The opening Test ended with the levity of Alastair Cook taking a Test wicket in a match where his captaincy showed encouraging signs but England should be assisted more by their system rather than hindered Alastair Cook claims his maiden Test wicket A few years ago, a Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was abandoned and the game re-scheduled for the Recreation Ground a few...
Dhoni pleased with lower-order resistance
Dhoni surprised with conditions This is the third overseas Test India have failed to close out, out of their last five. This wasn't as clear-cut an opportunity as Johannesburg and Wellington were, but the disappointments are piling up. Before the series began, Ajit Agarkar questioned India's ability to close out Tests away from home; many an Indian fan shares that doubt. However, MS Dhoni,...
Binny's selection does not prove trivial
Why had Stuart Binny been picked in this Test? It was probably not with a match-saving innings in mind, but that's what he produced just when India were threatening to topple apart Highlights: Binny struck a composed 78 on Test debut to ensure a draw at Trent Bridge At 3.42pm, Stuart Binny let one Moeen Ali offbreak turn past his inside edge and was given out lbw. Immediately the traffic...
Adams enjoys another Lancashire haul
Nottinghamshire 69 for 1 trail Lancashire 225 (Buttler 52, Adams 4-45) by 156 runsScorecard According to all reports this will be Andre Adams' last season at Trent Bridge. The allrounder celebrates his 39th birthday on Thursday and he has apparently decided to retire on his own terms when people are asking him why, rather than why not. That seems reasonable enough, yet on the evidence of the...
Jul
13
Gayle strikes maiden CPL ton in Tallawahs win
Jamaica Tallawahs 162 for 3 (Gayle 111*) beat St Lucia Zouks 161 for 5 (Davids 56, Russell 2-27) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle may have struggled through IPL 2014 with 196 runs in nine games, modest figures for his lofty standards, but his poor form in India was a distant memory in Grenada on Saturday as he feasted on a tame St Lucia Zouks bowling attack to...
Trescothick returns with century
Somerset 366 for 8 (Trescothick 124, Trego 77, Willey 3-74) v NorthamptonshireScorecard Marcus Trescothick responded to be dropped from the Somerset T20 side to score his fourth century in eight first-class innings as Somerset marginally had the better of day one with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Trescothick, who was left out of Friday night's narrow victory over Gloucestershire in the NatWest...
Pujara concerned at plans for tail
Pujara: "We need to figure out new plans for tailenders" Cheteshwar Pujara expressed concern that England's last three wickets added 294 runs after the bowlers had done all the work to have the hosts down at 202 for 3. He was also disappointed at missing a golden chance to score a century on a flat and slow pitch, and leaving unfinished the task of taking India to absolute safety. He went...
England could turn to Kerrigan at Lord's
After a hard slog on a lifeless wicket and similarly docile conditions expected at Lord's, England may recall the Lancashire spinner to inject a bit of bite into their bowling attack 'Root told me to milk it' - Anderson Thomas Hardy probably was not thinking of the Trent Bridge pitch when he wrote that "happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain" but it is a line that...
Jul
12
Ishant's rewards for the dirty work
Ishant Sharma is an odd sort of 'attack leader', averaging over 37 in Test cricket and not given the new ball, but extracting England's middle order on a docile pitch showed why he is persisted with Agarkar: Bhuvneshwar swung the ball consistently Taking the third question in his press conference, Ishant Sharma stropped mid-answer and nearly let out a shriek. "I'm sorry, I'm cramping,"...
Blake, Tredwell keep Kent alive
Kent 149 for 9 (Blake 53, Beer 3-18) beat Sussex 146 for 9 (Jordan 37, Harmison 3-35) by three runsScorecard Disappointment can often be a good motivator and in a week when he lost his Test spot, Chris Jordan almost managed to haul Sussex across the line in the T20 Blast. If truth be told, it was a bitty showing from Jordan and embodied a slapdash performance from Sussex as their faint hopes of...
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