Haseeb Hameed

Haseeb Hameed paid tribute to India captain Virat Kohli for inspiring a revival that the England top-order batsman hopes will see him regain his Test place. Hameed signed a new contract with English county side Nottinghamshire on Thursday.

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan praised batter Usman Khawaja for his remarkable century as Australia declared their innings at 265/6 with a lead of 388 runs on Day 4 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Star all-rounder Ben Stokes on Wednesday returned to the 17-member England squad for the first two Tests against India, along with pacer Ollie Robinson, who was earlier suspended for his seven-year-old racist tweets.

Teenager Haseeb Hameed will become England's youngest opening batsman when he makes his debut in the first Test against India at Rajkot on Wednesday with Gary Ballance axed for his lack of runs in Bangladesh.

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Young opener Haseeb Hameed celebrated his First Class recall with a gritty hundred even as Umesh Yadav bowled a few incisive spells and was largely responsible in India bowling County Select XI out for 220 on the second day of the warm-up first-class game.

England have just about got a few things right on this tour. One of them was to throw Keaton Jennings in at the deep end after young Haseeb Hameed was ruled out of the tour with a broken finger. The opener's debut century came as if out of the syllabus.

Warwickshire captain Willfred Rhodes will lead a 14-member Select County XI in a three-day warm-up game against India at the Riverside Side ground here from July 20-22, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Thursday.

Ben Stokes told England fans that "we don't believe we're beaten" and said he felt ready for a big score with the bat, after another tough day at the Ashes on Friday.

Uncapped opener Keaton Jennings on Tuesday conceded that England is under pressure after being 0-2 down in the five-Test series against India but said he is hopeful that his side will throw some punches back at the hosts in the fourth game starting on Thursday.

Head coach Chris Silverwood has called for the England top order to step up its game, adding that opener Haseeb Hameed is putting forward a "very strong case" for a recall ahead of the second Test against India.

For a career that took off vertically and then plunged to alarming depths, Haseeb Hameed has seen it all in the last five years after making a successful comeback for England at Headingley.

England recalled Dawid Malan on Wednesday and dropped opener Dom Sibley from their squad as they looked to bolster their faltering top order for next week's third Test against India at Headingley.

Mitchell Starc removed England captain Joe Root with the last ball of Day 4 to put Australia firmly on course for victory in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

Young opener Haseeb Hameed's tour is over as the youngster, who sustained a fractured hand during the first innings of the Mohali Test, is going back home.

The return of talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes after almost five months out suffered a setback when England's three-day practice match was washed out on Thursday.

England skipper Joe Root on Tuesday said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the continuity of the team but no one can question its work ethics, backing his under-fire players ahead of the second Test against India.

Battle-hardened India exposed shortcomings of England in all departments with their famous win in the fourth Test, reckons former skipper Michael Vaughan.

Indian Test cricket skipper Virat Kohli on Monday said that England team's lack of intent gave him enough "assurance" that they would crumble anytime during their herculean chase of 405.

It's a proud moment for any sportsperson to represent his country. Jayant Yadav's moment came on Thursday in the second Test against England at the ACA-VDCA YSR Stadium.