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Sam Billings has been added to England’s Test squad to face India at Edgbaston on Friday, after stepping in to the team at Trent Bridge as a Covid substitute for Ben Foakes, whose place is in doubt while he undergoes five days of isolation. Billings, whose previous Test cap had come in Hobart at the

Mayank Agarwal, the India batter, has been called up for the upcoming Edgbaston Test against England, scheduled to start on July 1. Agarwal will fly out to England on Monday and link up with the rest of the Indian squad this evening. As per the latest government rules, Agarwal will not be required to undergo

Nat Sciver admits that it’s going to feel strange playing a Test match without Katherine Brunt in the England attack. Brunt remains a key presence in the England Women’s camp ahead of their encounter with South Africa starting on Monday. Having announced her retirement from Tests last week, Brunt travelled to Taunton to continue her

Toss India opt to bowl vs Ireland Hardik Pandya won his first toss as India captain and inserted hosts Ireland in the season-opening first T20I in Malahide, after rain delayed the toss by about ten minutes. Hardik said that the persistent rain threat on Sunday evening prompted him to opt to chase. India handed a

The disappointment wasn’t amiss in coach Russell Domingo‘s voice after the end of the second day’s play. West Indies led by 106 runs after going up to 340 at stumps, but it was a far cry from being reduced to 132 for four shortly before lunch as the visitors were buoyant after inflicting a sudden

After falling agonisingly short of a Test century on debut, then returning with a fiery spell in the final session, Jamie Overton was refreshingly philosophical at the end of day three of the third Test at Headingley. Both efforts contributed to England’s cause, ensuring a first innings of 360 for a lead of 31, before

There will be a T20I in Malahide on Sunday, and the match will hold different meanings for the two teams contesting it. For an India side missing a number of regulars, this is another step on the way to figuring out their combination for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. They’ll have,

Glenn Maxwell had always held out hope, if not always complete belief, that he would get another chance in Test cricket. But he did not want to tempt fate in Sri Lanka, so did not pack his baggy green. And as it turns out, he’ll need a new one in Galle with the original having

Somerset 75 for 6 (Abell 26, Neser 3-19) beat Glamorgan 59 for 5 (Ingram 37*, Green 2-13) by 16 runs Somerset put themselves one step closer to qualification for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a 16-run win over Glamorgan in Cardiff. Persistent rain reduced the match to a seven-over contest with Glamorgan putting Somerset into

Madhya Pradesh 368 for 3 (Dubey 133, Shubham 116, Patidar 67*) trail Mumbai 374 (Sarfaraz 134, Jaiswal 78, Yadav 4-106) by 6 runs To say Mumbai were given a taste of their own medicine would be an understatement. Yash Dubey and Shubham Sharma batted for nearly two sessions, doing what great Mumbai teams of the