SIMON HUGHES AT EDGBASTON: His application, his precise footwork, his amazing poise, his classic shots, his improvisations, his melodramatic reactions and of course his eagle eye, made it a gripping Test match hundred
England were put to the sword by Virat Kohli but managed to secure a slender first-innings lead at Edgbaston. Here are our picks of the very best images of the day...
02/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | England match centre | England |
SAM MORSHEAD AT EDGBASTON: On occasions like this, England should not be playing to matinee crowds. This was big, bold box-office fare and it deserved a big, bold box-office sell-out
02/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | England match centre | England |
The Pakistan bowler was initially only expected to feature in 10 games for the county in this season's competition but he will now be available for 12, with the final match of his stay expected to be the clash with Worcestershire Rapids on August 9
02/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's T20 Blast | Domestic | Derbyshire Men |
Ben Stokes, making his 43rd appearance for his country in the first Test against India at Edgbaston, claimed victims No.99 and No.100 on the second afternoon of the game to go with his 2,500 runs
02/08/2018 | The Cricketer | England match centre | England | Ben Stokes |
Frontline batsmen Martin Guptill and Travis Head have departed Blackfinch New Road for the Caribbean Premier League and Australia A’s tour of India respectively
Jos Buttler was forced from the field of play during the first session at Edgbaston after attempting to stop a thick edge from Virat Kohli in the gully
02/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | England news | England match centre | England |
SAM MORSHEAD: Mike Simpson of Sheffield Collegiate got to three figures in 29 deliveries, 150 in 40 and went past 200 from a scarcely believable 52 balls before finishing on 237 not out from 62
Virat Kohli ran Joe Root out with a fine piece of fielding at midwicket on the first day of the first Test at Edgbaston, depriving Root of a century in the process
02/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | England news | England |
The Irish have not taken part in the tournament since 2011, when a team featuring Kevin and Niall O'Brien and Paul Stirling reached the quarter-finals, but they will feature in the 2018 edition
Usman Khawaja has been summoned to a training camp ahead of Australia A's tour of India. He was initially expected to only be absent for one T20 Blast match but will now miss six. Joe Burns is struggling with a back injury
A slow pitch was perfect for Gloucestershire's pace-off attack who set up their fifth win from seven games by restricting Sussex to 127 for eight after Luke Wright had won the toss
Keaton Jennings had made 42 on Wednesday when the winged creature landed on the square and refused to budge, even after encouragement from the batsman, his partner Joe Root and both umpires
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