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  • Brendon McCullum appointed England males’s Test head coach

    Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been appointed head coach of England’s check crew, the nation’s cricket board (ECB) mentioned on Thursday.

    McCullum changed Chris Silverwood who left the function in February after England had been thrashed 4-0 within the Ashes in Australia, with Paul Collingwood stepping in as a caretaker coach.

    McCullum, 40, is presently accountable for Indian Premier League facet Kolkata Knight Riders however the ECB mentioned he might be in place to start out his function when New Zealand go to for a three-test collection beginning at Lord’s on June 2.

    “We are delighted to confirm Brendon as England men’s test head coach. It has been a real privilege to get to know him and understand his views and vision for the game,” ECB managing director Rob Key mentioned in a press release.

    “I’m no stranger to bringing about change within a team environment, and I can’t wait to get started.”

    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 12, 2022

    “He has a latest historical past of adjusting cricket tradition and environments for the higher, and I imagine he’s the individual to try this for England’s red-ball cricket.

    “We were incredibly fortunate to have a seriously strong list of quality candidates for the post, with Brendon demonstrating he was our number one choice.”

    Former South Africa and India head coach Gary Kirsten had been linked with the function and Collingwood was additionally thought-about.

    McCullum performed the final of his 101 checks at Christchurch in 2016 towards Australia, the place he hit the quickest ever century within the format (54 balls). He completed his profession with 6,453 runs together with 12 a whole lot and 31 half-centuries.

    He might be tasked with working alongside newly-appointed check captain Ben Stokes to get England out of a hunch after the crew received solely certainly one of their final 17 matches, with Key describing the pairing as a “formidable coach and captain partnership”.

    “In taking this role on, I am acutely aware of the significant challenges the team faces at present, and I strongly believe in my ability to help the team emerge as a stronger force once we’ve confronted them head-on,” McCullum mentioned.

    “Ben Stokes is the perfect character to inspire change around him, and I look forward to working closely with him to build a successful unit around us.”

  • Yorkshire can host main cricket matches after ban lifted

    Yorkshire cricket membership can resume internet hosting worldwide matches after the game’s governing physique in England lifted its suspension on Friday in recognition of the membership’s “good progress” on addressing issues of racism and bullying.
    Yorkshire’s Headingley Stadium will now host England’s third take a look at in opposition to New Zealand in June and a one-day worldwide in opposition to South Africa in July.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board in November suspended Yorkshire from internet hosting worldwide matches as punishment for the membership’s `wholly unacceptable’ response to the racism confronted by former participant Azeem Rafiq.
    In lifting the suspension, the ECB mentioned it `acknowledged the exhausting work and good progress made by the membership.’
    It mentioned Yorkshire has proven a dedication to ‘building a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion,’ and that the membership has dedicated `to figuring out and tackling historic instances of discrimination.’

    Friday’s determination is conditional on additional necessities to be made by the tip of March. Those embody amending membership guidelines associated to appointing board members.

  • It’s laughable to level the finger at The Hundred for England’s Ashes debacle: Eoin Morgan

    England ‘s restricted overs captain Eoin Morgan has laughed off opinions suggesting that The Hundred is to cause why its Test group suffered a 4-0 Ashes defeat to Australia. Insisting that Test cricket has “always been the priority”, Morgan added that The Hundred is equally “a success”.
    In an look on talkSPORT’s Following On podcast, Morgan mentioned: “People that use that as an excuse don’t watch cricket.

    “Test match cricket has all the time been the precedence: it’s the format for our elite gamers. Obviously occasions in the meanwhile have been robust down in Australia through the Ashes [but] they all the time are: we’ve misplaced the final two sequence 5-0 and it’s no shock that Australia are very, excellent at dwelling.
    “Given the prep the blokes have had the place since they’ve arrived in Australia, till the primary Test match, it has hammered it down with rain… it’s laughable.
    “The Hundred is an unbelievable success. Our codecs in county cricket and the Hundred, in the way in which they’re structured, it’s precisely the identical as Australia’s.
    “People want one thing in charge so that they’ll level at in all probability the furthest level to actuality, as a result of no person needs to say: ‘you know what, we haven’t had the prep we might have preferred, we in all probability haven’t performed as we’d have preferred, and we’ve misplaced’.

