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LONDON : England have recalled fit again fast bowler Ollie Robinson for the first two tests of their three-match series against South Africa that starts at Lord’s on Aug. 17 as a replacement for the injured Jamie Overton.
Robinson has himself only recently returned to action after a back problem and will Test his fitness in a four-day game for the England Lions against touring South Africa in Canterbury starting next Tuesday. Sam Billings, who had been cover for concussed wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, drops out of the squad that beat India by seven wickets last month - a fourth win in a row under the new leadership of coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.
Babar Azam is currently one of the best batters across formats in world cricket. The Pakistan cricket team captain recently got praised by none other that former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting. "I saw him up close and personal a couple of years ago out here in a Test series against Australia and I said it then, I thought the sky was the limit for this guy as far as Test match batting (was concerned) and, if anything, he's probably got better and better in the last couple of years," Ponting said on the ICC Review. Now, Babar has achieved yet another high.
ENG vs SA, 3rd ODI Live Updates: South Africa won the toss and opted to bat against England in the series decider on Sunday at Headingley in Leeds. Both teams remain unchanged from the last match, which England won. While South Africa thrashed England by 62 runs in the first ODI, the hosts came back strong in the second match, winning the rain-affected game by 118 runs. For England, Jos Buttler will look to seal his first series win as white-ball captain, having lost the T20I and ODI series against India earlier this month. For South Africa, it's crucial points on the table, with them having pulled out of the series against Australia next year, jeapordising their chances of directly qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. (LIVE SCORECARD)
MANCHESTER :South Africa all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius took four wickets to help bowl England out for 201 in 28.1 overs after putting them into bat in the rain-restricted second one-day international at Old Trafford on Friday.
England Test captain Ben Stokes played his last ODI earlier this week in front of his home crowd in Durham against South Africa. However, his final ODI appearance didn't go as planned with South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Stokes conceded 44 runs in five overs and failed to pick up a wicket. He couldn't do much with the bat either, and got out while trying to play a reverse sweep. After Stokes played his last ODI, star batter Joe Root delivered an emotional farewell speech for his teammate and friend in the team's dressing room at the Riverside Stadium.
“It was never raw, unprincipled or embryonic,” wrote Neville Cardus of Len Hutton’s batsmanship following the Yorkshire and England legend’s retirement in 1955. “He batted grammatically from the start, choosing his strokes as carefully as a professor of logic his words.” Cardus went on to describe the Pudsey-born right-hander as a “versatile and handsome strokeplayer”, but someone who always played with a “blueprint in his mind”.
Joe Root has called on England’s most established one-day players to step up and help new captain Jos Buttler guide the side through its current transition phase.