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Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Stokes ready to 'run through brick wall' to feature in India decider
England captain Ben Stokes proclaimed "pain is just an emotion" as he insisted he will do everything in his power to feature as a fully-fledged all-rounder in next week's series decider with India. The fourth Test at Old Trafford, which ended in a draw on Sunday, was a personal triumph for Stokes as he became just the fourth England cricketer after Tony Greig, Ian Botham and Gus Atkinson to score a hundred and take five wickets in the same Test. Stokes, 34, is also now only the third man in Test history to have scored 7,000 runs and taken 200 wickets after West Indies' Garry Sobers and South Africa's Jacques Kallis. But the performance came at a cost for Stokes, whose career has been blighted by hamstring trouble, as he struggled with cramp and more general soreness. Meanwhile a bicep problem in his right arm emerged on Sunday's final day in Manchester. His latest injuries are perhaps unsurprising given a heavy workload that has seen lively fast-medium bowler Stokes already send down 140 overs -- the most he has bowled in any series. However, Stokes, the leading wicket-taker of the series with 17 at an average of 25.2, expects to take the field at the Oval on Thursday as England attempt to seal a 3-1 campaign triumph. "Hopefully I will be alright going for the last one," he told reporters. "It's just a workload sort of thing. We got a fair amount of overs and everything starts creeping up on you. I'll keep trying, keep going and as I say to all the bowlers: pain is just an emotion." Stokes, who said "I've physically been better," added: "I'll always try to run through a brick wall for the team. "I don't want to eat my words but the likelihood I won't play (at the Oval) is very unlikely." England seemed well set for victory at Old Trafford when India collapsed to none for two before eroding any bit of a 311-run deficit on first innings. But KL Rahul and India captain Shubman Gill kept England at bay with an excellent third-wicket partnership of 188. Stokes, who did not bowl on Saturday, had Rahul lbw for 90 during an eight-over spell on Sunday morning and England hopes were high when Jofra Archer finally removed Gill for 103 on the stroke of lunch. However, Joe Root's drop of Ravindra Jadeja from the next ball proved expensive, with the India all-rounder and Washington Sundar batting out the rest of the day as both left-handers made unbeaten hundreds. "When the reality (hits) with where the game drifted towards, there is obviously going to be that comedown," said Stokes. "You can get the vibe that we've thrown everything and not been able to get over the line, there is that sense of disappointment and almost heartbreak –- me being a captain, I was as well." But Stokes acknowledged it was also part of his role as skipper to raise England's morale, saying: "I've got to be that upbeat person as well."
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Kent all-rounder Evison signs contract to 2027
Kent all-rounder Joey Evison has signed a contract until the end of the 2027 23-year-old has made 96 appearances for the club, scoring 2,862 runs and claiming 87 moved to Kent initially on loan from Nottinghamshire in 2022, making the move permanent the following won the One Day Cup in his first season with the Spitfires, hitting 97 and taking two wickets against Lancashire in the final at Trent Bridge."I'm delighted to commit to Kent for the foreseeable future," he said."A lot of positive change is happening behind the scenes, and the future for Kent looks really bright. I'm pleased that I will be on this journey for a long time yet."I'd like to thank the coaches, staff and supporters for all the faith that they have shown in me in my time here so far - I hope that I'll continue to repay that faith in a Kent shirt."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
All-rounder Reece signs new Derbyshire deal
Derbyshire's leading wicket-taker Luis Reece has signed a two-year contract extension with the County Championship 34-year-old all-rounder, who has taken a Division Two high of 34 wickets so far this season, has been with the East Midlands club since has taken more than 200 wickets and scored more than 8,000 runs across all formats for Derbyshire in his time at the County Ground."Luis is a key member of our experienced core and his quality with bat and ball remains high," Derbyshire head of cricket Mickey Arthur told the club website., external"As a left-armer who swings the ball, he brings a different dimension to our attack and he is an example for our younger players to follow, in how to adapt to different roles and perform."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Ahmed's 'game of a lifetime' for promotion-chasing Leics
