Edgbaston Cricket Ground will turn 'Blue for Bob' on Saturday, Day 3 of the opening match of the Ashes to commemorate England's legendary cricketer.
Former England cricket captain and 1981 Ashes hero Bob Willis has died aged 70 after a short illness.
Willis ended his 90-match Test career with 325 wickets.
Hard-hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen is holding England to ransom by threatening to quit Test cricket, according to former captain Bob Willis.
Hard-hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen is holding England to ransom by threatening to quit Test cricket, according to former captain Bob Willis.
As England and India gear up for the final Test of the fiercely fought five-match series starting at The Oval on Thursday, a number of individuals on either side will be on the cusp of major individual milestones.
If history is anything to go by, Leeds always has room for a little magic.
The four-day cricket match between English county sides Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire on Sunday was abandoned on the opening day after a player tested positive for COVID-19.
Letting Virat Kohli play county cricket is 'nonsense', feels former England captain Bob Willis
One of the reasons why bowlers are rarely considered captains is because they are more susceptible to injuries than batters, argues Vishal Menon.
Former captain Bob Willis made a sensational claim that England players indulged in ball tampering which led to umpires changing the ball during the group league match of the ICC Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka.
England one-day international coach Ashley Giles has dismissed former captain Bob Willis' allegations of ball tampering following the ICC Champions Trophy defeat to Sri Lanka which left England's hopes of qualification in the balance.
England strike bowler James Anderson has rejected claims from former captain Bob Willis that the ball was tampered with during a Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka at the Oval last Thursday.
Former captains Bob Willis and David Gower have joined Ian Botham and Mike Atherton in urging the English team to return to India and play the two-Test series next month.
The ball-tampering controversy in the recently-concluded Champions Trophy continues to rankle English cricketers with batsman Ravi Bopara calling the allegations, made by former captain Bob Willis, "annoying sad and depressing".
Mitch Claydon has been suspended by his county side Sussex for allegedly applying hand sanitiser on the ball.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a crack down on ball tampering with changes coming into effect from October, under which umpires can act on suspicions of ball tampering even if they do not have firm evidence against a particular fieldsman.
England have named uncapped seam bowler Ollie Robinson in their 14-man squad to replace all-rounder Ben Stokes for the second Test against Pakistan starting on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
Wicketkeeper Matt Prior says he has proved the selectors right, both with the bat, as well as through his flawless work behind the stumps, as England sealed a 2-1 Ashes victory over Australia.
'Good shot, yaar; but why are you batting so aggressively, almost angrily?' Amarnath wants to know. 'Jimmy pa, you don't know, he swore at me in Madras. I have been waiting for an opportunity to give it back!' Yashpal responds.
Pawan Shah smashed 282, the second highest individual score in U-19 internationals, along with six consecutive boundaries in an over
England are aiming to avoid their first series defeat at home to the visitors since 2001 when they lost 4-1 to an Australian side led by Steve Waugh.
He said sharing a commentary box in Australia in 2013 with his broadcasting hero Bill Lawry was a "real highlight".
Veteran Indian pacer Irfan Pathan says the country's rise as a fast-bowling powerhouse is, for him, the highlight of the year while former batsman V V S Laxman picked the away Test triumph over Australia as his "favourite moment" of 2019. The trio of Umesh Yadav (23), Ishant Sharma (25) and Mohammed Shami (33) picked 81 wickets in Tests this year, averaging less than 20.
'Day before yesterday I had spoken to him, asking him to come on my YouTube channel.' 'He had said, 'Anytime for you Kiri bhai'.'
Asked to lead the England attack in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, in the absence of spearhead James Anderson, Stuart Broad became only the fifth English bowler to reach the 300 Test wickets milestone.
Cummins said his approach to leadership is quite similar to England's Eoin Morgan.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers for the England team from cricket World Cups.
'The art of swing bowling should come back. Learning the knuckle ball and all is fine. If you don't know how to swing the ball, everything is waste.'
'The two of us got together and we put on a partnership of more than 300, it was amazing.'
India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in New Delhi.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the Kandy Test, Day 2.
'Vinoo Mankad's legacy has been to tell the aspiring Indian cricketer to believe in oneself. He was a great proponent of self-belief. He was the one who kept saying to me that you need to keep scoring runs and keep at it. When you get a 100, let that be the knock on the selector's door.'
Factbox on major ball-tampering incidents in international cricket in the wake of South Africa being penalised five runs during the second test against Pakistan in Dubai on Friday for attempting to alter the state of the ball:
Reaction to South African AB de Villiers smashing the fastest ever one-day century in 31 balls against the West Indies at The Wanderers on Sunday.
Stuart Broad started the third Test against South Africa feeling unwell but finished it on an incredible high after grabbing six wickets to spur England to a series victory on Saturday.
Explosive all-rounder Ben Stokes and relentless run accumulator Steve Smith could not be more different in their approaches to the game but both roared back from personally adversity to bestride an extraordinary cricketing year. Virat Kohli and his men top the confused and confusing World Test Championship table with seven wins in as many matches, including their first pink-ball Test against Bangladesh last month. That victory marked their 12th consecutive Test series win at home.
James Anderson became England's highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he claimed his 384th victim in the drawn first Test against the West Indies in Antigua on Friday.
India's cricket fraternity was in shock and disbelief as it mourned the death of 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma on Tuesday, paying glowing tributes to the former batsman with his teammates from that historic triumph breaking down while remembering him.
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