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Australia will leave it until the last minute to settle on a team for their first day-night Test abroad as they continue to familiarise themselves with the pink Dukes ball. Pat Cummins left the door open for a four-man pace attack on the eve of the third Test against West Indies, which will be played with the English-branded Dukes ball rather than the Kookaburra version used for day-night Test matches in Australia. Scott Boland appears the likely inclusion should selectors choose to go this way, which would result in a fully fit Nathan Lyon missing out for the first time…
Manenti and Burns among the action as the Italians qualify for epic T20 event despite defeat to Netherlands Italy has made history on the cricket field by qualifying for next year’s ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, despite suffering a nine-wicket defeat to the Netherlands at The Hague. The Netherlands also qualified for the 20-team event after chasing down a target of 135 with 22 balls remaining, their top three of Michael Levitt (34), Max O’Dowd (47no) and captain Scott Edwards (37no) doing the business to outgun their European counterparts. There was a distinctly Australian flavour to…
HISTORY FOR ITALY Italy have qualified for the first time to the T20 World Cup © Getty Azzurri will be in the World Cup, not in football but cricket, as Italy have created history by qualifying for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup. They lost their last game to the Netherlands on Friday in Hague but their Net Run Rate was good enough to earn them a berth in the mega event in India and Sri Lanka next year. The final day of the Europe Qualifiers for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was a roller-coaster ride with all four sides…
A reliable master and a returning x-factor both shone during an intriguing day two of the third Test Fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer were the headline acts on day two of the third Test as India and England traded blows at Lord’s with the match on a knife-edge. India’s Bumrah produced a devastating spell in the morning on Friday, dismissing Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Chris Woakes, before Archer, playing his first Test in four years, struck with his third delivery to remove Yashasvi Jaiswal. India ended the day on 3-145 in reply to England’s 387, the game…
Jersey’s shock last-ball win over Scotland came in vain as they missed out on reaching the T20 World Cup for the first time with Italy advancing instead on net run-rate.Jersey’s No 11 Jake Dunford and skipper Charles Perchard scampered through for the match-winning single against Scotland in the Europe Qualifier, ending their opponents’ hopes of reaching next year’s tournament proper in India and Sri Lanka. That victory took the Channel Islanders up to second in the table, level on points with then leaders Italy ahead of the Azzurri’s game against host nation Netherlands later in the day. Instagram This content…
Those lucky enough to be at Lord’s on Saturday were treated to another gripping day of Test cricket – and some proper England ‘housery’ in the final few minutes.As Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett strode to the crease for the start of their side’s second innings, they knew they would face a maximum of two overs before stumps. They were determined to make that just the one, with Crawley using some cheeky delaying tactics to ensure that was the case, antics that left India seething.He backed away twice from Jasprit Bumrah’s third delivery, suggesting second time around that he had…
The ‘Home of Cricket’ will be the home of an epic Test finish on Monday.India need 135 more runs at Lord’s. England require six more wickets. One of these sides will soon be 2-1 up with two to play – but whom? The tourists lost four wickets in a feisty final session on day four – the caveat that one of those was nightwatchman Akash Deep – with captain Shubman Gill pinned lbw by Brydon Carse. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player India captain Shubman Gill was trapped lbw by Brydon Carse for six late on…
It took Jofra Archer just three balls to send Lord’s wild.After four years away from Test cricket due to a litany of injuries (elbow and shoulder mainly), there would have been nerves for Archer, despite his typically relaxed demeanour. Did he still have it? It would be wise not to make any snap judgments on this fairy-tale sporting comeback that we feared might never happen – we need to see if the fast bowler can back things up spell after spell, game after game, before we declare him officially ‘back’. Image: Archer bowled the third-fastest new-ball spell for England since…
DAY 2 – REPORT KL Rahul was unbeaten on 53 by the end of the day © Getty On a day of delays and disruptions, which saw only 72.3 overs of play, Joe Root scored his 37th Test century before Brydon Carse (56) and Jamie Smith (51) chipped in with handy contributions to take the hosts to 387. Jasprit Bumrah bagged his 13th five-wicket haul in overseas Tests to peg England back while a fighting 53* from KL Rahul took India to Stumps at 145 for 3, still trailing by 242 runs. Rahul was the steady force in India’s reply,…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced that Saud Shakeel will lead an 18-member Pakistan Shaheens squad to tour England from July 17 to August 6 for two three-day and three 50-over matches. Pakistan Shaheens, the name for the men’s ‘A’ team, last featured in a match against the Bangladesh ‘A’ side in Dubai in February of this year. “Saud Shakeel is set to lead the team, while he will be joined by three other Test-capped players in Mir Hamza, Musa Khan and Sajid Khan,” the PCB said. The press release added that among other players, Azan Awais and…