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Manchester: Pakistan have won the toss. Captain Azhar Ali has decided to bat first. Pakistan have picked two leg-spinner Shadab Khan and Yasir Shah. Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi as the pacers. Pakistan Squad: Azhar Ali (c), Babar Azam, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir ...

Manchester: England National Selectors have named an unchanged squad for the #raisethebat first Test match against Pakistan starting on Wednesday 5 August 2020 at Emirates Old Trafford. The three-match series will be played behind closed doors, in a bio-secure environment. England Test Squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire) Captain, James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer(Sussex), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran(Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes(Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham). Reserves: ...

Manchester: Pace bowler Jofra Archer has been included in the England squad for the deciding Test against West Indies. England National Cricket Selectors have named a 14-strong squad for the #raisethebat third Test match against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford starting on Friday 24 July 2020. England Men’s Test Squad Joe Root (Yorkshire) Captain, James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer(Sussex), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak ...

Manchester: Edgbaston will be the second county cricket ground to pilot the safe return of spectators and test Government guidance designed to enable the return of fans to elite sports events. The Government announced on Friday that two county cricket friendly matches would be among a number of pilot events to test Government guidance for supporters returning to sporting venues. ...

Manchester: Ben Stokes, the England vice-captain, has become the new number one all rounder after the second Test against West Indies in Manchester. England star Ben Stokes has outdone West Indies captain Jason Holder to become the world’s top-ranked Test all-rounder while also attaining a career-best third position among batsmen in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, after a ...

Manchester: England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to bring the spectators back in stadiums after the UK government announced to pilot the safe return of spectators through late July and early August The Government today announced that a small number of sporting events will be used to pilot the safe return of spectators through late July and early August. ...

Manchester: England’s Jofra Archer has been excluded from the #raisethebat second Test against the West Indies starting today (Thursday 16 July) at Emirates Old Trafford following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols. Archer will now commence five days of isolation and will undergo two COVID-19 tests in this period, which have to test negative before his self-isolation period is ...

London: 18 First-Class Counties committed to participate in same red-ball and white-ball competitions this summer All 18 First-Class Counties have agreed to participate in the same competitive red-ball and white-ball competitions during this summer’s shortened men’s domestic season. The season will commence with a four-day competition which will enable all 18 First-Class Counties to compete for the Bob Willis Trophy. ...

DUBLIN – Cricket Ireland today named a 21-man expanded squad that will travel to Southampton for a training camp ahead of the three-match men’s World Cup Super League One Day International series against England starting later this month. To comply with COVID-19 protocols and public health directives, the squad will depart Dublin on a special charter flight to Southampton, before ...

London: Group will go into camp at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday 16 July ahead of the Royal London Series England National Cricket Selectors have named a 24-strong ‘behind-closed-doors training group’ who will go into camp at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday 16 July ahead of the Royal London Series against Ireland starting on Thursday 30 July. The group, along ...