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And Balbirnie said: "You just have to look at the Lions game and Phil Salt's hundred was outstanding batting. "The way (England captain) Eoin Morgan's brought this team forward with this exciting brand of cricket, I think that's probably had a knock-on effect in county cricket. "Everyone trying to ...

From being hailed as one of the greatest captains India had, to going through the ignominy of being banned for alleged match-fixing, then winning the case that cleared his name, and now back to mainstream prominence as an administrator, life has almost come a full circle for Mohammad Azharuddin. ...

Mohammad Azharuddin's rehabilitation from life ban is more than complete in many ways but the former India captain says he "doesn't really know the reasons" for banning him in the first place. In December 2000, Azharuddin was handed a life ban by the BCCI for ...

Batting coach Younis Khan said he is working hard on the skills of the lower-order batsmen as he believes a “fighting tail” will be crucial for Pakistan in the next month’s three-Test series against England.The series begins at Manchester on August 5.“If we have to win series in England, ...

On the back of the series win against West Indies, England selectors have named an unchanged squad for the first Test match against Pakistan.The first of three Test matches starts on Wednesday, 5 August at Old Trafford in Manchester. The series will conclude with two matches at south coast ...

England captain Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood will once again have a selection dilemma about the make-up of their pace attack after an unchanged 14-man squad was named for next week’s first Test against Pakistan. Having rotated their frontline fast bowlers during the 2-1 raisethebat series win over ...

Umar Akmal's three-year ban has been reduced by one-and-a-half years by an independent adjudicator, retired Supreme Court judge, Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. The batsman attended the hearing in person in Lahore, and with the reduced ban, he will remain suspended effectively from February 2020 till August 2021. Akmal said he ...

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's three-year ban for failing to report corrupt approaches earlier this year was on Wednesday reduced to 18 months. Akmal's ban will effectively run from February 2020 to August 2021 after the 30-year-old's sentence was reduced by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. ...

Jason Holder has asked the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to reciprocate West Indies’ gesture over the last 51 days by touring the Caribbean before the year is out. The visiting captain was speaking after his side had been defeated in the third Test by 269 runs, a ...

England reached the third place in the ICC World Test Championship points table after their 2-1 series win over the West Indies in the final Test on Tuesday. England are now on 226 points while India lead the table with 360 points and Australia are placed second with 296 ...