come into the side at some stage in the series. Ben Stokes, England’s captain, has previously signalled his wish to hit Australia with
There might be a potential clash brewing between international commitments and T20 franchise agreements for some Pakistan players following the Global T20 Canada’s draft announcement on Wednesday. The GT20’s third edition will be played from July 20 to August 6, and though the precise dates of Pakistan’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka are yet to
The second season of the SA20 will see one additional match – a mirror of the IPL’s knockout phase – and a salary purse increase of R5.1 million (USD 276,000 approx) – per team. That takes the total number of fixtures to 34, with each side playing the other five teams both home and away
Steven Smith is expecting England to try some “different stuff” against him during the Ashes but is confident his problem-solving skills will stand him in good stead. Smith comes into the series on the back of the 121 he made against India in the World Test Championship final, where he looked in excellent touch, although
Justin Ontong, the former South Africa batter and most recently national men’s team fielding coach, has been named as the new coach of the Paarl Rocks provincial side. Ontong succeeds JP Duminy, who was in charge for a season and is now the South African men’s white-ball batting coach. This is Ontong’s first position as
Southampton’s Ageas Bowl will host a Men’s Ashes Test for the first time in 2027 following the announcement of venues for England’s home international matches from 2025-31. The Ageas Bowl, which hosts its first Women’s Ashes ODI on July 16, will also stage its first Women’s Ashes Test in 2031, with the 2027 edition to
Bracewell, 32, is equally handy with bat and ball, and has played eight Tests, 19 ODIs and 16 T20Is for New Zealand since his debut last year. He also played in the IPL this season, coming in as replacement for Will Jacks at Royal Challengers Bangalore, picking up six wickets in five matches. One of
An ICC working group has recommended that no more than four overseas players, including those retired from international cricket, should feature in playing XIs in T20 franchise leagues. It has also recommended that playing XIs include a minimum of four local players, and that boards be paid a 10% release fee for allowing their players
Tea Bangladesh 235 for 2 (Shanto 126*, Joy 76, Rahmat 1-26) v Afghanistan Najmul Hossain Shanto‘s third Test century powered Bangladesh to a comfortable 235 for 2 at tea on the first day of the Dhaka Test. Shanto raced to the three-figure mark midway through the second session, acting as the enforcer of a 212-run
During chats with work associates, Asians https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/diversity-in-science/influential-british-women-science/ may seem for being stalling the conversation or leaving you alone. This is the result of their high value for value and honor, which can be depicted through speaking patterns and body language. In addition , Asians often speak in a delicate tone of voice and so are
“Stokesy messaged me with a question,” said Moeen Ali. “‘Ashes?'” “I hadn’t heard the news on Leachy [Jack Leach] at the time. So I just said ‘LOL’, thinking he’s taking the mick.” Just a couple of things to unpack there. A 35-year-old man using “lol” is one of them, even if that’s more common than
Moeen Ali has revealed that he cancelled a family holiday in the Cotswolds to make himself available to play in the Ashes – but will miss Wednesday’s training session at Edgbaston in order to collect his OBE. Moeen was awarded an OBE for services to cricket in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last year, which he
Moeen Ali is viewing his return to Test cricket as “a free hit” and revealed he might not have come out of retirement for the Ashes had Ben Stokes not been the England captain positing the question. Speaking at Edgbaston, ahead of Friday’s first Test against Australia, Moeen was phlegmatic, even self-deprecating about his merits
Even if the one-off Test is not part of the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and even if Bangladesh and Afghanistan haven’t played Test cricket in a long time, representing your country and winning Tests remains the primary “motivation” and “ambition,” according to the head coaches of the two teams, Chandika Hathurusinghe and Jonathan
Big picture A Test match between two nations will be played in one of the premier cricket stadiums, and in front of a live TV audience. If this is considered as enough of a context, then the Bangladesh vs Afghanistan one-off Test is relevant. Otherwise, sandwiched between the World Test Championship final and the upcoming
Rohit Sharma would’ve liked “20-25 days to prepare” for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, but Ravi Shastri, the former India coach, was more pragmatic about the ground reality, putting the onus on the players instead, saying make a “choice” between missing parts of the IPL and preparing for a game of this magnitude. “See,
India will begin their 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a two-match series in the Caribbean on July 12. Dominica will host the first Test, which will be India’s first at the venue in over a decade. The Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad will stage the second – and final – Test from July 20.
Moeen Ali‘s return to Test cricket as a late-notice injury replacement for Jack Leach will present England and Ben Stokes with “a challenge” in the Ashes, according to Australia’s coach Andrew McDonald. Leach’s lower-back stress fracture, diagnosed last Sunday, prompted England to ask Moeen if he would consider reversing his retirement from Test cricket. He
Bangladesh captain Litton Das believes their experience will give them the edge over Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Dhaka that begins on Wednesday. Litton is standing in for the regular captain Shakib Al Hasan who is out with a finger injury. His opposite number, Hashmatullah Shahidi, is also making his captaincy debut after being
After a second successive loss in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, India captain Rohit Sharma has said future finals should be played outside England, and not necessarily be scheduled for June. Asked whether a WTC final will always be trickier to handle because it takes place after the IPL, Rohit said it didn’t have
Shubman Gill has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for criticising the TV umpire’s decision in the World Test Championship final against Australia. India, meanwhile, have been fined their entire match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate while Australia have been docked 80% of fees for the same reason. Gill was on 18
Both in 2021 and 2023, India went into the final day of the World Test Championship final with hope of crossing the winning line. On both occasions they faltered as their batting succumbed to incisive spells of fast bowling, and could last barely more than a session. In the rain-hit 2021 final, played in front
Ahmedabad, which boasts of a stadium that seats over 100,000, is set to host the blockbuster India vs Pakistan clash on October 15 in the ODI World Cup later this year. England and New Zealand, the teams that contested the thrilling tied final in 2019, are set to meet in the tournament-opener on October 5,
There is surely nothing more Scott Boland can do to become one of the first-choice names in Australia’s attack. So far throughout his stellar eight-match career, which has brought 33 wickets at 14.57, Boland’s opportunities have all come because of the absence of others. However, in the aftermath of securing the World Test Championship final
India captain Rohit Sharma is disappointed at the process followed by third umpire Richard Kettleborough in deciding to rule Shubman Gill out in the final innings of the WTC final on Saturday. Rohit feels the third umpire could have taken more time and looked at more angles before arriving at his decision. “I just felt
Pat Cummins, Australia captain: “We made the most of [losing the toss]. We were certainly going to have a bowl. But yeah, the way Travis [Head] and Smithy [Steven Smith] put on the partnership, we saw a little bit of comfort after a pretty nervy morning. He [Head] has been brilliant throughout this whole campaign.
Unlike the two white-ball trophies which, although built towards in the years beforehand, happen entirely over a month or six weeks, the World Test Championship is a two-year marathon towards the final. Rohit Sharma said he would like a best-of-three series while admitting the schedule would not allow it, but unsurprisingly Cummins was quite happy
Australia 469 (Head 163, Smith 121, Siraj 4-108) and 270 for 8 dec (Carey 66, Jadeja 3-58) beat India 296 (Rahane 89, Thakur 51, Cummins 3-83) and 234 (Kohli 49, Lyon 3-41, Boland 3-46) by 209 runs India fought hard for six sessions starting with the third day to give themselves some hope on the
India head coach Rahul Dravid was point-blank in his assessment that the 469 they conceded after electing to bowl on a “green wicket” put India on the back foot. It meant playing catch up for the rest of the WTC final at The Oval. “It wasn’t a 469 wicket,” Dravid told Star Sports, after Australia
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