“He’s been a good utility cricketer but it’s probably showing England’s hand in that they probably need to play four frontline seamers and a spinner”
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Former England coach Ashley Giles has revealed that he was hugely surprised by the national selectors’ decision to exclude all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India.
“He will handle everything”
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Former India captain Ravi Shastri has been appointed as director of cricket for the national team’s upcoming five-match ODI series against England, which gets underway on August 25 in Bristol.
“I’m pleased I’ve managed to hit form at the right time and hopefully I can carry that on into the ODI series”
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England opening batsman Alex Hales is eager to seize his chance after being included in the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India, which gets underway on August 25 in Bristol.
Hales is likely to make his ODI debut on August 25 in Bristol
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England Twenty20 superstar Alex Hales has been included in the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India, which gets underway on August 25 in Bristol.
“He’s unbelievably destructive and stakes a huge claim to be selected in all three formats”
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England batsman Eoin Morgan believes that Twenty20 opener Alex Hales is “like nobody else we have around” and has the potential to thrive in all three formats of the game.
Samson has been earmarked to represent India for a while now
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India have included uncapped pace bowler Dhawal Kulkarni, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson and spinner Karn Sharma in their squad for the five-match ODI series against England, which gets underway on August 25.
Zimbabwe have not played a three-Test series since 2001
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Zimbabwe are set to play their first three-Test series in over 13 years when they tour Bangladesh in October this year.
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“We are keen on this series because we will be playing most of our cricket in the United Arab Emirates before the World Cup”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are currently speaking to New Zealand Cricket (NZC) about having the national team travel to New Zealand for a five-match ODI series prior to the start of the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.
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“We have kept losing and I haven’t been able to turn it around”
Alastair Cook has hinted that he may step down as England’s ODI captain after Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series.
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“We’ve got to play our best to stay at No.2, let alone get to No.1”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that he wants the baggy greens to go back to being the number one ODI side and plans to start putting that into action during the national team’s five-match series against England.
