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3 hours ago
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- NDTV
Yashasvi Jaiswal Slams Ton To Join Sourav Ganguly In Elite Club, Becomes 1st Indian In 93 Years To...
Yashasvi Jaiswal gave yet another proof of his growing stature in Indian cricket by slamming his fifth Test ton on Friday. Playing his maiden innings on the English soil, Jaiswal played with absolute control and withstood pain to reach his first ton in England in 144 balls at Leeds. With the ton, Jaiswal is now the first Indian batter in the country's 93 years Test history (India first played a Test in 1932 against England at Lord's) to score a ton in his first match in both England and Australia. In the recently held 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy, Jaiswal slammed a ton in Perth. Jaiswal has also joined an elite club consisting Sourav Ganguly, Vijay Manjrekar and three other Indians who have scored a ton in their maiden innings in England. Hundreds for India in maiden Test innings in England 133 Vijay Manjrekar Headingley 1952 131 Sourav Ganguly Lord's 1996 129* Sandeep Patil Old Trafford 1982 146 M Vijay Trent Bridge 2014 100* Yashasvi Jaiswal Headingley 2025 Yashasvi Jaiswal made a characterful hundred and skipper Shubman Gill crafted a graceful fifty as India punished a lacklustre England to reach a formidable 215 for two at tea on the first day of the opening Test of the five-match series here on Friday. They were as different as chalk and cheese, but both Gill (58 not out) and Jaiswal (100 not out) found immense success with their respective methods during an unbroken 123-run alliance for the third wicket. Jaiswal brought up his 5th hundred in Test cricket off 144 balls and Gill his eighth half-century off 56 deliveries in his first outing as India Test captain, underlining the different route they travelled on the day. England might see this innings as an ominous early sign from Jaiswal that he might just replicate that 712-run series against them in India last year. It was not a typical Jaiswal innings where he simply flayed the bowlers around, but he showed admirable self-restraint, particularly outside the off-stump. The left-hander was dismissed in that channel a couple of times while playing for India A against the England Lions in the recent tour matches, but here the 23-year-old did not repeat his mistakes. He was also copiously assisted by the England bowlers, who struggled to discover the right line and length on a flaccid track. Their profligacy meant that the Indian batters received ample scoring opportunities. Even amidst his restrained avatar, Jaiswal brought some cracking shots off the shelf such as a crisp off-drive off pacer Josh Tongue or a carved six off the same bowler.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Adams named Hampshire men's One-Day Cup head coach
Hampshire batting coach Jimmy Adams has been named head coach of the men's One-Day Cup team this summer. The former opening batter will step into the role as Adi Birrell will be working with the men's Southern Brave team in The Hundred. Advertisement The 44-year-old previously worked with the men's second team after retiring from playing before becoming batting coach in 2022. As a player, Adams made 462 appearances for Hampshire, winning six trophies. Hampshire won the One-Day Cup in 2018, beating Kent by 61 runs, and also reached the 2023 final, when they lost by two runs to Leicestershire. They start their campaign away to Glamorgan on 5 August. "Having worked with the group for a number of years now and seeing the talent we have coming through the pathway and academy, I'm hoping we can put in some strong performances and reach the final at Trent Bridge for the second time in three years," Adams said.
BBC News
6 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Adams named Hampshire men's One-Day Cup head coach
Hampshire batting coach Jimmy Adams has been named head coach of the men's One-Day Cup team this summer. The former opening batter will step into the role as Adi Birrell will be working with the men's Southern Brave team in The 44-year-old previously worked with the men's second team after retiring from playing before becoming batting coach in a player, Adams made 462 appearances for Hampshire, winning six trophies. Hampshire won the One-Day Cup in 2018, beating Kent by 61 runs, and also reached the 2023 final, when they lost by two runs to Leicestershire. They start their campaign away to Glamorgan on 5 August. "Having worked with the group for a number of years now and seeing the talent we have coming through the pathway and academy, I'm hoping we can put in some strong performances and reach the final at Trent Bridge for the second time in three years," Adams said.
