SOB vs TRR - Eliminator

Author: Shreyas
20 Aug 2021 18:26:31
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Southern Brave vs Trent Rockets - Eliminator of The Hundred'2021, at Kennington Oval, London 

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1. SEASON STATS

(i) Points Table Scenario

SOB - 2nd (8 - 5w/2l/1nr)
TRR - 3rd (8 - 5w/3l)

(ii) Top Performers from these two teams

Southern Brave (SOB)

Quinton De Kock - 6th highest run scorer (189), Avg (47.25) - 7M/6I
James Vince - 9th highest run scorer (180), Avg (25.71) - 8M/7I
Alex Davies - 10th highest run scorer (172), Avg (34.40) - 8M/7I

Jacob Lintott - 3rd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (15.40), SR (12.5) - 7M/7I
Danny Briggs - 13th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (17.57), SR (12.8) - 5M/5I
Chris Jordan - 13th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (32.42), SR (20.7) - 8M/8I
George Garton - 20th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (30.83), SR (19) - 7M/7I
 

Trent Rockets (TRR)

Dawid Malan - 3rd highest run scorer (200), Avg (28.57) - 8M/8I
Alex Hales - 8th highest run scorer (182), Avg (26) - 8M/8I
Samit Patel - 14th highest run scorer (159), Avg (31.80) - 8M/7I
D'Arcy Short - 17th highest run scorer (150), Avg (30) - 8M/8I

Rashid Khan - Highest wicket taker (12), Avg (17.08), SR (12.9) - 8M/8I
Merchant De Lange - 3rd highest wicket taker (10), Avg (14.10), SR (9.9) - 6M/6I
Matthew Carter - 10th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (21.37), SR (15) - 7M/7I
Samit Patel - 10th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (21.12), SR (16) - 8M/8I

(iii) Toss Based Analysis of this season's matches (on any venue, against any opposition)

Southern Brave (SOB)

1. Ross Whiteley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(29)*, 13(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(14), 4(5), 1(4)

2. Danny Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w

3. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(21), 22(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(20), 34(27)

4. Alex Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(12), 50(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(11), 15(11), 14(14), 18(9)*, 40(29)*

5. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(7)&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

6. Colin De Grandhomme
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)&0w, 8(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)&0w, 1(3)&0w, 2(2), 40(28)*

7. Quinton De Kock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(7), 3(4), 72(45)*, 57(32)*, 9(4)

8. George Garton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 6(7)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 23(17)&2w

9. Chris Jordan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(14)&0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 17(9)*&0w, 10(7)*&1w, 1w, 1w

10. Jacob Lintott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w

11. Tymal Mills
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w

12. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(12)&0w, 18(7)&0w, 2(5)&0w

13. Delray Rawlins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 6(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(27), 60(38), 8(12), 53(39), 13(14)

15. Max Waller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Trent Rockets (TRR)

1. Lewis Gregory
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7), 3(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 14(8)&1w, 22(17)*, 28(12)*, 25(17)

2. Matthew Carter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 8(3)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(8)*&2w, 1w, 1w, 14(9)&1w, 0w

3. Samuel Cook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w

4. Ben Cox
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Merchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 3w, 1w, 1w

6. Alex Hales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(14), 38(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 40(34)*, 26(25), 25(15), 13(7), 19(16)

7. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 25(12)&3w, 0w, 16(6)&1w, 0w, 3w

8. Dawid Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(13), 51(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(43)*, 0(3), 20(12), 6(7), 0(3), 52(46)

9. Tom Moores
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(12)*, 7(2)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5), 1(4), 13(9)

10. Steven Mullaney
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)&1w, 10(9), 49(33), 17(10)&1w

11. Samit Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(7)&3w, 31(19)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 13(9)&0w, 46(20)*&0w, 15(7)&2w, 16(8)&1w, 35(23)*&1w

12. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

13. D'Arcy Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(47)*&0w, 0(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(41)*, 14(11), 7(9), 0(3), 5(8), 4(1)*

