…to Bangladesh and India. He is also a fine batsman, with potential to get even better. If he played, and Vince bucked his ideas up, England would be stronger than…
…the squad for this upcoming series, too, as a specialist batsman but it is Buttler, the highest-profile English player in this year’s Indian Premier League, who is his team’s match-winner…
…All India Radio’s Charu Sharma. They are in studios in Sydney and India respectively, so it’s just Gayle and me in the studio before we start the recording. We pass…
…of his laid-back approach by having 13 T-shirts printed before the opening Test of 1986 against India, one with the logo, “I’m in charge”, the other dozen with the words…
…in India during arduous back-to-back tours before Christmas. They will be a severe Test of England’s aspirations to become the world’s No.1 Test team, assuming this summer they follow up…
…of wickets per match (3.92), would take him a further 29 Tests and could happen as soon as the summer of 2018, in the scheduled five Test series against India,…
…when they travel to India this winter, and Compton has good memories of the historic series win there in 2012. Speaking of memories, Compton could compare notes with his Middlesex…
…had finally reeled in Tendulkar, beating the Indian legend by 69 days to become the youngest batsman to reach the landmark. I was lucky enough to get to know Cook…
…because of separation by relegation, iconic series such as the Ashes, or money-spinners like England versus India or South Africa, could still be played extra to, and outside of, such…
…light up the Indian Premier League and lifted the World T20 but can’t be enticed to play Tests, seem already to have made their choice. And, on the face of…
…brave attempt to lift the World T20 in India, the cricketing public were ready to hear why they should love what they were about to be offered. And then Graves…
…and I thought we were better than India and Sri Lanka. Obviously what you hope to do is play slightly above your level.” England certainly didn’t do that regularly. But…
…proper journalists at the forefront of television and radio cricket commentary – Harsha Bhogle in India is about the only one left now – and while Cozier was a man…
…in particular. Since the grandson of Denis made his emotional debut, in the first Test of the 2012 winter series in India, Compton has scored 724 runs in 23 completed…
…for the scandal that engulfed Australia’s disastrous tour of India in early 2013 and started Arthur’s swift demise. The highly publicised scandal involved Mitchell Johnson, Shane Watson, James Pattinson and…
By Francis Kelly Sam Billings was completing his first year of A-Levels when the inaugural Indian Premier League tournament began. He never thought at the time that he’d go on…
…2015, Zimbabwe are about to welcome India for their fourth ODI tour in six years. It’s why, despite being ranked above Zimbabwe in T20I cricket, Scotland get over $6 million…
…not be complete without some mention of pure, simple, rank bad luck. Back in 2002, on his return from his first winter assignments in Zimbabwe, India and New Zealand, as…
…Lanka and India. Like Hales, Robson’s problems stem mainly from his approach, though he did suffer from the technical glitch of planting his front foot early and then steering the…
…at least, must surely be regarded as England’s greatest ever batsman. Cook, who marked his England debut against India in Nagpur ten years ago with a second-innings century, will become…
…stunning victory and that, thereafter, his lack of international experience showed. England will certainly want to play two twirlymen on the winter tours to India and Bangladesh, so picking the…
…best thing about the tournament is that we feel people are excited about watching us play and enjoy watching us play. When we got back from India I heard kids…
INDIA will tour Zimbabwe next month as the two teams clash in three ODIs and three T20s at the Harare Sports Club. The six matches will be played over 12…