New Zealand 86 for 2 (Latham 51*, Taylor 21*) v England After a chaotic build-up to the second Test, England’s cricketers bagged two early wickets on the first morning- including the vital scalp of Kane Williamson – to give themselves a chance of setting the agenda in Hamilton. By lunch, …
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Paul Collingwood has backed Zak Crawley to succeed if he wins his chance in the second Test in Hamilton. Kent batsman Crawley was taken on tour largely to gain experience and so the England management could take a closer look at him, but an injury to Jos Buttler the day …
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Fabian Allen has recovered from a knee injury to make the trip back to India to play a T20I series with West Indies. The left-arm spinning allrounder was part of the squad that took on Afghanistan in Lucknow earlier this month but had to pull out after playing the first …
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2:35 PM GMT Matt Roller CloseMatt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 George Dobell The ECB is considering restoring the toss to all County Championship games next season, removing the option to bowl first that is currently available to away teams. The toss regulations were …
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Jeetan Patel has stepped down as Warwickshire’s captain ahead of his planned retirement at the end of next season, with allrounder Will Rhodes replacing him in the role. Patel, who has captained the club for the last two summers, will retire from all forms of cricket after the 2020 season, …
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Australia’s captain Tim Paine insists that it will take an awful lot for him ever to send an opposition side into bat after twice seeing his men struggle against England when he did so at Lord’s and The Oval. Perhaps this is just as well, because his talismanic No. 4 …
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Rahul Dravid believes IPL franchises are “missing a trick” with regard to their support staff appointments by not involving more Indian coaches. Dravid felt Indian coaches were as good as any in the world, and even if not appointed at the top of the tree, they would add value as …
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Tea West Indies 277 (Brooks 111, Campbell 55, Hamza 5-74) lead Afghanistan 187 by 90 runs Shamarh Brooks’ maiden Test hundred put West Indies in a strong position on the second day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Lucknow. Starting the day on 68 for 2, West Indies were …
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Big Picture Day-night Test matches have been the centre of much discussion in recent days with India hosting their first contest with the pink ball. The second game of this series brings us back to the original home of the day-night Tests as the Adelaide Oval hosts its fourth match …
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Jos Buttler is a serious injury doubt for the second Test in Hamilton after suffering a back spasm in training. Joe Root has confirmed that Ollie Pope will keep wicket if Buttler is, as expected, unable to play. That would be big ask of Pope. He has kept in just …
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