14. Tim Van Der Gugten
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

15. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w

16. Luke Wright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Jack Leaning
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Kennington Oval, London 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 149

Avg 1st Innings - 153
Avg 2nd Innings - 139

Highest total - 240/3 (Welsh vs Surrey - 15th May'2015)

(ii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

SOB

Paul Stirling - 58th highest run scorer (178), Avg (25.43) - 7M/7I
James Vince - 99th highest run scorer (107), Avg (21.40) - 6M/6I

Max Waller - 38th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (27.75), SR (23.25) - 9M/9I
Chris Jordan - 49th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (37.14), SR (28.29) - 10M/10I
Danny Briggs - 61st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (40.17), SR (33) - 11M/9I

TRR

Dawid Malan - 12th highest run scorer (437), Avg (36.42) - 15M/14I
Luke Wright - 20th highest run scorer (359), Avg (25.64) - 17M/15I
Alex Hales - 52nd highest run scorer (194), Avg (48.50) - 6M/6I
Lewis Gregory - 70th highest run scorer (143), Avg (35.75) - 7M/6I

Merchant De Lange - 49th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (7.86), SR (5.86) - 2M/2I
Samit Patel - 61st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (11), SR (10.50) - 3M/3I
Timm Van Der Gugten - 61st highest wicket taker (6), Avg (19.17), SR (12) - 4M/4I

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue

1) London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles - 14th August'2021
146/7 vs 147/8 (OVI won by 2 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 4w+3w=7w

2) Oval Invincibles vs Trent Rockets - 8th August'2021
125/6 vs 116/8 (OVI won by 9 runs)

Pacers - 1w+2w=3w
Spinners - 5w+5w=10w

3) Welsh Fire vs Oval Invincibles - 3rd August'2021
121/7 vs 125/4 (OVI won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

4) Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals - 23rd July'2021
145/8 vs 136/7 (OVI won by 9 runs)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

5) Surrey vs Kent - 10th July'2021
128/7 vs 129/1 (KEN won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

6) Middlesex vs Surrey - 26th June'2021
174/7 vs 175/5 (SUR won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

7) Surrey vs Somerset - 24th June'2021
146/8 vs 149/3 (SOM won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

8) Surrey vs Essex - 22nd June'2021
118/10 vs 119/2 (ESS won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

9) Welsh vs Surrey - 15th June'2021
166/8 vs 167/5 (SUR won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

10) Surrey vs Kent - 1st October'2020
169/2 vs 113/7 (SUR won by 56 runs)

Pacers - 0w+2w=2w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 40w
2nd Innings - 25w

Spinners
1st Innings - 24w
2nd Innings - 23w

Overall
65w:47w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Southern Brave (SOB)

1. Ross Whiteley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Danny Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

3. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Alex Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Colin De Grandhomme
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Quinton De Kock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. George Garton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Chris Jordan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(10)*&0w, 2w

10. Jacob Lintott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Tymal Mills
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 109(58)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(6)

13. Delray Rawlins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Max Waller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

Trent Rockets (TRR)

1. Lewis Gregory
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 50(23)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(8)&1w, 0w, 28(12)*

2. Matthew Carter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

3. Samuel Cook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4w, 1w

4. Ben Cox
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Merchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

6. Alex Hales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(15)

7. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 16(6)&1w

8. Dawid Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 117(57)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(11), 6(7)

9. Tom Moores
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)

10. Steven Mullaney
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(9)

11. Samit Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(7)&2w

12. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. D'Arcy Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3)

14. Tim Van Der Gugten
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

15. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Luke Wright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(6), 25(21)

17. Jack Leaning
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(10), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(28)

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of TRR)

(ii) Recent Head To Head Matches

1) Southern Brave vs Trent Rockets - 24th July'2021
126/8 vs 127/1 (TRR won by 9 wkts)