    “People that use that as an excuse don’t watch Cricket. Test Match Cricket has always been the priority.” 🏏
    “It’s laughable to point the finger at the Hundred. People need something to blame.” 👊
    Eoin Morgan says white-ball Cricket isn’t in charge for England’s #Ashes defeat pic.twitter.com/RleiXNeikz
    — talkSPORT 2 (@talkSPORT2) January 17, 2022
    “That happens in all formats, but I stress: Test match cricket has always been the priority.”
    Morgan will lead England’s five-match T20 tour to the West Indies subsequent month the place Paul Collingwood would be the stand-in coach.

    Squad in full:
    Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince.

  • T20 World Cup: Champs self destruct in opener

    There couldn’t be worse methods to launch a title defence. The West Indies, world champions, T20 ninjas, crash-landed to 55 all out in 14.2 overs, towards the staff that they had toppled to the title, 5 years in the past on the Eden Gardens. If ever England went into the sport with revenge on their thoughts, it may need resulted in buying and selling empathetic glances at their devastated opponents.
    Memories of that electrical evening in Kolkata appeared distant, maybe as distant because the advantage of logic and West Indies batsmen. It’s fathomable if high-class bowling precipitates a meltdown, the torture of physique and soul West Indies quick bowlers of the yore repeatedly subjected English batsmen to. But this was merely a case of what can, at greatest, be known as a mockery of a batting present, a case of contagious and collective brainfreeze. A guide on how to not bat, in any format, at any stage.
    Evin Lewis mistimed his chip of Chris Woakes and was pouched adeptly by a springing Moeen Ali; Lendl Simmons struck the ball sweetly however straight into Liam Linvingston at deep midwicket. West Indies stumbled to 2/9 in 2.2 overs.
    The state of affairs known as for knuckling and seeing by means of the storm. For a number of overs, Chris Gayle and Shimron Hetmyer did train warning. But not for lengthy. After thumping Ali for 2 beautiful boundaries and dead-batting the third, conveying false notions that essentially the most dazzling of West Indies recent crop batsmen, Hetmyer dragged a flat, quick in need of size ball straight to mid-wicket. So aghast was he that he showered himself with a volley of abuse.
    Eight balls later, Tymal Mills rushed Gayle right into a pull, the one occasion whereby a genuinely good ball, although not a non-negotiable supply, winked out a wicket. More typically than not, Gayle would have deposited the ball within the stands, however right here, he underestimated Mill’s steep bounce and tempo. He would have escaped undamaged however for the athleticism and consciousness of a back-pedalling Dawid Malan at midwicket.
    Thereafter, it was only a matter of protecting the West Indies batsmen quiet. Ali was exemplary at that, rattling in 18 dot balls. Dwayne Bravo, unusually pushed up the order, lower a Chris Jordan ball straight to the fielder at backward level. Nicholas Pooran had a wishy-washy swipe exterior the off-stump, his toes static, and edged to the keeper.
    In strode out Andre Russell, one of many heroes of the 2016 triumph, his staff at 44/6. Then the primary ball he confronted, he tried to smack it out of the bottom. A hideous leg-side heave to a left-arm seamer bowling from over the stumps and slanting the ball throughout. He was overwhelmed neck and crop. This injudicious method embodied the mess. He is bowled the following ball, by an Adil Rashid slider that slithered by means of his uncovered gate. The England leggie picked up three extra scalps to finish his finish with scarcely plausible determine of 4/2 together with the wicket of Kieron Pollard, the final flickering hope of the champions. Often it was an unlucky case of two for the value of 1 for Rashid. But, alas, the match can be remembered extra for West Indies’s comical meltdown than Rashid’s twinkling variations.
    The evening ended extra ruefully for them, as England stuttered of their chase, had been 39/4 at one stage, however the goal was too low to make a critical contest out of it.

