Hockey India has named a 20-member squad for the FIH Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands, with Harmanpreet Singh set to lead India’s bid to end a 50-year wait for the title.
India have suffered an injury setback ahead of the series-deciding third ODI against England, with all-rounder Washington Sundar likely to be ruled out of Sunday's match at Lord's after sustaining a hamstring injury during Thursday’s second ODI in Cardiff.
Thomas Tuchel admitted England retreated too deeply after Anthony Gordon’s opener as sustained Argentine pressure turned the Atlanta semi-final in its closing minutes.
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt says her team is ready for the challenge of facing six-time champions Australia in Sunday’s ICC Women's T20 World Cup final after leading the hosts to a convincing 40-run win over South Africa in the second semi-final on Thursday.
At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company accumulated an empire, many times the size of the mother country.
After ruling himself out of the fifth and final Test against India due to a shoulder injury, England skipper Ben Stokes expressed confidence in his team’s ability to finish the job, stating that the injury was “too big a risk” to aggravate.
Boosted by the stellar batting effort that helped India secure a draw in Manchester, the visitors, still trailing 1-2 in the five-Test series, are faced with a must-win situation when they take on England in the fifth and final match at The Oval, starting Thursday.
India will be going into the must-win fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England at The Oval in London without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who has been asked by the Indian cricket board's medical team not to play, keeping his workload in mind.
England have added all-rounder Jamie Overton to the squad for the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, starting on Thursday at The Oval.
In a landmark innings at Old Trafford, Joe Root etched his name deeper into cricketing history, becoming the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
