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England insist Mark Wood is fully fit to bowl despite holding him back until the 33rd over of Australia’s run chase on a rainy Sunday afternoon at The Kia Oval, while Australia believe they have worn England’s bowlers down with their approach with the bat throughout this Ashes series. Wood, who has 13 wickets at

India head coach Rahul Dravid doesn’t want to “make the mistake” of letting the ODI series scoreline of 1-1 take the focus away from looking at the “bigger picture” as India build towards the 2023 World Cup at home this October-November. Dravid meant the team is willing to strike a balance between providing opportunities to

Stumps England 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110) lead Australia 295 by 377 runs Saturday at The Oval was never going to be quiet. After Australia had tried and failed to quieten the crowd here on day two of this fifth Ashes Test, England turned the

Stuart Broad has announced that the ongoing fifth Test of the Ashes series will be the last match of his professional career. Broad made his decision “at about 8.30pm” on Friday evening, and informed his long-standing team-mates James Anderson and Joe Root of his decision before play on Saturday morning, and was understood to be

Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs India West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl in the second ODI against India at Bridgetown on Saturday. They made two changes to the side that lost the opener by five wickets, with Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty coming in for Rovman Powell and Dominic Drakes.

Stuart Broad said he had been told by umpire Kumar Dharmasena that if zing bails had been in use for the Ashes Steven Smith would have been given out on the second day at The Oval, but he was comfortable with the borderline decision having gone Smith’s way. What could be a vital moment in

James Anderson has reiterated he is in no mood to retire from international cricket, despite his meagre returns in the Ashes series to date, and insists he’s not far away from regaining his best form. Anderson has so far claimed five wickets at 74.80 in his four appearances in this series, and with his 41st

Nottinghamshire 350 (Slater 100, Moores 94, Singh 4-87) and 372 for 6 dec (Slater 87, Young 87, Clarke 73) beat Kent 316 (Finch 73, Harrison 4-28) and 85 (Paterson 5-41, Hutton 4-44) by 321 runs Five wickets for Dane Paterson and four for Brett Hutton consigned Kent to a rapid and damaging defeat in their

Since their semi-final defeat at Old Trafford, though, India have become reluctant to use their wristspinners in tandem. While they’ve fielded either Kuldeep or Chahal in 51 ODIs, they’ve unleashed both of them only three times, and picked neither of them on four occasions. It’s been a challenging situation, but their relationship, according to Kuldeep,

Lancashire 498 for 7 (Bohannon 128, Wells 119, Salt 105, White 3-69) lead Northamptonshire 342 by 156 runs If anything is to help this game reverse up Stalemate Close, it is probably the black saucers of earth that lie at each end of the pitch. Batters regard them with suspicion while spin bowlers, of which

A left-arm spinner, Jumadeen played 12 Tests for West Indies between 1972 and 1979, taking 29 wickets. As Clive Lloyd’s all-pace attack came to the fore, Jumadeen’s opportunities were limited, and he took part in just one full series, against India in 1975-76. The defection of players to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket gave Jumadeen

Prior to this tour, he was also part of the World Test Championship final at The Oval against Australia picking up five wickets, including a four-for in the first innings. He also played a crucial part in the IPL 2023 for Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he scalped 19 wickets in 14 matches, the most for

Pat Cummins has indicated he may not captain Australia in every one-day international leading into the World Cup in India later this year. For the multi-format players involved in the Ashes there will be a three-week break after the final Test, but it won’t be long before attention shifts to white-ball cricket. A T20I and

Lunch Pakistan 273 for 3 (Shafique 137*, Shakeel 32*, Asitha 2-70, Jayasuriya 1-95) lead Sri Lanka 166 by 107 runs Pakistan extended their lead to 107 by lunch on day three, with Abdullah Shafique unbeaten on 137 and Saud Shakeel on 32. The only blemish for the visitors in the morning session was the loss

After opting to bat on winning the toss, China had moved to 12 for no loss in four overs when Idrus picked up his first wicket. Having been brought in as first change, Idrus struck with the first ball of his second over, bowling Wang Liuyang for 3. He went on to pick up three

Nottinghamshire 275 for 5 (Slater 100, Moores 72*) vs Kent Nottinghamshire opener Ben Slater completed his first LV= Insurance County Championship hundred since April last year to lay the foundation for a solid opening day against Kent at Trent Bridge. The left-hander, who has had a lean year by the standards he has set in

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is set to miss the first two matches of the Asian Games after she was suspended by the ICC for breaching the code of conduct during the final ODI of the Bangladesh series, which ended in a tie. Harmanpreet, who had reacted angrily to her dismissal by smashing the stumps after

“We welcome Oshane and Shimron back into the group,” chief selector Desmond Haynes said. “Both have played at the international level before, with some success, and we believe they will fit well into the set-up. Oshane brings pace and is a potential wicket-taker with the new ball. Shimron’s style of batting will offer a lot