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(Reuters) - Opening batsman Jason Roy has been named in the England squad for their one-day tour of Australia after being omitted from the T20 team currently taking part in the World Cup.
Rio Ferdinand has launched an ambitious plan for Manchester United to sign Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and has declared himself ‘Agent Ferdy’.
Former India women's cricket team captain Anjum Chopra has come out in defence of Deepti Sharma who ran out Charlie Dean for leaving the crease at non-striker's end in the third and final ODI at Lord's as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side went on to win the match by 16 runs to clean sweep the series 3-0. The mode of dismissal called 'run-out at non-striker's end' in cricket created a lot of buzz on social media with former English Stuart Broad, Sam Billings, James Anderson etc saying that it is not in the spirit of the game.
Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday said wickets ought to be credited to bowlers' accounts when they run out batters at the non-striker's end for backing up too far, as it requires "presence of mind". Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI was perfectly legal, but it still divided opinion with many backing it while Englishmen, such as Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Sam Billings, expressing their annoyance.
Stuart Broad and James Anderson, expressing their annoyance. The Indian women's team beat England at Lord's to sweep the three-match series and give a fitting farewell to the legendary Jhulan Goswami on Saturday. However, bowler Deepti running out Charlie Dean to claim England's last wicket, after the batter had backed up, caused a controversy.
The third and final ODI between India and England witnessed a controversial end as Deepti Sharma ran Charlie Dean out at the non-striker's end as she was backing too far ahead when the ball was about to be bowled. As soon as the match got over, England cricketers made their displeasure known, and wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings was among the first ones to tweet: "There's surely not a person who has played the game that thinks this is acceptable? Just not cricket."
The running-out of Charlie Dean by Deepti Sharma at the non-striker's end in the third and final ODI at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Saturday has attracted some polarising opinions. In the 44th over, Deepti ran-out Dean as she was backing up too far ahead before the ball was released from the hand, and in the end, India ended up winning the match by 16 runs. This mode of dismissal has always attracted some contrasting opinions and it is no surprise that some of the England cricketers were in mood to accept this wicket.
Ollie Robinson will be leaving Kent at the end of the season to join Durham.