Ross Whiteley - 39(29)*
Alex Davies - 21(12)
Devon Conway - 18(21)
Chris Jordan - 16(14)
George Garton - 1w
Dawid Malan - 62(43)*
D'Arcy Short - 51(41)*
Marchant De Lange - 5w
Lewis Gregory - 1w
Luke Wood - 1w

Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) SOUTHERN BRAVE (SOB) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Craig Overton, Jofra Archer

Probable XI

1) Paul Stirling - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 18r 0w, 20r 0w, 18, 19r 2w, 6r 0w, 11, 27, 13

2) Quinton De Kock - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 57*, 72*, 27, 21, 27, 20, 120, 60, 60, 72

3) James Vince - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 13, 53, 8, 6, 40, 0, 39, 102, 63, 102

4) Alex Davies - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 40*, 18*, 14, 50, 14, 21, 13, 56, 84, 7
/
Devon Conway

5) Colin De Grandhomme - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 40*, 2, 8r 0w, 1r 0w, 4r 0w, 5, 12r 0w, 32, 4w, 12r 1w, 28r 0w

6) Ross Whiteley - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 1, 13, 25, 39*, 31, 28*, 4, 37, 0

7) Danny Briggs - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w

8) Chris Jordan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 2w, 1w, 16r 0w, 4r 0w, 14r 0w, 3w, 0w

9) Jacob Lintott - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 15r 0w, 0w

10) Tymal Mills - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 27r 3w

11) George Garton - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 23r 2w, 0w, 1w, 6r 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 46r 3w, 12r 0w

BENCH

12) Liam Dawson - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 5r 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 23r 0w, 16r 0w, 17r 1w, 9r 1w, 33r 0w

13) Max Waller - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w

14) Delray Rawlins - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 7, 33, 22r 0w, 50r 0w, 0w, 6r 0w, 1w, 15r 0w, 6*

15) Devon Conway - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 22, 23, 18, 4, 70*, 21, 12, 0, 88, 45, 81*

Safe C/VC choices
Quinton De Kock, James Vince

B) TRENT ROCKETS (TRR) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Joe Root, Wahab Riaz (injured)

Probable XI

1) Alex Hales - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 19, 13, 25, 26, 38, 40*, 0, 35, 15, 31*, 34

2) D'Arcy Short - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 4*, 5, 0, 7, 0r 0w, 14, 51*, 69r 0w, 35r 1w, 30r 1w

3) Dawid Malan - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 52, 0, 6, 20, 51, 0, 62*, 31, 1, 1

4) Steven Mullaney - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 17r 1w, 49, 10, 11r 1w, 43r 0w, 7r 3w, 39r 1w, 21

5) Tom Moores - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 13, 1, 7*, 4, 0, 7, 9, 17, 48, 4, 1

6) Lewis Gregory (C) - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 25, 28*, 22*, 3, 14r 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 77r 0w, 40r 3w, 1w

7) Samit Patel - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 35r 1w, 16r 1w, 15r 2w, 46r 0w, 31r 1w, 13r 0w, 0w, 34r 1w, 26r 0w

8) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 2r 0w, 16r 1w, 0w, 3w, 25r 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

9) Samuel Cook - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w

10) Merchant De Lange - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 5w, 0w, 1w, 29r 0w, 7r 2w, 75r 3w

11) Matthew Carter - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 14r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w

BENCH

12) Luke Wright - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 39, 54, 0, 77, 8, 20*, 33, 75, 22

13) Ben Cox - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 16, 1, 43, 30, 36, 11*, 17*, 61*, 3

14) Luke Wood - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 1w, 63r 0w, 1w, 1w, 10r 0w

15) Wahab Riaz - RHB, LHB
Last 10 - 4w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 28r 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 17r 1w, 28r 2w

16) Timm Van Der Gugten - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w

17) Jack Leaning - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 35, 2, 53*, 50, 5, 0, 19, 42r 3w, 14

