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CNA
4 hours ago
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- CNA
Broad, Hussain warn England against risking Archer at the Oval
England will be putting fast bowler Jofra Archer at risk of a fresh injury if they select him for the fifth and final match against India at the Oval this week, according to former test players Stuart Broad and Nasser Hussain. Archer is taking part in his first test series in four years after overcoming elbow and back injuries. The 30-year-old sat out the first two matches before claiming five wickets in his return to the format at Lord's and four in the drawn Manchester test. While India could draw the series with a win at the Oval, Broad told Sky Sports that England should prioritize Archer's long-term fitness. "We can't not have Archer for four years, bring him back and then bowl him into the ground and not see him for another four years," he said. "(Josh) Tongue started the series, and I know he mainly got lower-order players out, but you probably have a natural replacement for Archer." England have added fast bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton to their tiring pace battery. Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse have played all four tests, while skipper Ben Stokes said he would "run through a brick wall" to try to be available for the final test beginning on Thursday. Gus Atkinson and Tongue are likely to feature in the decisive final test, and England are likely to rest Archer with the Ashes series against Australia in four months' time. "I don't think you can have Archer playing three on the bounce coming back after four years," former England captain Hussain told Sky Sports.
Reuters
4 hours ago
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- Reuters
Broad, Hussain warn England against risking Archer at the Oval
July 29 (Reuters) - England will be putting fast bowler Jofra Archer at risk of a fresh injury if they select him for the fifth and final match against India at the Oval this week, according to former test players Stuart Broad and Nasser Hussain. Archer is taking part in his first test series in four years after overcoming elbow and back injuries. The 30-year-old sat out the first two matches before claiming five wickets in his return to the format at Lord's and four in the drawn Manchester test. While India could draw the series with a win at the Oval, Broad told Sky Sports that England should prioritize Archer's long-term fitness. "We can't not have Archer for four years, bring him back and then bowl him into the ground and not see him for another four years," he said. "(Josh) Tongue started the series, and I know he mainly got lower-order players out, but you probably have a natural replacement for Archer." England have added fast bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton to their tiring pace battery. Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse have played all four tests, while skipper Ben Stokes said he would "run through a brick wall" to try to be available for the final test beginning on Thursday. Gus Atkinson and Tongue are likely to feature in the decisive final test, and England are likely to rest Archer with the Ashes series against Australia in four months' time. "I don't think you can have Archer playing three on the bounce coming back after four years," former England captain Hussain told Sky Sports. "Gus Atkinson coming back after a long time, and then Stokes with a niggle as three of your four seamers - but I would definitely play Atkinson on his home ground if fit."
India Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- India Today
English pundits pray for blockbuster Rishabh Pant's return in Manchester Test
English pundits Nasser Hussain and Stuart Broad want a speedy return of Rishabh Pant in the Manchester Test match. Pant, who was carried out of the field in an ambulance on Wednesday, is suspected to have broken his right toe. Pant's injury occurred in the 68th over after his attempted reverse sweep had the ball take the under-edge of the bat and hit just above his right looked in excruciating pain and could not even put any weight on his right foot. The wicketkeeper-batter was taken to the medical centre, where he will be awaiting results of his scans on Wednesday, July ENG vs IND, 4th Test: Day 1 Updates English pundits on Sky Sports — Nasser Hussain and Stuart Broad — hoped that it was only a bad bruise for Pant and that the batter would return to play on Thursday, Day 2 of the Test match.'It has been India's day – except for the injury to Pant. That is a big blow and it will be interesting what we hear overnight about that. Hopefully he is okay. This game needs Pant and the series has been blessed by having him in it," Hussain said on Sky Sports at the end of the day's play."Both sets of fans cheered him today when he came out to bat," he further had batted exceptionally well in the second session of the match on Wednesday. The vice-captain came into the crease after Shubman Gill's dismissal in Manchester and had to navigate a tough phase of play. He added 72 runs with Sai Sudharsan in the second and third sessions, before being forced to leave the his stay, Pant took on the England seamers, playing some magnificent shots throughout the day. Stuart Broad reflected on the same and hoped that the medical staff are able to patch Pant up before Day 2 of the 4th Test."Pant has been wonderful to watch and commentate on. He's wonderful for world cricket, and we hope he recovers. The medical staff will be icing that swelling all night, and hopefully it's just a bruise and he can come out to bat," Broad Nasser and Broad were optimistic, former England cricketer Mike Atherton remained concerned about the player's injury. Atherton believed that Pant was unlikely to return back in this Test is not the first injury that Rishabh Pant has copped in the series. The keeper-batter was hit on his finger on Day 1 of the Lord's Test match, which forced him out of the keeping duties in the previous game. It was expected that Pant would play as a specialist batter in the 4th Test, but ended up making a speedy recovery in the 8-day the moment, it seems that Pant will be ruled out of the Test match, which means that Dhruv Jurel will once again be taking up the wicketkeeping gloves in this Test series.- EndsTune InMust Watch
