Page 66 - England Cricket Team

England to assess ground situation in Pak, to decide on tour in 48 hours

England's scheduled tour to the Asian nation was thrown into doubt with the ECB saying that it will assess the ground situation and make a decision on the series in the next 48 hours.

England could boycott Ashes Down Under over strict bubble life: Reports

Top English players could boycott the high-profile Ashes series against Australia starting end of this year as they don't want to be confined to their hotel rooms close to four months

Had to give up one, so chose World Cup and Ashes over IPL, says Woakes

England pacer Chris Woakes says it would have been extremely hard to play in three back-to-back tournaments so he chose the T20 World Cup and the Ashes series over the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Not Covid outbreak, Indian players' anxiety led to match cancellation: ECB

A "gutted" England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison on Friday said it was the Indian players' anxiety over "what might happen" and not the Covid-19 outbreak itself that caused the cancellation

Ind vs Eng: ECB, BCCI to try 'finding a window to reschedule' 5th Test

The BCCI along with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had earlier jointly decided to call off the fifth Test scheduled at Old Trafford in Manchester.

Shastri found positive in RT-PCR test, to isolate for 10 days: BCCI source

India head coach Ravi Shastri has tested positive for COVID-19 in the confirmatory RT-PCR test as well and will remain in isolation for at least the next 10 days

Covid-19: India head coach Ravi Shastri to miss Manchester Test

The Manchester Test is set to be played from September 10 to 14.

Game balanced, we can't take England lightly yet, says Rohit Sharma

Sharma said that the match is not yet in India's hands and remains evenly-balanced

IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 1: India loses top 3 batsmen; 54-3 at Lunch

India once again struggled against the moving ball, struggling to 54 for three at lunch on day one of the fourth Test against England here on Thursday. Joe Root put India in to bat amid overcast conditions. Coming back from injury, Chris Woakes made instant impact by having Rohit Sharma (11) caught behind in his first over. In-form Ollie Robinson then trapped K L Rahul (17) with a ball that nipped backed in. Cheteshwar Pujara followed an outswinger from James Anderson only to edge it to the wicketkeeper to leave India reeling at 39 for three. Virat Kohli (18 batting) and Ravindra Jadeja (2 batting) were in the middle when lunch was taken. Jadeja came ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant. Brief scores: India 54/3 in 25 overs (Virat Kohli batting 18; James Anderson 1/28, Ollie Robinson 1/8, Chris Woakes 1/4).

IND vs ENG 4th Test playing 11: Umesh, Shardul replace Ishant, Shami

England made two changes, bringing in Ollie Pope in place of Jos Buttler, while fit-again Chris Woakes replaced Sam Curran

IND vs ENG: Bairstow needs to deliver with big innings, says Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain believes that Bairstow needs to deliver with a big inning in the Test series against India. He also said that Bairstow looks more secure after tinkering with his technique

Root regains No. 1 spot in Test rankings; Sharma overtakes Kohli

Following some fine performances with the bat in Englands ongoing Test series against India, skipper Joe Root on Wednesday regained the No.1 spot in the ICC Men's Test player rankings for batting.

Indian bowlers tried their socks off but didn't get help from wicket: Malan

Indian bowlers worked really hard and asked a lot of questions but didn't get much help from the wicket, which has changed massively since the opening day of the third Test, says Dawid Malan

Eng vs Ind: If Kohli gets going he can be very destructive, says Anderson

England pacer James Anderson said the hosts know Virat Kohli can be very "destructive" once he gets going so the wicket of India skipper was "extra special" for him on Wednesday.

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: We just wanted to 'shut the noise', says Anderson

Anderson said that after all the trash talk during Lord's Test, the focus at Headingley was to 'shut the noise' and focus on the job, something that paid dividends after India was bowled out for 78

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Wicket was slightly soft on Day 1 morning, says Pant

India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has backed his skipper Virat Kohli's decision to bat first while admitting that the wicket was 'soft' in the morning

Eng vs Ind, 3rd Test: Visitors bundled out for 78 after dismal batting

England pacers James Anderson, Ollie Robinson, Sam Curran and Craig Overton hunted in a pack as India was bundled out for 78 in the first innings in the second session of the opening day

ICC World Test Championship 2021-23: India at the top points table

Indian cricket team took the top spot in the latest World Test Championship standings with 14 points after its massive 151-run victory over England in the second game of an ongoing five-match series

India, England players exchanged verbal volleys at Lord's Long Room: Report

India and England's cricketers had a hostile exchange of words in the Lord's Long Room following on-field arguments on the third day of the second Test which the visitors won by 151 runs

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: India elects to bat, field an unchanged playing 11

England has made two changes in its playing 11 while India is unchanged