Please note the following media and training arrangements ahead of the fourth Specsavers Test between England and India at Ageas Bowl.
N.B. Media timings are approximate. Please be in place 30 minutes before advertised timings. Timings are (BST).
Tuesday August 28, Ageas Bowl
9.30am-12.30pm: India practice
12.00pm: England media opportunity
12.45pm: India media opportunity
1.30pm
Hampshire batsman James Vince returns to the England Test squad for the fourth Specsavers Test match at the Ageas Bowl.
ECB have today announced a 16-man Visually Impaired (VI) squad for their upcoming tour of India.
The side will take on World Champions India in three IT20s before competing in a Tri-Series against India and Sri Lanka.
Sam Murray returns to the squad after taking time out of the sport to become a Para-Rower for Team GB. Darren Paddick has been called up for his first tour after impressing in
The line-up for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals has been confirmed with all four matches to be shown live on Sky Sports:
Kent Spitfires v Lancashire Lightning - Thursday 23 August (7pm)
Durham Jets v Sussex Sharks - Friday 24 August (6.30pm)
Worcestershire Rapids v Gloucestershire - Saturday 25 August (3pm)
Somerset v Nottinghamshire Outlaws - Sunday 26 August (3pm)
There have been results in 13 of the last 16 Tests played at Nottingham. England have won six of the last eight played at Nottingham.
India’s only Test win at Nottingham came in 2007.
Seam v Spin at Nottingham since 2010:
Type
Balls
Runs
Wkts
Avg
RPO
SR
Seam 10361 5314 207 25.67 3.07 50.05 Spin 2843 1733 35 49.51
An ECB Spokesperson said:
“Now that the legal proceedings have concluded, the disciplinary process for Ben Stokes and Alex Hales can be scheduled by the Cricket Discipline Commission [CDC].
“Ben Stokes will now join the England squad for the 3rd Specsavers Test against India, which starts at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
“Considerable detail has been heard in this week-long court case and, in
England National Cricket Selectors have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the third Specsavers Test match against India at Trent Bridge starting on Saturday August 18.
The ECB will make an assessment of Ben Stokes’s availability after the trial in Bristol has concluded.
England Test squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jimmy Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonny
Please note the following media and training arrangements ahead of the third Specsavers Test between England and India at Trent Bridge.
N.B. Media timings are approximate. Please be in place 30 minutes before advertised timings. Timings are (BST).
Thursday August 16, Trent Bridge
9.30am-12.30pm: India practice
12.00pm: England media opportunity
12.45pm: India media opportunity
1.
Since 2014 England have won three of the last 9 nine Tests played at Lord’s.
StartDate
Team1
Totals1
Team2
Totals2
Result
24/05/2018 England 184 & 242 Pakistan 363 & 66-1 Pakistan won by 9 wickets 07/09/2017 West Indies 123 & 177 England 194 & 107-1 England won by 9 wickets 06/07/2017 Engl
Revised and updated. Ignore the previous version.
Please note the following media and training arrangements ahead of the second Specsavers Test between England and India at Lord’s.
N.B. Media timings are approximate. Please be in place 30 minutes before advertised timings. Timings are (BST).
Tuesday August 7, Lord’s
9.30am-12.30pm: India practice
12.30pm: England media opportunity
England make two changes to their squad for the second Specsavers Test at Lord's.
England Test squad players, Moeen Ali and Jamie Porter have been released to play in the Vitality Blast this week.
Moeen will play for the Worcestershire Rapids in two matches against Durham Jets on Friday, August 3 and away to Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge on Saturday, August 4.
Porter, the Essex seamer, will leave Edgbaston at close today and feature for the Eagles against Kent Spitfires a