Safe C/VC choices
Samit Patel, Rashid Khan

Differential GL C/VC choices

SOB - Paul Stirling, Colin De Grandhomme, George Garton

TRR - Merchant De Lange, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, D'Arcy Short

My Fantasy Team (Pre Toss)

Wk - De Kock
Bat - Hales, Malan, Mullaney, Davies, Vince
AR - Patel, Stirling
Bowl - Rashid, Garton, Lintott

GL Picks and other options to choose from - Briggs, Jordan, Short, Gregory, Conway (if plays), De Lange, Carter

Can be dropped from various GL teams -
Hales, Malan, Stirling, Rashid

Dropping them would save credits to accommodate the other players

My Fantasy Team (GL - Risky)

Wk - De Kock
Bat - Malan/Hales, Vince, Davies, Mullaney/Gregory(AR)
AR - Patel
Bowl - De Lange, Lintott, Briggs, Jordan, Carter

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Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna have been ruled out of IPL 2024
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:44:32 GMT
India allrounder opens up on what happened during those 48 hours when he had to leave the team in the middle of a Test to visit his mother in hospital
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:22:00 GMT
England seamer insists landmarks are not the reason he still competes at the age of 41
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:54:05 GMT
Mumbai's young batter also credits Ajinkya Rahana and Shreyas Iyer for their roles in putting up big partnerships
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:59:45 GMT
Shah also mentioned that Mohammed Shami is expected back only in September, while KL Rahul is still awaiting clearance to join LSG
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:01:44 GMT
Jason Roy opted out of the tournament citing personal reasons
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:52:32 GMT
They had slipped to fifth after the defeat in Hyderabad, but are now firmly back on top
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:23:10 GMT
"I love to play in tough situations and tough conditions," Thakur says after top-scoring in Mumbai's first innings in the Ranji Trophy final
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:19:26 GMT
While the expectations from Mumbai are always big, Vidarbha are primed for their time under the limelight
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 17:57:45 GMT
Move aimed at incentivising players for prioritising Test cricket
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:48:55 GMT
Ashwin explains the "different actions, different speeds, and different releases" he has had to use to stay on top of the batters
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:44:50 GMT
He calls for 'allround' review of domestic cricket involving players and coaches
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:34:10 GMT
England captain seeks positives after 4-1 loss as he backs team to stick to positive style
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:03 GMT
Head coach doesn't rule out the possibility of both players returning soon to the national team
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:41:57 GMT
England suffered another collapse to crash to a 4-1 series defeat in Dharamsala
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:03:42 GMT
India coach praises the selectors' input and their captain was pleased with Kuldeep and Jaiswal's growth
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 07:14:15 GMT
Bumrah took charge of India in his absence
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:12:05 GMT
Shoaib Bashir is England's best bowler on the day, which ends with India comfortably ahead by 255 runs with two first-innings wickets in hand
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:00:34 GMT
Spin coach praises Bashir for overcoming illness, as he and Hartley keep fighting with the ball
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:20:40 GMT
The India left-arm spinner has had a quietly devastating series and proved to be the difference once more in Dharamsala
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:10:27 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that the India batter will also take a call on his international future soon
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:42:43 GMT
As Stokes himself acknowledged, "3-2 sounds better than 3-1 or 4-1", so another high-octane contest ought to be in prospect
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:24:01 GMT
India captain also reflected on the unusual paths both his career and R Ashwin's have gone, with the latter set to play his 100th Test
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:40:30 GMT
Cameron Green makes big strides as Jaiswal edges into top ten among batters
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:02:15 GMT
Bashir and Hartley both retained in spite of expectation of seam-friendly conditions in Dharamsala
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:35:36 GMT
He picks out the 2012-13 home-series defeat to England as one of the major turning points in his career
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:45:32 GMT
The England batter explains why Ashwin is such a challenging bowler to face in Test cricket
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:54:30 GMT
England's latest caps centurion looks to finish India series on a high in Dharamsala
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:08:24 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that Steyn has pulled out of the tournament for personal reasons
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:18:49 GMT
The inter-zonal tournament of five three-day matches will be played in Pune between March 28 and April 11
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:43:23 GMT
