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News18
6 days ago
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Who Is Ajeet Singh Dale, Indian-Origin Medium-Pacer To Play For England Lions?
Last Updated: Ajeet Singh Dale, Gloucestershire medium-pacer, is all set to play for England Lions against India A. Star Gloucestershire medium-pacer Ajeet Singh Dale is all set to take the field for the England Lions when they take on India A in an all-important clash for the two sides, with quite a few eyebrows being raised as to who Ajeet is and how the 24-year-old's career has panned out till now. Born in July 2000 in Berkshire, Ajeet is a right-arm medium-pacer and right-handed batter, known for his contributions in the former role. Ajeet started his professional career with Hampshire, making his first-class debut in 2020 during the Bob Willis Trophy. He picked three wickets on debut against Sussex, including that of England allrounder Ollie Robinson. He bagged four wickets in two matches that season, at an average of 18.25. A new career-best of 7-110 for Ajeet Singh Dale, with celebrations to match — Rothesay County Championship (@CountyChamp) May 17, 2025 Ajeet signed with Gloucestershire in 2022 on a multi-year deal, with 2023 proving to be a breakout year for him. He made his T20 debut against Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI but conceded 44 runs in his three overs in that game. Ajeet made his List A debut in the Royal London One-Day Cup and bowled an economic spell of 4-0-24-0 against Surrey. It was in the 2023 season that Ajeet achieved his career-best bowling figures of 6/41 against Worcestershire. Bowling with express pace, Ajeet's talents as a fast bowler have earned him recognition with the Lions as well, in which he showed his potential on the broader stage, and is now set to play against India A. Ajeet is coming off a brilliant performance in the recent County Championship match against Kent. He picked up nine wickets in that game earlier this month, seven coming in one innings. He has picked 22 wickets in five matches in the tournament at an economy of 3.45. Meanwhile, a clutch of frontline Indian Test players, including opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, will be eager to acclimatise to English conditions during India A's first four-day unofficial Test against the England Lions. Apart from Jaiswal and Nitish, the India A team has Abhimanyu Easwaran, Dhruv Jurel, Karun Nair, pacers Akash Deep and Shardul Thakur.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tom Lammonby commits his cricketing future to Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset allrounder, Tom Lammonby has pledged his future to Somerset County Cricket Club. The 24-year-old, whose existing deal was due to expire this year, has signed a contract extension that will see him remain at the Cooper Associates County Ground until at least the end of the 2028 season. Tom, whose journey began at Exeter CC, joined the Somerset Academy in the autumn of 2015 after working his way through the Devon age group system, and is one of only a handful of Devon CCC players to score a century in each innings of a National Counties Championship match. After working his way through the Somerset Pathway, the former England Under 19 Captain signed his first professional contract in 2018. Recommended reading: Tom Banton called up for England white ball squad Somerset bowler Shoaib Bashir called up to England test side The left-handed top order batter, who also bowls left-arm medium pace, made his First Class debut for Somerset in the opening Bob Willis Trophy fixture of the 2020 season against Glamorgan and went on to make three hundreds in the competition, scoring in excess of 450 runs at an average of 51. Since making his debut for the county, Tom has become a First XI regular, scoring more than 4000 runs across the formats. He was a part of the successful squad that lifted the Vitality Blast title in 2023, the same year that he made his debut for England Lions. After committing his future to the Club, Tom said: 'It was an easy decision for me and I'm really happy to have put pen to paper. Hopefully, I can make some more memories and help Somerset to win more trophies. 'The club feels like home, and we've always been competing for silverware. We want to continue in that direction because we want to be a team that's remembered for years to come. That's the goal and that's what we're aiming for. 'I'm enjoying my cricket, and I just want to help the team to win matches.' Somerset CCC director of cricket, Andy Hurry, added: "In addition to being a stylish left-handed top-order batter, renowned for his fluent stroke play and natural timing, Tom also has the ability to impact the game with the ball and in the field. 'Having established himself within our senior playing group, we very much look forward to supporting his continued progression, and witnessing the role he plays in contributing to Somerset's success now and in the future.'