"It was probably the game of my life." England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed got straight to the point when describing what it was like to take 13 wickets and contribute a century with the bat in Leicestershire's dominant County Championship win against Derbyshire last since the Victorian age has a Leicestershire player taken 12 wickets or more and registered a ton in the same last to do so was Fred Geeson in 20-year-old Ahmed, the once-in-a-125-year performance was a headline-grabbing way of underlining what sort of cricketer he aspires to progression in the game been likened to that of Steve Smith's, who debuted as a leg-spinning all-rounder for Australia but established himself as a world-beating the comparison was put to Ahmed after he career-defining performance at Central Co-op County Ground, his reply was fused with confidence."I want to be a proper leg-spinner and proper batsman, and there is nothing stopping me apart from myself," he told BBC Radio Leicestershire."This is probably the game of my life so far, and it's just nice to know the practice that you are doing is working."It was great fun out there." For some, this was a clear message from Ahmed to England selectors, external ahead of the Ashes series in Australia starting later this last featured in a Test match for England in day one against Derbyshire, Ahmed put on a show that had him anointed as 'Star-med' by the was one of three Foxes players to score a century, with Lewis Hill top-scoring with 151 and Peter Handscomb contributing 101, in Leicestershire's first inning, which set the Division Two leaders up for the 189-run win that has them edging towards 115 from Ahmed was his third consecutive hundred in the followed that up on day two with a masterful display of spin, taking 6-51 from 20 overs to help bowl the hosts out for put on a quickfire 26 with the bat after that to help put Leicestershire in command of the game, before completing his match-winning performance with 7-93 to take his bowling figures to an astonishing 13-144 from 60 overs. It was a huge haul in what was a top-of-the-table clash of regional rivals who are both challenging for promotion."This week was my week, but also it was Pete's week - he got a100 and Lewis Hill got a massive 150," Ahmed said after the match."We are all loving each other's performances, and as long as we keep doing that we'll be sweet."
France 24
3 days ago
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- France 24
Stokes strikes as England finally see off India's KL Rahul in fourth Test
The match had already been a personal triumph for the all-rounder after he became just the fourth England cricketer to score a hundred and take five wickets in the same Test. Stokes made 141 -- his first Test century in more than two years -- in England's mammoth 669 following a return of 5-72 in India's first-innings 358. This match has also seen Stokes become just the third cricketer in Test history to score 7,000 runs and take 200 wickets after West Indies Garry Sobers and South Africa's Jacques Kallis. But Stokes, who suffered from cramp while batting, did not bowl at all during the 63 overs India faced their second innings on Saturday's fourth day as they recovered from 0-2 to 174-2 at stumps, still a deficit of 137 runs. Rahul was 87 not out at Saturday's close, with skipper Shubman Gill 78 not out. Stokes was also seen repeatedly clutching the top of his leg, having had surgery on his left hamstring at the start of this year. But with England pressing for a win that would give them an unassailable 3-1 lead in this five-match series ahead of next week's finale at the Oval, Stokes brought himself on to bowl at the start of Sunday's play. Already the leading bowler on either side this series with 16 wickets at 24.75, Stokes almost had Gill caught for 81 by a leaping Ollie Pope at short cover. But the inspirational captain did separate India's stubborn second-wicket duo when he had Rahul, in sight of his third century of the series, plumb lbw for 90 with a nip-back ball that kept a touch low. Rahul had batted for over five hours, facing 230 balls, but India were now 188-3. Fast-medium bowler Stokes, still grabbing the top of his left leg on occasion as well as his right shoulder, then somehow defied a docile surface when a rising delivery popped off a good length to rap Gill, then on 90, on the thumb before deflecting into the side of the batsman's helmet. Gill, who has already scored three hundreds in his first series as India captain, needed several minutes' on-field treatment before resuming his innings. Stokes bowled an unchanged spell of 1-12 in eight overs until the advent of the new ball. Chris Woakes, who had reduced India to 0-2 in the first over of the innings, then came back on with India 198-3 off 80 overs. © 2025 AFP
