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9:00pm – Spotlight on Alastair Cook and Virat Kohli at Lord’s
England and India are set to resume their battle when the two sides meet in the second Test at Lord’s on August 9. There are plenty of players from both sides who will be under the spotlight at the ‘home of cricket’ for various reasons. Two of them are Alastair Cook and Virat Kohli.
Read more on why the spotlight at Lord’s will be on the duo among others here.
Alastair Cook’s form is in focus ahead of the Lord’s Test.
8:00pm – Australia’s Pat Cummins a big doubt for Test series with Pakistan
Australia pacer Pat Cummins appears to be losing his race against time to get fit for the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. The Aussie fast-bowler has been out of action with an injury since his exertions in the tour of South Africa earlier this year and is reportedly in danger of missing the Pakistan series.
Read more on this breaking story here.
Cummins is reportedly lagging behind in his injury rehabilitation.
6:40pm – Dale Steyn says Kagiso Rabada is a much better bowler than him
South Africa’s joint all-time leading Test wicket-taker Dale Steyn has showered praise on young Kagiso Rabada. Steyn believes that the 23-year-old youngster is a much better bowler than him at the moment.
Read what the South African great had to say about Rabada’s potential here.
Steyn has lavished praise on young Rabada.
6:30pm – India’s Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of Lord’s Test against England
India have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the second Test against England at Lord’s which gets underway on August 9. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been unable to recover from his thumb injury in time and will miss the second Test. Bumrah is reportedly bowling fit but not ‘match’ fit according to India bowling coach Bharat Arun.
Read more on this breaking story here.
Bumrah has lost his race to get fit in time for the Lord’s Test.
6:00pm – England’s Ollie Pope hoping to follow in Sam Curran’s footsteps
20-year-old Ollie Pope is in line to make his England debut when the hosts take on India in the second Test at Lord’s on August 9. The Surrey youngster is hoping to emulate Sam Curran’s smooth transition into the Test arena.
Read what Pope had to say with regards to his potential debut here.
Ollie Pope is in line to make his England Test debut at Lord’s.
5:00pm – Spin in focus ahead of Lord’s Test between England and India
England and India are set to resume their battle in the second Test of the five-match series which gets underway on August 9 at Lord’s. Spinners from both sides could be key at the ‘home of cricket’ with the ongoing heatwave in the UK showing no signs of relenting.
Read more about the build-up to the clash in our talking points.
India will be tempted to play two spinners at Lord’s.
3:00pm – ICC sanction second edition of T10 League in the UAE
The International Cricket Council (ICC) officially sanctioned the second season of the T10 League which will be held in November. The 10-over event begins from November 23 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium that will see eight franchises compete in an expanded 10-day competition.
Read more on this story here.
Eoin Morgan was one of the players to feature in 2017.
11:30am – Comment: Batting taken a hit because of bowling focus
KL Rahul’s stumps go flying at Edgbaston.
Cricket writer Ajit Vijaykumar says India’s onus on playing attacking cricket and taking 20 wickets in a Test match has effected their batting in the game’s longest format.
Do you agree?
Read his article, here.
10am – India sweat over Bumrah’s fitness
Pace ace: Jasprit Bumrah.
As India fell to a narrow 31-run defeat in the first Test against England, they must have wondered what could have been had they had the services of pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
The latter has been out of action ever since he fractured his thumb in the second T20 against Ireland in Dublin.
However, Bumrah was recently seen doing some throw-downs in the team’s net sessions raising hopes that he could be fit in time for the Lord’s Test which gets underway on August 9.
Read more, here.
