England make changes for second Specsavers Test at Lord’s
England make two changes to their squad for the second Specsavers Test at Lord's.
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
England cricket fans have voted for their best-ever men’s Test XI to celebrate the 1000th England men’s Test match at Edgbaston, starting on Wednesday 1st August.
Cricket fans from across the country were invited to pick their team from over 100 players ranging from W.G. Grace in the 1880s to current Test captain Joe Root in a survey completed by over 6,000 England cricket fans.
After two w
England will become the first test team to play 1000 men’s Test matches
Team
Played
Won
Lost
Tied
Drawn
PercWon
W/L Ratio
England 999 357 297 0 345 35.73 1.20 Australia 812 383 219 2 208 47.16 1.74 West Indies 535 171 188 1 175 31.96 0.90 India 522 145 160
Please note the following media and training arrangements ahead of the first Specsavers Test between England and India at Edgbaston.
N.B. Media timings are approximate. Please be in place 30 minutes before advertised timings. Timings are (BST).
Monday July 30, Edgbaston
9.30am-12.30pm: India practice
12.30pm: England media opportunity
12.45pm: India media opportunity
1.30pm-4.30p
England name a 13-man squad for the first Specsavers Test match against India. Yorkshire’s Adil Rashid returns to the squad along with Moeen Ali. Essex’s Jamie Porter included for the first time.
Surrey captain Rory Burns will lead England Lions in their four-day match against India A which starts at Blackfinch New Road on Monday
James Taylor has been appointed as England Selector in a full-time capacity, with immediate effect
Taylor played seven Test matches and 27 One-Day Internationals for England, including the 2015 Cricket World Cup and all four Tests in the 2016 Test series win in South Africa.
In First-Class county cricket, the 28-year old also played for Leicestershire from 2008 to 2011 and Nottinghamshire 20
Hutton or Cook? Botham or Stokes? Trueman or Anderson?
It’s been a debate up and down the country for decades but now, for the first time ever, the ECB has decided it is time to ask the nation pick the best-ever men’s Test XI.
To mark England’s 1000th men’s Test match in the first Specsavers Test against India at Edgbaston, which begins on Wednesday 1stAugust, the ECB is launching a
Please note the following media and training arrangements for the Royal London ODI series, England v India.
N.B. Media timings are approximate. Please be in place 30 minutes before advertised timings. Timings are (BST).
Monday July 9
Travel day
Tuesday July 10
Rest day (no practice or media opportunities)
Wednesday July 11, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
9.30am-12.30pm: England prac
Six Test players named in England Lions side to face India A.
All the stats ahead of the Vitality T20 in Cardiff - England v India.