  • T20 World Cup: Champs self destruct in opener

    There couldn’t be worse methods to launch a title defence. The West Indies, world champions, T20 ninjas, crash-landed to 55 all out in 14.2 overs, towards the group they’d toppled to the title, 5 years in the past on the Eden Gardens. If ever England went into the sport with revenge on their thoughts, it may need resulted in buying and selling empathetic glances at their devastated opponents.
    Memories of that electrical night time in Kolkata appeared distant, maybe as distant because the advantage of logic and West Indies batsmen. It’s fathomable if high-class bowling precipitates a meltdown, the torture of physique and soul West Indies quick bowlers of the yore repeatedly subjected English batsmen to. But this was merely a case of what can, at greatest, be known as a mockery of a batting present, a case of contagious and collective brainfreeze. A handbook on how to not bat, in any format, at any stage.
    England’s captain Eoin Morgan, second proper shakes fingers with members of the West Indies group after the top of the Cricket T20 World Cup match between England and the West Indies on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, UAE, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. England gained the sport by 6 wickets . (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
    Evin Lewis mistimed his chip of Chris Woakes and was pouched adeptly by a springing Moeen Ali; Lendl Simmons struck the ball sweetly however straight into Liam Linvingston at deep midwicket. West Indies stumbled to 2/9 in 2.2 overs.
    The state of affairs known as for knuckling and seeing via the storm. For just a few overs, Chris Gayle and Shimron Hetmyer did train warning. But not for lengthy. After thumping Ali for 2 attractive boundaries and dead-batting the third, conveying false notions that essentially the most dazzling of West Indies contemporary crop batsmen, Hetmyer dragged a flat, quick in need of size ball straight to mid-wicket. So aghast was he that he showered himself with a volley of abuse.
    Eight balls later, Tymal Mills rushed Gayle right into a pull, the one occasion whereby a genuinely good ball, although not a non-negotiable supply, winked out a wicket. More usually than not, Gayle would have deposited the ball within the stands, however right here, he underestimated Mill’s steep bounce and tempo. He would have escaped undamaged however for the athleticism and consciousness of a back-pedalling Dawid Malan at midwicket.
    England’s Jos Buttler, left reacts after England’s Adil Rashid clear bowls West Indies’ Andre Russell through the Cricket T20 World Cup match between England and the West Indies on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, UAE, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
    Thereafter, it was only a matter of preserving the West Indies batsmen quiet. Ali was exemplary at that, rattling in 18 dot balls. Dwayne Bravo, unusually pushed up the order, minimize a Chris Jordan ball straight to the fielder at backward level. Nicholas Pooran had a wishy-washy swipe outdoors the off-stump, his ft static, and edged to the keeper.
    In strode out Andre Russell, one of many heroes of the 2016 triumph, his group at 44/6. Then the primary ball he confronted, he tried to smack it out of the bottom. A hideous leg-side heave to a left-arm seamer bowling from over the stumps and slanting the ball throughout. He was crushed neck and crop. This injudicious strategy embodied the mess. He is bowled the subsequent ball, by an Adil Rashid slider that slithered via his uncovered gate. The England leggie picked up three extra scalps to finish his finish with scarcely plausible determine of 4/2 together with the wicket of Kieron Pollard, the final flickering hope of the champions. Often it was an unlucky case of two for the value of 1 for Rashid. But, alas, the match could be remembered extra for West Indies’s comical meltdown than Rashid’s twinkling variations.
    The night time ended extra ruefully for them, as England stuttered of their chase, had been 39/4 at one stage, however the goal was too low to make a critical contest out of it.

  • Buttler’s scoop: A pleasant deal with with a novel twist, when he will get it proper