Times
12-05-2025
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- Times
Mixed fortunes for Roy and Bairstow as Notts go top with trouncing
Jason Roy's return to first-class cricket for the first time in five years was short-lived after the former England opening batsman lasted only nine balls as part of Surrey's reply to Warwickshire's mammoth first-innings score of 665 for five. Roy has not played first-class cricket since the Covid-hit summer of 2020, when he made scores of 4 and 14 in a one-off Bob Willis Trophy appearance for Surrey against Hampshire. Roy, 34, who was part of England's 2019 World Cup-winning side, averages 36.46 in 87 red-ball matches but in recent years has opted to be a white-ball-only player in various T20 tournaments around the world. This year, however, he did not have a contract in either the IPL or the Pakistan Super League, and with
Yahoo
09-05-2025
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Latham puts Warwickshire on top against Surrey
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day one) Warwickshire 364-4: Latham 139*, Yates 86; Lawrence 2-68 Surrey: Yet to bat Warwickshire 3 pts, Surrey 1 pt Match scorecard Tom Latham scored a debut century as Warwickshire reached 364-4 against Surrey on the opening day of their County Championship Division One match. New Zealand batter Latham struck an unbeaten 139 from 244 balls after Surrey chose to bowl on another belter of a batting pitch at Edgbaston. Rob Yates scored 86 against the champions' much-changed team with Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson having departed on England duty. Surrey are also without Dan Worrall, who they decided to spare the hard labour on a pitch which appears so good for batting that the best chance of victory lies in a fourth day run-chase. Warwickshire, meanwhile, are without young seamer Michael Booth who will be sidelined for two to three months by a stress fracture of the fibula. Against a Surrey attack including debutant Nathan Smith, Warwickshire started serenely in the Second City sunshine as Yates and Alex Davies (45) gathered an untroubled 70 in 19 overs. Davies twice hoisted Jordan Clark for six over the short Hollies Stand boundary but departed in angst after swinging and missing at a full toss from Dan Lawrence. Yates and Latham added 112 before the former departed in a different type of angst to this captain. With a century beckoning, he tickled an unthreatening leg-side delivery from Tom Lawes to the wicketkeeper. A Latham century looked likely from the moment he took guard. He moved sweetly into the 40s, took a breather and spent 35 balls there, then pulled Clark for six to reach his half-century and galloped from 50 to 80 in another 18 balls. It was batting of simple, solid, unhurried class. Surrey's rejigged bowling attack, with Smith, Lawes and Cameron Steel each playing their first game of the season, persevered nobly. Sam Hain flicked Clark straight to backward square leg and Lawrence bowled Beau Webster with a beauty through the gate. But Ed Barnard (38 not out) joined the implacable Latham to add an unbroken 83 in the last 24 overs of the day. Latham reached his 27th first-class century from 161 balls to emulate his countryman Jeetan Patel in making a ton on his Warwickshire debut, immediately providing the top order ballast they badly need. It was a gruelling day in the field for Surrey but they will expect similar plunder from their batters, including Jason Roy who will be looking to make it back-to-back Championship centuries spanning six years eight months, having scored 128 against Essex at The Oval in his last Championship game, in September 2018. His last first-class appearance was against Hampshire in the Bob Willis Trophy in 2020. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Warwickshire batter Rob Yates: "We got off to a brisk start with Alex putting away the short ones and punishing anything overpitched. It was good to get another 50 partnership up top. "Then it was awesome to be out there with Tom. He looked class which was no surprise - he plays the ball so late and times it beautifully. We have had a good start to the season and to have the likes of Beau and Tom coming into the side is great. "I was pleased with the way I batted but a bit frustrated to leave maybe 80 out there. But we are in a decent position after the first day. "It's not easy to take wickets on this pitch and I think you have to be creative and also patient at the same time. You just have to go about it in a smart way." Surrey bowling coach Jade Dernbach: "First thing this morning the pitch looked like it was going to be a flat one, but we thought our best chance of progressing the game forward was to have a bowl. "The pitch has played as we expected it to and we are getting used to this away from home. This seems to be what we are going to face now away from The Oval. "The boys put in a brilliant shift and kept coming back and trying things and you never know, if we come in a bit fresher tomorrow morning and get a couple of early wickets, suddenly the game is wide open again. But it's going to take somrthing special, I think. "It's attritional cricket and trying to stop the boundaries is the important thing and then trying to create opportunities if you can build enough pressure." Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
