Live Cricket Blog: Shami to target Bairstow in fourth Test

Sport360 staff 21:45 28/08/2018
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    9:00 pm – India-Pakistan tickets on sale

    The next batch of tickets for the much-awaited Asia Cup India-Pakistan match in Dubai go on sale on Thursday, August 30.

    The Asia Cup gets underway on September 15 with the final on September 28. The six teams that will fight for Asian glory are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and a qualifier.

    For more information, click here.

    8:30 pm – India to target Bairstow

    England v India: Specsavers 2nd Test - Day Three

    India’s pace attack will target Jonny Bairstow’s broken finger if he is able to defy injury and take part in the fourth Test.

    Mohammed Shami confirmed the tourists’ collective intention to hone in on Bairstow’s potential “weak zone” in Southampton.

    Read more here.

    5:30pm – Pakistan release schedule for Australia and New Zealand clashes

    After much delay, the schedules for Australia and New Zealand’s respective tours of the UAE to take on Pakistan was released on Tuesday. The Aussies are slated to play two Tests and three T20Is against the men in green who will then take on New Zealand in three ODIs and as many T20Is followed by a three-Test series.

    To see the complete schedule for Pakistan cricket in the UAE in 2018, click here.

    Australia will come calling to the UAE in October.

    Australia will come calling to the UAE in October.

    5:00pm – Jonny Bairstow still hoping to keep wickets in Southampton Test

    Jonny Bairstow still hopes he can keep wicket for England in the fourth Test at Southampton despite his broken finger.

    Bairstow was planning to test the injury with his wicketkeeping gloves on in training at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday – raising the possibility he, rather than Jos Buttler, may yet be behind the stumps against India.

    Read more on this developing story here.

    Bairstow had injured his finger in the third Test against India.

    Bairstow had injured his finger in the third Test against India.

    4:00pm – Graeme Swann labels Ravi Ashwin as the best off-spinner in the world

    Former England spin ace Graeme Swann has picked India’s Ravichandran Ashwin as the best off-spinner currently operating in Test cricket.

    The senior India spinner has been in decent form in the team’s ongoing five-match series against England and picked up a seven-wicket haul in the first Test at Edgbaston

    Read Swann’s quotes on Ashwin and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan here.

    Ravi Ashwin has come in for some praise from Graeme Swann.

    Ravi Ashwin has come in for some praise from Graeme Swann.

    12:00pm – Ravi Ashwi’s fitness a concern for India ahead of fourth Test

    Team India hit the nets at Southampton on Monday in preparation for the fourth and penultimate Test against England which gets underway on Thursday.

    There was some concern for Indian fans with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin not having a bowl in Monday’s training session as he continues his recovery from the hip injury he sustained in the third Test.

    Read more on this breaking story and see the Indian players in action in the nets here.

    Ashwin (r) did not take part in the team's nets session on Monday.

    Ashwin (r) did not take part in the team’s nets session on Monday.

    11:00am – Pakistan undergo fitness camp at military school

    Pakistan have upped the ante in training ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE.

    The players, this week, have been taking part in an intense fitness camp at the Army School of Physical and Training (ASPT) in Abbottabad.

    See images of the players in action at the camp here.

    Pakistan have begun their preparations for the Asia Cup.

    Pakistan have begun their preparations for the Asia Cup.

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