Chappell: Moeen bowled with the right pace Peter Moores, the England coach, has praised Ian Bell for his contribution to the improvement of Moeen Ali's offspin. Moeen claimed eight wickets in the victory over India at the Ageas Bowl, including 6 for 67 in the second innings, leading Alastair Cook to remark that he had never known a bowler improve so quickly. They were sentiments with which...
Rickleton, Roelofsen fifties power South Africa
South Africa Under-19s 268 for 4 (Roelofsen 96*, Rickleton 76) v England Under-19sScorecard Ryan Rickleton and Grant Roelofsen struck fifties to power a solid batting effort from South Africa Under-19s and lift them to 268 for 4 on the first day of the first youth Test against England Under-19s in Cambridge. After winning the toss, South Africa got off to a shaky start as their opener Mathew Christensen...
India dismay at Anderson verdict
'Anderson must question his behaviour' India are shocked that James Anderson has been found not guilty in the Trent Bridge incident involving Ravindra Jadeja, but the case boiled down to one team's word against the other when it became clear crucial video evidence was not available. The alleged pushing incident took place in the only small corridor that was not monitored by the ICC's...
Bowl-out threat looms in Old Trafford quarter-final
Lancashire v Glamorgan - No play; match to take place Saturday What did Steven Cheetham do on July 29, 2009 which Mark Chilton, Stephen Parry and VVS Laxman could not quite manage? It is a question which might provoke a few bizarre responses yet the correct answer remains a source of pain for Old Trafford zealots. The prosaic truth is that Cheetham was the only man to hit the stumps five years...
Aug
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England, India set for Anderson hearing
The Southampton Test has ended but the tussle between the two sides will continue into a sixth day with the hearing into the Trent Bridge incident between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja scheduled on Friday, with massive implications on the series. India charged Anderson with a Level 3 offence before the second Test, at Lord's, following an alleged altercation in the first. India contend that...
Munro, de Grandhomme power big NZ A win
New Zealand A 424 for 7 (Munro 151, de Grandhomme 151) beat Northamptonshire 184 for 2 (Coetzer 60, Peters 54) by 70 runs by D/L methodScorecard Colin Munro and Colin de Grandhomme both struck rapid centuries to help New Zealand A sink Northamptonshire by 70 runs via the D/L method in a rain-affected clash at the County Ground. New Zealand A, choosing to bat, got off to a rocky start and lost...
England find their upward curve
There will doubtless be tough days ahead but England appear to have turned a corner. ESPNcricinfo assesses where the team is after levelling the series #politeenquiries: Is India being bowled out by Moeen embarrassing? At long last, after many storms, many rainy days and many sad departures, the sun emerges from the clouds. Victory over India at the Ageas Bowl was not only England's...
Taylor inspires Tallawahs win over Hawksbills
Jamaica Tallawahs 91 for 3 (Gayle 59*, Laughlin 2-28) beat Antigua Hawksbills 89 for 9 (Taylor 4-8, Miller 3-17) by seven wickets on D/L methodScorecard and ball-by-ball details Jerome Taylor showed signs of returning to his best form with a match-winning spell of 4 for 18 to spur the Jamaica Tallawahs on to a seven-wicket win over the still winless Antigua Hawksbills on Thursday at Sabina Park in...
Jul
31
Mullaney fifty brings Notts home
Nottinghamshire 230 for 7 (Wessels 65, Mullaney 63*) beat Glamorgan 227 for 8 (Rudolph 101, Franklin 3-32) by three wicketsScorecard Steven Mullaney and Ajmal Shahzad batted Nottinghamshire to an impressive three-wicket victory in the Royal London One-Day Cup against Glamorgan at Cardiff. The eighth-wicket pair came together with Notts in trouble at 137 for 7, needing a further 91 runs to win...
Anderson provokes Indian ire again
James Anderson was been involved in another incident with an Indian player, at the end of the fourth day's play at the Ageas Bowl. Anderson, who faces an ICC hearing on Friday having been charged with a Level Three offence following an alleged altercation with Ravi Jadeja during the Trent Bridge Test, exchanged irate words with Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane following the final delivery of the day....
Time for Moeen to be given respect
Moeen Ali has 11 wickets at 33 against India. He might not be comparable to Graeme Swann, but it is time he gained the respect he deserves #politeenquiries: Have England reached the turning point? The story so far: Kumar Sangakkara: Headingley, Second Test, England v Sri Lanka:Sangakkara, set up by a couple of deliveries that have spun gently away from his outside edge, prods forward...
Siddle building up his pace and strength
Peter Siddle is confident he is well on the way to regaining his place in Australia's Test team by boosting his strength and speed. Siddle was dropped from the Test side during the tour of South Africa in March and the coach Darren Lehmann said at the time that Siddle needed to lift his pace back up into the 140kph range instead of the low 130s. A stint in county cricket with Nottinghamshire followed,...
