On the eve of the first Test between England and South Africa, it has been confirmed that the England skipper Joe Root, who will stand in his first match as skipper, will bat at number four. This means that Gary Ballance will bat at number three on his return to international cricket. Keaton Jennings has […]
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England Vs South Africa 2017 – England Announce Squad For The First Test Of Four Match Series
England named their squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa at home, and that included a few surprises. Despite a stellar debut in India late last year, teenaged opener Haseeb Hameed was ignored for the series. Instead, the English selectors persisted with South Africa-born opener Keaton Jennings to open along with Alastair Cook. […]
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England vs South Africa 2017: Knee Injury Rules Jake Ball Out of First Test At Lord’s
The Story: England suffered a significant setback to their preparation of the upcoming home series against South Africa, as fast bowler Jake Ball suffered a knee injury during second innings of his county Nottinghamshire against Kent. The seamer experienced pain in his knee during his follow through after bowling the first ball of his third […]
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Stuart Broad Doubtful For Lord’s Test After Heel Complain
England fast bowler Stuart Broad is expected to miss the first Test of the four-match series at Lord’s which is scheduled on July 6 after suffering a heel injury when he was playing for English County side Nottinghamshire. The Nottinghamshire coach Peter Moores revealed we have had straightway asked Broad to come off the ground […]
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England Vs South Africa: Five Uncapped Players Called In T20I Squad Against SA, Injured Tymal Mills Misses Out
The selectors of England Cricket team have decided to rest most of their players and have called up five uncapped players in the squad for the three-match T20I series against South Africa, which kicks off soon after the final of Champions Trophy 2017. Liam Livingstone, Mason Crane, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran and Craig Overton are the […]
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England vs South Africa 2017: Injured Chris Woakes Likely To Miss First Two Tests
England fast bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes, who suffered a side strain during the ongoing Champions Trophy, is likely to miss the first two Tests against South Africa later next month. He suffered the injury during England’s match against Bangladesh and was forced to leave the field after bowling two overs in the match. The recovery […]
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2017 ICC Champions Trophy: England vs New Zealand – Stats Preview
On Tuesday, New Zealand will meet hosts England at Sophia Gardens (Cardiff) in the Group A encounter of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Both the teams are the very balanced side for this tournament, so it is expecting that the match will be very competitive and interesting. England achieved the comfortable victory against Bangladesh in the […]
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2017 ICC Champions Trophy: Tournament Stats – Preview
2017 ICC Champions Trophy will begin on upcoming 1st June and it will run until the 18th June. It will be the eighth edition of ICC Champions Trophy, which will be hosted by England and Wales for the record third time. During the first two editions (1998 and 2002), the tournament was known as the […]
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2017 ICC Champions Trophy: Team Stats Preview – England
2017 ICC Champions Trophy will begin in few days. England is going to host this tournament for the third time. In the previous two editions (2004 and 2013) when England had hosted ICC Champions Trophy, they had ended as the runners-up on the both occasions. England is ready to change their heartbreaking fortune in this […]
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Azhar Ali Emerges As The New Highest Ranked Pakistani Batsman in Test Rankings
Pakistan top-order batsman Azhar Ali has swapped places with his veteran countryman Younis Khan to become the highest ranked Pakistani batsman in the latest list for Test Rankings released on Friday. The 32-year-old has climbed to the 8th position on the table with the help fo his century in the opening Test. He currently has […]