Leach was ruled out of the five-match series on Sunday due to a stress fracture in his back
Kolkata Knight Riders' head coach Brendon McCullum says young batter Rinku Singh has been their find of IPL 2022 and the franchise will invest in him in the coming years.
'Bazball' could be the most used term in world cricket over the last one month but the inspiration behind it, England Test coach Brendon McCullum, finds the incessant talk around the newly coined word 'silly'.
'He is obviously a bit of a rough diamond.'
South Africa are not sure how they are going to deal with England's new aggressive approach to playing Test cricket with coach Mark Boucher saying on Monday they will adopt a wait-and-see attitude when the first match starts at Lord's on Wednesday.
Ashwin believes that England's 'Bazball' could falter on certain types of wickets.
'If all the pitches are like that I'm done in the Ashes series.'
Ponting said he was approached by Rob Key, who was then appointed as the English Cricket Board's new director of men's cricket.
Root relies on trademark style to rescue England
After England tore the prediction books for an epochal 28-run victory in Hyderabad in the first Test, India now find themselves in a tight space, mentally and technically, ahead of the second match starting in four days in Visakhapatnam.
'What I like about them is their stubbornness. If you doubt them, they'll double down on it and go even more stubborn.'
Having swept away New Zealand 3-0 in their last series at home, just days earlier, England are favourites to win the Test and draw the series that is level at 2-1.
The last time England toured India, back in early 2021, Joe Root's team went back home beaten and bruised 3-1.
Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum feels the Black Caps were 'a little bit timid' against Australia in the T20 World Cup final, saying they brought a gun to the fight, except they 'didn't fire the bullets'.
Rajasthan Royals pulled off the highest run chase in the history of IPL to edge Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets.
MCC suspends 3 members after Lord's Long Room incident with Australian players
'I think McCullum wants to take this up because he sees this as a major challenge.'
Spinners selected gives us best opportunity to beat India: Ben Stokes
England's all-rounder Chris Woakes desperately wants to be a part of the English side in the fourth Ashes Test starting from July 19 in Manchester.
Ahead of the Ashes, England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was confident that the hosts could clinch a comfortable win against the visitng Australian side.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.
'It would be great if he got picked up at the IPL. It would be awesome if he did'
Apart from Rohit, Guptill is closely followed by former India captain Virat Kohli (3,308), Ireland's ODI skipper Paul Stirling (2,894), and Australian captain Aaron Finch, who is fifth in the list with 2,855 runs.
Brendon McCullum - playing his last Test match- produced a sensational display of stroke-play, blasting to the fastest hundred in Test cricket history. McCullum took 54 balls to reach the three-figure mark, two less than the previous record. Viv Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq held the previous record with 56-ball hundreds. In terms of time taken, McCullum's hundred in 78 minutes is the joint fourth fastest in Test cricket. Statistician Rajneesh Gupta glances at the records of the fastest hundreds in Test cricket:
Duckett fell during a wild hour in the middle of the afternoon when Australia seemed to bowl nothing but short aggressive balls and England seemed to do nothing but swing hard at every one of them.
Iyer's comments highlight the changing dynamics of the game and how rules can impact team strategies and player selection.
Having been out of the longest format of the game, Chris Woakes is hoping to return to the England line-up for the Ashes.
Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum hopes his team plays a brand of cricket which gives people "something to look forward to in these difficult times".
McCullum, who is currently in charge of Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders, was keen on taking the job
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Test between India and England in Ranchi on Monday, February 26.
It will be Anderson's 10th Ashes campaign and Broad said he was still champing at the bit to get going.
Former ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel said people cite the 'spirit of the game' when they don't like a dismissal under the laws of cricket.
The World Cup opener is set to be another barnstorming meeting between two of the favourites -- and a fitting way to start a cricketing feast.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the 'Firsts' in IPLs so far...
Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner, Rachin Ravindra and Hamish Rutherford were released from the initial 20 player squad.
AB de Villiers isn't one bit surprised at the possibility of his good mate Virat Kohli playing in this year's T20 World Cup.
Ollie Pope has credited head coach Brendon McCullum
Semi-finalists six times. Runner-up in 2015. Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers for the New Zealand team from World Cups.
As a traditional innings by Joe Root turned it around for England, Jonny Bairstow lauded his 'talented' teammate following Day 1's play.
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