WWhen England left for India I thought Jack Leach would be their main bowler; Two games later – and he only played in the first Test – he was ruled out of the series and I’m not sure if that Read more…
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England suffered a significant setback to their bowling stock in India after Jack Leach, their only experienced top player to take part in the tour, was ruled out for the remainder of the series due to a knee injury. Leach, Read more…
A Tilting your head towards the sky with your eyes closed. This is how it ends, or rather, this is how it begins. Shoaib Bashir was given the England Men’s Test cap number 713 in Visakhapatnam last week and as Read more…
South Africa Women stun Australia with historic win, setting up ODI series decider | Women’s cricket
Australia were caught off guard by South Africa for the second time in as many weeks, with five dropped catches and a catastrophic collapse in the batting line-up lost to the hosts during a rain-affected women’s day defeat. Four days Read more…
“T“The English are not a very spiritual people,” said George Bernard Shaw, “so they invented cricket to give them an idea of eternity.” When Shaw said this, he had Test cricket in mind rather than modern shortened versions of the Read more…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ali Martin’s report Some additional reading direct from the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. Updated at 13.17 CET Right, that’ll be enough from me. India are all set up Read more…
It’s something old, something new for England in the second Test against India after Ben Stokes named his team on Thursday, 24 hours after the toss. Jimmy Anderson and the unused Shoaib Bashir attack in Visakhapatnam, while Mark Wood and Read more…
Beth Mooney rose from her hospital bed and scored a masterful 82 with the bat as Australia recovered from a shock T20 defeat to South Africa. The opener’s 55-ball knock helped Australia move past the visitors’ 162-7 with five wickets Read more…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Time for me to leave the laptop, go for a walk and work out what the hell happened today. Thanks for your company, correspondence and expressions Read more…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Day two report from the Gabba: James Wallace That’s it from us today, thanks to Martin Pegan for the early stint and do join us tomorrow Read more…
