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.
IMAGES from the 1st Test, Day 1 between India and England played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on Thursday
Pro golfer Tiger Woods is not known to show too much emotion on the course or off it but the last few days have been particularly demanding off the former World No 1 and for once he was vocal about it.
Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
England face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka in a must-win World Cup match on Thursday.
Both teams will be looking to get out of the danger zone as eight teams remain in the play-off contention.
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Root enjoyed the utmost respect of players in the dressing room and that there was no clear 'natural successor'.
Usman Khawaja will replace Travis Head in Australia's middle order for this week's fourth Ashes Test against England in the only change to the side that wrapped up the series in Melbourne last week.
IMAGES from the World Cup match played between England and Afghanistan in Delhi on Sunday.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at struggling Burnley
Pakistan looked in the hunt before being all out for 328 in the second session on day four of the contest.
Hurt India eye sweeping changes in approach against England's 'Bazball' in second Test
Tiger Woods ended weeks of speculation on Friday when he announced he will play in next week's Masters golf tournament at Augusta National.
PHOTOS from the ICC World Cup opener played between England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad on Thursday
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad on Saturday.
His goal of 18 majors is in serious doubt, but five years after his precipitous fall from grace a rehabilitated Tiger Woods is entering the next phase of his career heading toward making another billion.
Jadeja most tested Indian cricketer so far in 2023, 58 samples collected in first 5 months
Images from Day 3 of the 2nd Test between England and New Zealand played at Edgbaston on Saturday
Images from the first One-day International between India and England, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.
Suryakumar reached a career-best-equalling second position in the ICC men's T20I Player rankings
England selected Jofra Archer, on Thursday, signalling the possibility of continuing with the rotation of the bowlers.
Jos Buttler has not scored a fifty in his last 12 Test innings and also dropped Jermaine Blackwood, who ended up scoring match-winning 95 for West Indies in the first Test.
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers and Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday
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Images from the Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2023 match at the Chepauk in Chennai on Monday.
Industry body CII on Thursday made a case for pushing reforms in sectors like land, labour, and agriculture by the Modi 3.0 government to accelerate economic growth, which is estimated to be around 8 per cent in the current financial year. CII president Sanjiv Puri said a lot of policy interventions in the past have put the economy on "a much stronger wicket". "The growth rate is poised to touch 8 per cent during the current year, marking the fourth consecutive year of above 7 per cent + growth.
All-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday was not included in England's 15-man preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as he continues to take a break from cricket to focus on his mental health, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
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Former World No 3 Paul Casey was among a trio of players sharing the lead and Tiger Woods trailed six shots off the pace when darkness fell in the rain-hit Turkish Airlines Open first round on Thursday.
'Credit to the way England played, they put us under pressure. They played beautifully, hats-off to England, they were clinical.'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been left out the Twenty20 squad to face Australia and India due to injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board said.
England were 7-1 at stumps with Ben Duckett (4) and Ollie Pope (3) batting together
Ben Stokes smashed an unbeaten century as England outclassed World champions Australia by 40 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-hit match to knock them out of the ICC Champions Trophy, in Birmingham, on Saturday.
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Scotland's cricketers pulled off the greatest victory in their history to beat England for the first time amid scenes of disbelief and jubilation at Edinburgh's tiny Grange ground on Sunday.
England have dropped out-of-form opener Dom Sibley and brought in Dawid Malan for the third Test against India at Headingley, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
