'Door open' for test return, says England's Moeen
LONDON : All-rounder Moeen Ali said he is open to playing test cricket again under new England coach Brendon McCullum.
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"This Year Was A Bad Phase...": Star Pacer Mohammed Siraj Hopes For Good Comeback After Disappointing IPL 2022
Mohammed Siraj had a nightmare of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 for Royal Challengers Bangalore but one of India's rising fast bowling stars is hopeful of making amends with the red Dukes during the series-deciding fifth Test against England. In the recently concluded IPL, Siraj had an economy rate of 10.07 with only nine wickets from 15 games but even bigger ignominy was being hit for a whopping 31 sixes, highest by any bowler in history of the tournament.
Ben Stokes Backs Brendon McCullum To Make England "Feel 10 Feet Tall"
Ben Stokes has said Brendon McCullum was already making England's players "feel 10 feet tall" ahead of the first Test against the coach's native New Zealand at Lord's starting Thursday. The series opener of a three-match contest will be England's first since new Test captain Stokes, himself born in New Zealand but brought up in Cumbria, in England's northwest, succeeded Joe Root as skipper. It will also be England's first game following the appointment of former New Zealand captain McCullum as their Test coach, with the new leadership duo bidding to revive the fortunes of a team who have won just one of their last 17 matches at this level and gone over 12 months without a red-ball series victory.
"He Seemed Suffocated...": Harbhajan Singh Picks India Star's Form As "Most Shocking Moment" Of IPL 2022
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 saw the rise of many emerging stars, while some reputed names could not meet the expectations. The franchise cricket league also got a new champion in the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans. However, one team that could not find consistency and did not qualify for the playoffs was Punjab Kings. The Mayank Agarwal-led side looked quite a strong team on paper after the mega-auction but ultimately finished sixth in the table with seven wins in 14 games. The skipper Mayank, who took over from KL Rahul, was also off-colour with his batting.
Watch: Construction Workers Help Retrieve Ball After Liam Livingstone's Huge Six In T20 Blast
Liam Livingstone's power-hitting prowess was on full show in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The England batter, who played for Punjab Kings, attained a massive strike-rate of 182.08 on way to scoring 427 runs in 14 games. He has continued that form in the T20 Vitality Blast in England. On Wednesday, playing for Lancashire against Derbyshire in Manchester, Livingstone hit five sixes and five fours to score 75 off just 40 deliveries. Courtesy his impactful batting, the Dane Vilas-led Lancashire reached a massive total of 219/6 in 20 overs and eventually registered a 17-run win.
England vs New Zealand: Ben Stokes backs coach Brendon McCullum to make England feel '10 feet tall'
Ben Stokes has said Brendon McCullum was already making England's players "feel 10 feet tall" ahead of the first Test against the coach's native New Zealand at Lord's starting Thursday. The series opener of a three-match contest will be England's first since new Test captain Stokes, himself born in New Zealand but brought up in Cumbria, in England's northwest, succeeded Joe Root as skipper. It will also be England's first game following the appointment of former New Zealand captain McCullum as their Test coach, with the new leadership duo bidding to revive the fortunes of a team who have won just one of their last 17 matches at this level and gone over 12 months without a red-ball series victory. They now face a New Zealand side that under Kane Williamson, McCullum's successor as captain, became the inaugural World Test champions by defeating India in the final at Southampton last year, shortly after they completed a 1-0 campaign triumph away to England. For all the talk of a fresh start, England had just one debutant in fast bowler Matthew Potts when they named a familiar-looking XI on Wednesday.
One bad IPL won't change me: Mohammed Siraj
Seamer confident about success in England; thrilled with new pace crop in IndiaMUMBAI: Like in the case of a few top India players, IPL 2022 wasn't too kind to Mohammed Siraj. The 28-year-old was smashed for 31 sixes-the most any bowler has been hit for in the history of the tournament-while taking just nine wickets in 15 games at an expensive economy rate of 10.07. In an interview with TOI on the sidelines of filmmaker Neeraj Pandey's docu-series 'Bandon mein tha dum' on India's historic Test series triumph in 2020-21 in Australia, the fast bowler who's taken 36 wickets in 13 Tests@29.63 asserts that "one IPL doesn't change (perception) about Mohammed Siraj." He's now raring to bounce back. Excerpts...Now that you have had time to analyse, what went wrong with your bowling during the IPL?Records are meant to be broken. When you talk about the IPL, I also made a record when I bowled two maidens and took three wickets. Till now, that record is intact. I don't look at things like that. I agree that this year my performance hasn't been great. In the previous two years, when I performed so well with the white ball…that was also Siraj, and this is also Siraj. One IPL performance doesn't change the perception about Siraj. I know that I will make a comeback. I've faith in my ability. And this was also the advice Virat Kohli also gave you at RCB...Yes, Virat bhai told me: 'You've the ability, work on that. Don't think too much about not being able to perform well. Ups and downs come in everyone's life. Just stay in the present. Just focus on your performance and stay confident about what to bowl in which situation.
Norway chess: Viswanathan Anand posts second straight win in Classical event, takes lead
Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament here. The 52-year-old Anand trumped his opponent in 36 moves in the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second round late on Wednesday. The five-time world champion now leads with six points.