Washington Sundar was released from the squad to play the Ranji Trophy semi-final for Tamil Nadu against Mumbai
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:30:55 GMT
While their abilities were not in question, it is understood that their decision to practically make themselves unavailable for India has not sat well with the selectors
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:51:26 GMT
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained in the top category
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:46:54 GMT
It is understood that Lucknow Super Giants are aware of his progress and are optimistic about his availability in the IPL
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:52:53 GMT
Hazlewood back into the top ten in T20I rankings while Scholtz, Erasmus of Namibia dazzle too
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:27:39 GMT
India Women head coach particularly wants to create a pool of fast bowlers from the WPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:39:35 GMT
Ishan Kishan turned up for the Reserve Bank of India in the DY Patil T20 tournament
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:50:38 GMT
He is also unlikely to play the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:55 GMT
His comments follow BCCI's warning that players will face "severe implications" if they skip Tests and domestic games to be ready for IPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:39:18 GMT
Bashir's two-in-two after lunch opened up the game, but in the end, England's second-innings collapse meant that they didn't have enough to play with
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:22:19 GMT
"During the Bengal game, I shouted at 17th player, and he complained to his dad who is a politician"
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:21:24 GMT
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are also set to feature in the tournament
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:24:59 GMT
England captain praises young spin attack despite India inflicting first series defeat of his tenure
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:52:19 GMT
Ashwin says the lack of bounce on the surface meant he had to adopt a different approach in Ranchi
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:26:54 GMT
India's spinners came to the party on day three in Ranchi after their wicketkeeper dug them out of a hole
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:06:16 GMT
Offspinner dedicates five-wicket haul to late grandfathers as he braces for fourth-innings challenge
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:32:37 GMT
Backs England to seize chance to square series, after Bashir's stellar display
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:09:37 GMT
India trail by 134 runs in the first innings with only three wickets in hand
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:37:40 GMT
Bhatia and Harmanpreet steered Mumbai's chase after Capsey and Rodrigues helped Delhi set a target of 172
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:01:32 GMT
India's debutant fast bowler picked up three wickets with the new ball to put India on top
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:13:56 GMT
India fast bowler has been missing in action since the final of the ODI World Cup in November 2023
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:23:53 GMT
First-day century rescues England after five-wicket morning to post 302 for 7 at the close
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:15:29 GMT
Veteran batter stepped in and took control shepherding his team from 112 for 5 to 302 for 7 by stumps
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:43:41 GMT
BCCI released the schedule only for the first 21 matches, till April 7, as the dates for India's general elections aren't out yet
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:04 GMT
England haven't lost a Test series since Stokes and McCullum took over but that could change in Ranchi
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:31:38 GMT
He is believed to have batted without any discomfort but did not keep wickets
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:37:42 GMT
He had opted out of the ongoing Tests against England due to personal reasons
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:33:33 GMT
KL Rahul is set to miss the fourth Test as well, while his participation in the final Test in Dharamsala is subject to fitness
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:20 GMT
Iyer has been ruled out due to back spasms, while Dube will miss out because of a side strain
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:25:35 GMT
Former Bengal captain requests BCCI to take steps to increase the significance of the Ranji Trophy
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:58:10 GMT
England coach unconcerned by form of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root ahead of must-win Ranchi Test
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:34:40 GMT
A veteran for Vidarbha, he is the only Indian batter to have scored fifty or more in his lone ODI appearance
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Sarfaraz Khan played the perfect supporting act in a stand of 172 off 26.2 overs with Jaiswal to set up India's 2-1 series lead
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:07:11 GMT
Ashwin took the field at the start of the third session of play on the fourth day
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:51:43 GMT
England captain questions Zak Crawley's second-innings lbw dismissal
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:51 GMT
"I know how important every innings is and that's why I work hard in practice and every innings counts for me"
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