News Fast bowler potentially one injury away from a call-up to England’s Ashes squad The BBL shapes as an ideal T20 World Cup audition for Sydney Thunder express paceman Saqib Mahmood, who is also one injury away from a recall to England’s Test squad. Mahmood was a contentious omission from the visitors’ Ashes plans. He
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News Several players in the visiting squad testing positive for Covid-19 forces the development The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies due to begin on Saturday has been postponed to July 2022 in the wake of a series of Covid-19 cases among the visiting squad. West Indies were hit by the virus on
News Attack comprised five right-arm seamers of a similar pace and Root’s part-time offbreaks Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, has defended their selection and bowling plans after Australia racked up 221 for 2 on the first day of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. England made two changes to the side that was thrashed by
News He was a likely candidate to take over the top job again at some point, but not at the 11th hour before an Ashes Test There were two people with positions they did not expect to have on the first morning of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Steven Smith was thrust back into
News The legspinner has previously led Nepal Under-19s in 2016 and 2017 Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane has been named captain of Nepal in another significant step highlighting the stature of the 21-year-old in his country. Lamichhane, who is currently in Australia playing for Hobart Hurricanes in his fourth season of the Big Bash League, takes over
Big picture It hasn’t been the best of tours for West Indies: first they were forced to leave out seven first-choice players due to a combination of workload management, injuries and personal reasons; that followed their regular white-ball captain’s withdrawal due to a hamstring issue; after all that, three members of their touring party tested
News The hosts will miss Hazlewood, but have a ready replacement in Jhye Richardson and might give a bigger role to Cameron Green Pat Cummins‘ learning-on-the-fly captaincy will be tested in Adelaide this week as he juggles an attack without one of Australia’s pink-ball spearheads plus the added factor of the day-night element. Cummins –
News England captain says ‘no excuses’ as team seeks to bounce back from Brisbane loss Joe Root, England’s captain, has conceded he was guilty of expecting too much, too soon from his returning “superhero” Ben Stokes, after his team slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the first Test at Brisbane that has left them needing
News Gloucestershire allrounder was forced to appear as an overseas player in 2021 Graeme van Buuren has become a British citizen, meaning he is eligible to play for Gloucestershire as a local player again from the start of the 2022 season onwards. Born in Pretoria, van Buuren joined Gloucestershire in 2016 and played for the
News Will Leach or Bess play? Who will go out to make room for Anderson and Broad? Joe Root has admitted that England are facing some “tricky decisions” over the make-up of their XI for the day-night Test in Adelaide, largely centred on the balance of the attack and the role spin might play. The