    The scoop by no means turned as mainstream a T20 weapon because it was anticipated to be — the new-age pyrotechnical instrument is the ramp. But amongst its few devoted is Jos Buttler, who of can unfurl a ramp or reverse-hit with equal dexterity, however whose signature shot stays the inside track.
    The Englishman offers his personal twist to his strokes. His ramp is extra like a drag-flick in hockey, whereas his scoop is vastly completely different from these of each AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan, two of its best proponents. Both de Villiers and Dilshan used to get down on their knees to deflect the ball over the keeper’s head. Dilshan used to get into the sweep-posture — get according to the ball, crouch, meet the ball on the total and simply flick it over his personal and the wicketkeeper’s head. The South African used to swivel his physique to cowl the angle of the supply, and sometimes was on the bottom after executing the shot.
    But Buttler shuffles throughout, bends his knee and higher physique, waits for the ball and meets it, ideally, on the total, gliding it to the left of the ’keeper than over his head like Dilshan or de Villiers. His shuffle is to get exterior the road of the ball, in order that he might get extra management and readjust his shot, in case the supply is simply too full. As most bowlers are likely to observe the batsman, they have an inclination to bowl away from the stumps, following Buttler’s actions, and therefore diminished prospects to be trapped in entrance or bowled, in case he misses the ball. The shot requires a level of premeditation or no less than a quick identification of size in addition to the road – ideally a foot exterior off stump – to play it. When he’s shifting, and never on one knee like Dilshan, Buttler will get extra wriggle room and a wider arc within the reverse ‘V’.
    Despite the motion, his head continues to be, eyes on the ball, and the stability intact. He explains, in a Batting Masterclass with Sky Sports: “I’m looking to get square-on and trying to get my bat face straight, so the ball has more of a target on my bat. I just want to have the bat straight in front of me and I’m trying to land the ball on the bat.”
    Interestingly, he doesn’t flick the ball, he simply locations the bat like a slide within the park, letting the ball bounce off the bat than directing it. The logic: “If I try to flick it, there’s more that can go wrong. Whereas if I just keep it still, I’m almost deflecting it. I don’t want to hit the ball as much – there’s a lot that can go wrong then,” Buttler says.
    It’s like, he says, flipping a pancake. Before a collection, he practises the shot by getting somebody bowl underarm and by simply practising the actions in order that they get embedded within the muscle reminiscence.
    In the center, he says he waits for the sound of the ball hitting the bottom to take his head away earlier than making contact with the ball. “You’ll wait for the sound of the ball hitting the ground before you take your head away. Because light travels faster than sound, if you’re still waiting for the sound before you take your head away you’ve probably watched it long enough to hit it,” Buttler explains.
    Though overlaying most bases, so much can nonetheless go fallacious. There have been situations he has missed the shot and reduce a foolish determine. But that has not essentially held Buttler again.

  • Ahead of Ashes, British PM Johnson raises journey issues with Morrison

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raised the problem of a journey ban on the households of England cricketers for the upcoming Ashes together with his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison.
    The two prime ministers met over dinner in Washington DC on the sidelines of a diplomatic go to to the United States the place Johnson sought assurances about this winter’s sequence.
    “I raised it (with Mr Morrison) and he said he was going to do his best for the families,” Johnson advised reporters within the American capital.
    “He totally got the point that for cricketers it is very tough to ask people to be away from their families over Christmas. He merely undertook to come back and see if he could find a solution.”
    The first Test is because of get underway at Brisbane on December 8, however the journey was thrown into uncertainty after plenty of England gamers expressed reservations concerning the strict quarantine measures which might be prone to be in place at some stage in the tour.
    Morrison stated there can be no want for “special deals” permitting the households of gamers to accompany them.
    “I’d love to see the Ashes go ahead, as I shared with Boris,” Morrison stated.
    “But there’s no particular offers there, as a result of what we’re trying to have is vaccinated individuals with the ability to journey.
    “I don’t see a great deal of difference in skilled workers or students who will be able to come to Australia when you reach those vaccination rates,” Morrison added.
    Australia plans to ease border and quarantine restrictions by the top of this 12 months, after a minimum of 80 per cent of its grownup inhabitants obtain two COVID-19 vaccination photographs.
    Officials within the COVID-free states of Western Australia and Queensland have nevertheless stated they could hold their borders shut for longer interval, relying on the scenario.

  • England might boycott Ashes Down Under in view of strict bubble life: Reports

    Top English gamers might boycott the high-profile Ashes sequence in opposition to Australia beginning finish of this yr as they don’t need to be confined to their resort rooms near 4 months as a consequence of strict quarantine guidelines within the nation.
    According to ESPN Cricinfo, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are nonetheless adamant and haven’t thought of postponement which has irked the senior gamers and assist employees.
    “The prospect of England fielding a significantly under-strength squad in the Ashes would appear to have grown following talks between the team and officials at the ECB,” the web site reported.
    The gamers have been left disillusioned due to ECB’s refusal to even countenance a partial and even full postponement of the tour.
    “As a outcome, they’re contemplating their choices. One of these choices is known to be your complete staff – together with teaching and assist employees – taking a collective choice to boycott the tour.
    “While the players appear, in general, fairly sanguine about the prospect of a two-week quarantine for themselves, they are reluctant to put their families through it. And with some players away for the best part of four months (the IPL being followed by the T20 World Cup and the Ashes), they are understandably reluctant not to see their families for the entire period,” it acknowledged.
    The kind of quarantine has additionally angered the English gamers.
    “The nature of the quarantine can also be understood to have disillusioned the gamers. Although there was discuss of permitting them the usage of a resort resort on the Gold Coast, it’s now understood they’re prone to be permitted solely two or three hours out of their resort rooms every day for coaching.
    “There is also a possibility the squad will be obliged to remain in some sort of ‘bubble’ throughout the tour to avoid difficulties in moving between states. Families, meanwhile, could still be required to undergo a ‘hard’ quarantine involving 14 days in a hotel room,” it additionally reported.