Times
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Chelsea Pensioners' show garden — and other news in pictures
Stuart Broad and Darren Pettitt of Camilla's Bookshop get lost in a story in the Eastbourne shop, which has more than a million books JON SANTA CRUZ Rubble is left behind after Israeli airstrikes hit the Syrian defence ministry and another target near the presidential palace in Damascus, as clashes escalate between regime forces and militia in the southern Druze city of Sweida RAMI ALSAYED/NURPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK The Red Arrows surprise newlyweds Trevor and Dawn Stamp with a flypast. The bride's daughter wrote to the display team to ask if they would turn on their smoke after noting the venue in Somerset was under their flight path SWNS Nichole Ayers, a Nasa astronaut, gives a fellow crew member on the International Space Station a haircut 260 miles above Earth SWNS Children try to cool off in a public fountain and paddling pool as temperatures soar above 40C in Granada, Spain ALEX CAMARA/ANADOLU/GETTY IMAGES Elinor Brown shows off some of the 180 fabric designs on display at the 'Ikea: Magical Patterns' exhibition at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh CRAIG BROWN/ALAMY LIVE NEWS The Dutch 39-metre three-masted topsail schooner Gulden Leeuw enters Aberdeen harbour for the Tall Ships Races 2025 JANE BARLOW/PA WIRE The UK's only Chilean flamingo chick — nicknamed 'flamingling' — is cared for by its father Moana five days after hatching at Bird Gardens Scotland in the Scottish Borders SWNS Two Amur leopard cubs try taking their first steps in the junior reserve at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster after two months sheltering in their den DANNY LAWSON/PA WIRE Sparks fly at a performance at the Household Division's Military Musical Spectacular at Horse Guards Parade, London SGT DONALD C TODD/MOD Hot air balloons rise as riders gallop horses past the 'fairy chimneys' of Cappadocia in Nevsehir, Turkey AYTEN ALTINTAS/ANADOLU/GETTY IMAGES Lion cubs from the Black Rock pride playfight in the Masai Mara national reserve in Kenya AKASH AKINWAR/SOLENT NEWS Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, gets close to panda Su Xing at a park in Chengdu, China, during his official visit to the country LUKAS COCH/EPA US actress and writer Alison Brie attends the 2025 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California VALERIE MACON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A car is left up against a building after being swept away by flood waters in Zapopan, Mexico. Heavy rains in the region have severely damaged homes and vehicles FRANCISCO GUASCO/EPA The Royal Mint unveils its first official UK coin honouring the Princess Royal, issued in celebration of her 75th birthday and her 'remarkable lifetime of service' ROYAL MINT/PA Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu floats in his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China's eastern Anhui province. His five-tonne 'Big Black Fish' can accommodate two people, dive eight metres and stay below the surface for 30 minutes at a time STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Owlets that couldn't manage to fly back to their nests are being rehabilitated at Duzce Nature Conservation and National Park in Duzce, Turkey
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Business Standard
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Business Standard
'Soft' Dukes ball under review, says manufacturer after player complaints
In the eye of a storm, the manufacturer of the Dukes ball on Friday said it will conduct a thorough review following widespread criticism of the "soft" balls used in the first three Tests between India and England, according to a report in the BBC. The on-field umpires have regularly changed the balls in the ongoing five-match series as they were unable to retain hardness and were going out of shape quickly, particularly post 30 overs. The whole process has caused delays to the match proceedings. Following criticism by India captain Shubman Gill and former English pacer Stuart Broad, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will collect as many used balls as possible and return them to the company that produces Dukes balls by the end of the week. "We will take it away, inspect and then start talking to the tanner, talking about all of the raw materials - everything," Dilip Jajodia, owner of British Cricket Balls Ltd, who make the Dukes, told BBC Sport. "Everything we do will be reviewed and then if we think some changes need to be made or tightened up, we will." The ball used for Test series is decided by the host board. The Dukes is used in England, Test matches in India are played with the SG ball, while teams use the Kookaburra in Australia. The Dukes ball, which has been in production since 1760, has faced some issues in Test and County cricket in recent years. During the Lord's Test, Gill was upset with the ball they were given by the umpires after the second new ball had to be changed in the first hour of the second morning. While Jasprit Bumrah had taken three quick wickets with the original ball, the Indian bowlers failed to make a single breakthrough in the rest of the first session after the red cherry was changed. Broad, a fierce critic of the Dukes ball in recent years, also expressed his displeasure with the replacement ball. England lead the five-match series 2-1 after victories in London and Leeds, while India won in Edgbaston.