Jul
30
Kohli's weakness grows wider
Virat Kohli's is a game without any other glaring weakness but England have clearly tried to play on the attacking batsman's ego a bit but starving him outside off stump Not worried by Indian follow-on - Rahane Trent BridgeJust after lunch on day one, James Anderson and Stuart Broad bowl eight deliveries at Virat Kohli. Seven of them are outside off, one is short enough to be left alone....
Indiscipline could cost West Indies cricket - Roberts
Darren Sammy believes that Tino Best still has a part to play in the St Lucia Zouks' 2014 CPL campaign despite his disciplinary problems. Best and Shoaib Malik were fined following a clash on July 23, with both players pleading guilty to their respective charges. Sammy maintained that Best had a lot to offer the regional game, but needed to live up to his seniority as a West Indian international...
England rediscover their swing
Instead of the joyless England side we have seen in recent times we saw a team with renewed vigour and belief and they go into the final two days with a chance of forcing victory #politeenquiries: Is Kohli no more than a flat track bully? It was the sort of draining day on which tempers can flare and disagreements brew. It was the sort of pitch on which seamers can lose heart and sides...
Satterthwaite and Tahuhu back for New Zealand
Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu will return to the New Zealand line-up after being chosen for September's tour of the West Indies. A 14-player squad has been picked for the trip, which includes four ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals. Satterthwaite and Tahuhu have replaced Katey Martin and Frances Mackay in the only changes from the squad that played in the World T20 in Bangladesh earlier this...
Jul
29
Pankaj singed by tough debut
After striving so long to play Test cricket, Pankaj Singh's luck deserted him and then his discipline too Highlights: Pankaj Singh's frustration grew after a serious of close shaves went against him on Test debut Pankaj Singh's wicket column was empty. Two days at the new job. No returns. Many times he stood in the field, hands on hips with a helpless expression. He would walk back to...
ECB defends Moeen's 'Save Gaza' wristband
The ECB has defended Moeen Ali for wearing wristbands with the slogans "Save Gaza" and "Free Palestine" during the third Investec Test between England and India at The Ageas Bowl. Moeen, a devout Muslim who welcomes the position of role-model and says he wears a long beard as he "wants people to know I am a Muslim", first wore the wrist bands when batting in England's first innings. He had not informed...
Weary India facing familiar test
After being pushed on to the defensive in the field, it is up to India's batsmen to try and prevent a return to the bad old days of touring India's struggles were compounded by a third umpire ruling that went against them followed by missed chances A five-Test series was always going to be a challenge for India. In the second half of the first back-to-back Tests, at Lord's, they gave it...
Encouragement for England - but no more
Gary Ballance, Ian Bell and Jos Buttler piled on the pain for India but luck played its part and judgement should be reserved for tougher tests #politeenquiries: Are the cricketing gods turning? It seems churlish to find fault. It feels like going to a wedding and pointing out that almost a third of marriages end in divorce and that the cake will make you fat. But England would be guilty...
Jul
28
India's slipshod slips
Ravindra Jadeja's drop of Alastair Cook was indicative of the challenge India face in establishing a reliable cordon Jadeja's dropped chance at third slip with Cook on 15 proved very costly It is early in the morning, the pitch is fresh, the ball is seaming around a little, Alastair Cook is uncertain, he pushes at a wide delivery from debutant Pankaj Singh, and the edge is taken. Yet...
Loyal crowd wills Cook forward
Alastair Cook was under the greatest pressure of his career, but the Southampton crowd was determined to will him forward #politeenquiries: Do runs solve Cook captaincy issue? In the late 1960s, with flower-power and hippiedom at their peak, a large group gathered in central London determined to prove the power of positive thinking. If they all concentrated on the same thought at the...
India hopeful on Ishant fitness for Old Trafford
India's bowling coach, Joe Dawes, is confident Ishant Sharma will be fit by the time the fourth Test begins, in Manchester on August 7. Ishant, Man of the Match at Lord's for his seven-wicket haul in the second innings, had to be withdrawn from the Southampton Test in what seemed to be a last-minute move. MS Dhoni said he would have played Ishant had this been a one-day match, but he didn't want to...
Red Steel romp to nine-wicket win over Zouks
Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel 137 for 1 (Lewis 77, O'Brien 55*) beat St Lucia Zouks 136 for 9 (Sammy 46*, Badree 2-13) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Evin Lewis and Kevin O'Brien flayed a hapless St Lucia Zouks bowling unit as the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel recorded a nine-wicket win at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. The pair erased the CPL first-wicket partnership...
Jul
27
Beaton's final over leaves Tridents stunned
Guyana Amazon Warriors 173 for 5 (Simmons 64, Guptill 55*) beat BarbadosTridents 166 for 4 (Smith 104*) by seven runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details A CPL record 148-run second-wicket partnership between Dwayne Smith and Shoaib Malik was trumped by Ronsford Beaton's spectacular final over to give the Guyana Amazon Warriors a seven-run win over the Barbados Tridents at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown,...
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