  • England recall Dawid Malan, drop Dom Sibley for third Test towards India

    England on Wednesday recalled batsman Dawid Malan and likewise added seamer Saqib Mahmood to their squad, aside from dropping struggling opener Dom Sibley, for the third Test towards India.
    England have saved injured pacer Mark Wood within the 15-man squad, hoping that he can be match for the third Test beginning August 25 at Leeds however neglected Zak Crawley.
    India are main the five-match sequence 1-0 after profitable the second Test at Lord’s by 151 runs.
    Malan is returning to the Test squad for the primary time in three years. He final performed Test cricket in August 2018 in England’s victory over India at Edgbaston.
    “Dawid Malan deserves his opportunity in the Test arena. He has a lot of experience across all formats and, if called upon, I am confident that he can come and do well on his home ground,” England head coach Chris Silverwood stated.
    “In the limited time he has played first-class cricket this season, he has shown what he is capable of, scoring a highly accomplished 199 for Yorkshire against Sussex at Headingley in June.”
    On Wood, the top coach stated, “We are hopeful that Mark Wood will be fit after injuring his right shoulder in the first Test. Our medical team will be working with him each day. We will monitor where he is at when we get to Leeds.”
    Saqib Mahmood is but to make his Test debut. The 24-year-old was named as a reserve throughout England’s tour of Sri Lanka and India.
    Spinner Jack Leach will return to Taunton, however stays on standby as back-up to Moeen Ali.
    The England Test squad will report back to its Leeds base on Sunday.
    England Squad: Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood.

  • It has grow to be okay to speak about despair, it’s constructive: James Anderson

    Himself transferring from bubble to bubble since cricket’s resumption amid the coronavirus pandemic, England seamer James Anderson feels athletes opening up on their psychological well being points in recent times is a constructive factor.
    During the pandemic, psychological well being issues have pressured Naomi Osaka to tug out of the French Open and Wimbledon, US gymnast Simone Biles to withdraw from 5 out of six occasions in Tokyo, and Ben Stokes to take an indefinite break from cricket.
    “Well, I feel it impacts individuals very in another way. There are totally different pressures that include being profitable in your sport.
    “Certainly from Ben’s point of view, he has been through a lot in the last few years, he has played a hell lot of cricket,” Anderson mentioned throughout a digital media interplay on Monday.
    “What is positive from all of this is that in the last few years, it has definitely become okay or more okay to talk about it and be open with your feelings and your problems.”

    Recently, the USA’s a number of Olympic gold medallist Biles had pulled out of the group and all-round particular person occasions on the Tokyo Olympics, citing psychological well being issues.
    Anderson, who made his Test debut means again in 2003, recalled that when he began out, if somebody spoke about psychological despair, it was seen as an indication of weak spot.
    “Certainly after I began, particularly from a male athlete’s viewpoint, perhaps it was seen as a weak spot in the event you got here out and spoke, talked about it, (in all probability) with the strain of varied issues.
    “So, I am grateful that now it has become okay to talk about it and be open,” mentioned Anderson, who has performed 162 Tests and brought 617 wickets.
    The England seamer, who will open the assault within the Test collection towards India, can be hopeful of his teammate Stokes coming again stronger.
    “From our point of view, with Ben, we hope that he comes back stronger, gets the rest that he needs and the help that he needs and comes back as a stronger cricketer, because he is an incredible talent that everyone in the world wants to watch,” Anderson signed off.
    The first Test match between England and India shall be aired on Sony Six, Sony Ten 3 and Sony Ten 4 channels from August 4, beginning 3.30 PM IST.