The former England captain expects experienced pacer James Anderdon to be part of England's touring squad for the Test series in India early next year.
Record Stokes ton leads England to huge win over New Zealand
England all-rounder Moeen Ali said he will not travel to India next year for the Test series.
Ravi Shastri didn't expect the orthodox Cheteshwar Pujara to try out an uncharacteristic ramp shot against Pat Cummins.
'There have been a lot of 6:30 wake-ups on day four and day five when my alarm has been set for 8:15.'
Moeen made his Test debut in 2014 and played his last Test against India at the Oval in September 2021. He scored 2,914 runs in 64 Tests at an average of 28.29, and picked up 195 wickets with his off-spin.
Dream11 will be seen on Team India jerseys starting from the Test series against the West Indies.
Sri Lanka, who are third in the WTC rankings behind already qualified Australia and India, will need to beat New Zealand 2-0.
Ravi Shastri sounded sceptical about the possibility of players getting extended gap after the IPL or practice games ahead of future WTC final matches.
The last time Team India won an ICC World Cup was in 2011 in India. It was a 50-over ODI format that was won under the astute leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Hazlewood returned to Australia after reporting "minor side soreness" following his most recent IPL match for RCB
Australia coach McDonald dismisses 'far-fetched' Cummins resignation talk
'The intensity he trains with all the time is at such a high level it drags everyone else along for the ride.'
Smith will look to reprise his performance from the 2019 Ashes series in England, where he amassed 774 runs in his four Tests
'Lyon has over 400 Test wickets and dismissed India's best batter in this crucial moment.'
Modi met Biden for all three days between June 21 and June 23 during the Indian prime minister's state visit to the US.
'It will be looking to score, and then if it's a good ball, defend.'
Warner's participation was considered doubtful for the next red-ball assignments for Australia, especially after his horrendous run in India with the bat.
Legendary Brian Lara's tips on situational awareness of the game will greatly help the West Indies batters during the two-Test series against India beginning on July 12, feels skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.
Australia and India control their own destiny as they edge towards the conclusion of the competition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks to further boost the growing Indo-US strategic relations in areas like defence, space, clean energy and critical technologies.
Smith said he expects the Indian attack to pose a stiff challenge irrespective of the combination they go with.
Kohli has managed just 111 runs in three Tests against Australia but Ponting is not worried about lack of runs.
Rahane stands at crossroads in his comeback Test
'His attention to detail, keenness to understand the 'why' and 'how' of things being done will one day make him as good a diver as a cricketer which he undoubtedly is.'
Cheteshwar Pujara, leading Sussex, scored a century in the first innings against Durham in the the County Championship Division Two match.
Hazlewood makes the cut as Australia confirm WTC final squad
KL Rahul's Successful surgery brings hope for speedy return to Indian cricket team
The opening day was washed out by rain on Thursday and there will be no extra day tagged on, meaning that the series decider is effectively now a three-day Test.
ICC said it docked points and fined both England and Australia for maintaining slow over-rate during the recently-concluded Ashes series.
Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego
Australia is looking to chase down their first overseas Ashes victory since 2001 by breaking the record for the second-largest successful fourth innings chase in Ashes history on Day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test.
The final will be played at the Oval from June 7-11.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
Pat Cummins produced a vicious bowling onslaught to leave India battered and bruised as Australia took a 296-run lead on day three.
Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben Stokes and Head coach Brendon McCullum are leading the English Test team.
'Once he failed in the Australia series at home, there was very little chance for him but selectors didn't want to change things ahead of WTC final.'
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
India qualified for the World Test Championship final after New Zealand edged Sri Lanka by two wickets off the final ball in a dramatic finish to the first Test in Christchurch on Monday.
Has any cricketing legend asked the all-powerful BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah how selections are taking place without a chief selector in place for the last four months? Who takes all the important decisions at selection meetings?, asks Harish Kotian.
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