For England, the current holders of the urn, some serious issues need to be addressed and dealt with at the soonest. Their previous two Test series’ at home might have been in victorious causes, but they surely were far from being easy. South Africa and West Indies did expose major shortcomings of the England siding,
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Lancashire and England opener Haseeb Hameed underwent surgery to his finger after sustaining the injury while playing vs. Middlesex in a championship game. The 20-year old was forced to retire during the third day’s play when he fractured a finger on his right hand while batting but had returned to help his team save the
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England’s new fast bowling sensation, Toby Roland-Jones is Poms first setback before the Ashes series beginning 23 November, as he is doubtful for the series due to a lower back stress fracture. Roland-Jones plays for county side Middlesex and is set to miss their last match of the season against Somerset. Jones was a part of
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Australia legendary bowler Shane Warne believes Australia can rule over England, if the hosts’ bowlers would be available to make things pretty tight on bouncy wickets for the newly-appointed skipper Joe Root and senior opening batsman Alastair Cook, in a bid to regain the coveted Ashes. The 47-year-old cricketer-turned-commentator Warne reiterated the Australia has decent
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Cricketing legend and commentator Shane Warne recently declared his suitable England and Australia XIs which will play in the upcoming Ashes Tour Down Under later this year. England will tour Australia in November to kick off yet another edition of the historic cricketing rivalry. The buzz has already been created, as both the sides look
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With Cricket Australia (CA) and Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) failing to strike a new pay deal, legendary captain Allan Border is fearing for the worst. The Australian board’s plans of ending the revenue-sharing model of its contracted players, as part of a wider reorganisation of its remuneration policy, has been vehemently by the ACA. And
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Australia and England will play the first day-night Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval in December this year, adding a new flavour to one of the cricket’s oldest rivalries. The pink ball Test from Dec. 2-6 will be the second match of the 2017-18 series with Brisbane’s Gabba hosting the opener from Nov. 23-27. While
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England and Australia will meet in a Day-Night Test for the first time during the 2017-18 Ashes series. The two teams have enjoyed periods of dominance over 100 years, but the statistics show Australia having an upper hand with 32 series wins while England following them with 31 (the other five having being drawn). The
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Adelaide Oval will host the historic Pink ball Test match next year starting from December 2, becoming the host of the pink ball game for the third consecutive time in three years. Gabba will host the opening game of the historic Ashes series from November 23 before Adelaide host the pink ball game starting from
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The coming year can be a watershed moment in the history of one of the biggest series in Test cricket as the first Test of next year’s Ashes is all set to be a day-night affair. As per reports in Australian media, both Cricket Australia (CA) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed to play
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