Telegraph
16-04-2025
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- Telegraph
Prolific wicket-taker Sam Cook finally in line for England call-up
Prolific Essex seamer Sam Cook will sit out this week's county action as he nears a maiden England call-up for the Test against Zimbabwe next month. Cook, 27, has an extraordinary domestic record for Essex of 301 wickets at an average of 18.3 but has never been rewarded with an England call. The England management have made much of their desperation to add pace to their bowling as they continue to adapt to life after James Anderson and Stuart Broad, though managing director Rob Key has said there is still space for a bowler of Chris Woakes's or Cook's pace in the low-80s mph, in what he calls a 'balanced attack'. Key was at Trent Bridge, where the first Test of the summer takes place, to watch Cook face Nottinghamshire last week. On a flat pitch, the seamer took four for 44 from 25 first-innings overs. This comes on the back of another impressive year, which saw him excel with the Kookaburra ball when it was used in last season's Championship, then be the outstanding bowler on this year's Lions tour of Australia. It is understood that he has moved clear of Dan Worrall, the Surrey seamer who played three ODIs for Australia but is now qualified for England, in the race for selection this summer. A combination of poorly-timed injuries and the endurance of Woakes, who played all six Tests, meant Cook did not make a debut last summer, despite being in the mix. Woakes is nursing an ankle injury that means he is unlikely to play in the Championship this month, and may even affect his availability for the Zimbabwe Test. It is understood that Cook is being rested this week by Essex, following conversations with England, who are looking to manage his workload in the build-up to the Test on May 22. Cook is not one of England's contracted bowlers, but Essex are working with the national team's selectors to give their player the best chance of a Test debut. Of all bowlers who have taken 200 County Championship and Bob Willis Trophy wickets since 1990, Cook has the second-lowest average (18.3). The one bowler ahead of him is Muttiah Muralitharan, and the only others below 20 are Mohammad Abbas, Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose. Speaking on the Sky Cricket Podcast this week, England selector Luke Wright was full of praise for Cook. 'If you look at what he's done in county cricket, it's been absolutely phenomenal,' he said. 'Pace has been a big thing in Australia, but Sam Cook was on the Lions [tour] and we've never not thought about him. Over the last couple of years I have spoken to Sam Cook a lot. Each time we've picked someone else out of county cricket we have picked the phone up to Sam Cook to explain why. 'We explain to Cooky that he's competing with the likes of Woakes, [Matthew] Potts, those guys, because we want a varied attack. Those guys bowling with high skill, who are not necessarily 85mph but they still have a definite part to play in our bowling attack. Sam, Woakesy, they are going to be massive going into Australia. 'It was great to chat to Sam Cook pre-winter, and I give him a lot of credit. He gave up going to franchise cricket to try to prove his point again in the Lions. It's brilliant when we get players doing that, because we get a lot of guys that turn us down for franchise cricket. It's brilliant when players get away from just the money side of it, and prove their point, that is exactly what we want.' Wright implied that England will select their squad for the Zimbabwe Test in the next fortnight in order to provide counties and players with as much clarity as possible over availability. Speaking last week, Key implied that an entirely different set of bowlers would be selected to face West Indies in the white-ball matches that follow soon after, to protect Test players ahead of the India series. Gus Atkinson is due to make his first appearance for Surrey this season at high-flying Sussex on Friday, and Josh Tongue will once again turn out for Nottinghamshire. Brydon Carse is some way off a return from his toe injury with Durham, while Dillon Pennington has joined the walking wounded with a side injury.