Al Arabiya
a day ago
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Stokes Gives Strong Backing to Pope as England's No. 3 Batter for India Series
Who to pick at No. 3 out of Ollie Pope and Jacob Bethell was widely regarded as England's biggest selection poser heading into the highly anticipated five-match Test series against India. Turns out it wasn't much of a headache for Ben Stokes. 'It would be remarkable to choose someone else if their last knock was 170,' the England captain said Thursday of the decision to keep faith with Pope after his big hundred in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe last month. The 21-year-old Bethell is the next big thing in English cricket – a rising star in all formats who made a strong start to his Test career – in the No. 3 position – by scoring a half-century in each Test of the three-match series against New Zealand over the winter. However, Bethell didn't play against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge because he was finishing off a stint in the Indian Premier League. Pope did play and, batting at No. 3, made 171 for his third biggest Test knock. Pope is the team's vice captain and remains a trusted ally of Stokes despite continued speculation over his place in the team. 'Having him at No. 3 and, since I've been captain over three years, averaging over 40. It speaks for itself, I think,' Stokes said. 'In this day and age, it's very tough to not see all the speculation and stuff around it just because of how easily accessible things are. You don't even have to go hunt for it to see it these days. But I think scoring 170 in his last Test match shows how well he's handled the extra scrutiny. It comes with the territory when you are an international player.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Behind the scenes at Sky Sports Cricket and how they changed the game
Perched beneath an open flap on the side of the lorry, the beckoning wave of the happy cats immediately draws the eye. These golden knick-knacks, known as maneki-neko, are supposed to bring good luck and fortune to those who possess them, but here, amidst a sprawl of cables, cabins and a whirring generator, they serve a different purpose. It is day two of the one-off Test between England and Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge and The Independent has been granted a rare look behind the scenes with Sky Sports' award-winning cricket team. For close to two decades, the broadcaster has served as the ECB's primary partner, showing every home international and much, much more besides. This is one of 166 match days to be covered across 129 actual slots on the calendar this summer; it is a hectic time. Advertisement Back to the cats, then, which are used each morning to sync up the slo-mo cameras – a minor part of what is, as almost goes without saying, an extraordinary operation. For the Zimbabwe Test, the sprawl of trucks and trailers fills an empty space alongside the ground; for a Hundred game, with the BBC also in town, the broadcasters will also commandeer a pub car park. Sky cameras are dotted all around the ground to capture the action (Getty) Three cameras and their accompanying operators generally sit on the gantry at either end, each serving a different purpose behind the bowler's arm. The rest are dotted around the outfield, providing different perspectives, all overseen by a team of producers, directors and wider personnel. Where once this was done on-site, most is now done at the broadcaster's base in Osterley. To assist with the ease of coverage, cabling is placed at each ground – at Worcestershire's New Road, prone to flooding in winter, this must be removed regularly and re-laid before the start of each summer. Innovations like the Sky cart – wheeled out for analysis – and T20 commentary pod are added to this on occasion, creating a different feel beyond the slightly staid studio set-up that characterised cricket coverage for years. Little of the wider operation is sighted, but Sky has made stars of its on-air team. Figures like Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton can set the cricketing agenda. Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad is a recent addition after concluding his playing career. 'Coming into the Sky team has been incredible for me,' he explains. 'You leave a changing room full of friends and you come into a smaller version of a changing room. In my playing career, it was all about continuously improving every day, and coming into this role, it's exactly the same mindset. I've loved it.' Advertisement During a Test, commentators generally operate under a system of half an hour on, an hour and a half off. They can be an idiosyncratic bunch. Hussain, for example, hates air conditioning, while Broad can occasionally be prone to patrolling the commentary box in his socks. Given the sheer volume of cricket that Sky shows, a rotating cast of characters is managed and monitored carefully – Ian Bishop has been a welcome addition in every sense as an expert for the recent West Indies white-ball series, while pundits like Simon Doull and Mel Jones are regular returnees regardless of New Zealand and Australia's involvement in the English summer. The tone will naturally differ depending on the cricket on offer. A broad portfolio, Hussain outlines, should provide something for everyone. 'We have so much cricket and so many different styles of cricket that it should cater for all. The key is to give a broad spectrum of coverage. Nasser Hussain is a Sky Sports cricket expert (Sky Sports Cricket) 'When I was young, mum and dad asked if I wanted to go to the theatre and I wasn't keen. Now I've got a bit more time, you enjoy the finer things in life, and you do want to go and watch a show. Your time and your tastes and what you want to do changes. If you can get people into the game through white-ball cricket, the IPL and the Hundred, you can take them on the journey.' Advertisement Overseeing all aspects of the coverage is Bryan Henderson, the broadcaster's long-serving director of cricket, and among the more quietly influential figures in the game who has just been recognised with an MBE. Workload management is a key challenge. 'We would love Nasser, for example, to work on every single broadcast we do, but clearly that's not possible,' he explains. 'It's not as exhausting as playing, I'm sure, but they are quite intense days and it can be quite mentally draining working on a Test match. They need work-life balance, like all of us do. But you want your more experienced or bigger names on the higher profile games – it's common sense, really.' Stuart Broad has eased effortlessly into the Sky team (Getty) Henderson's planning for the next summer will begin before the current season is even at an end. Once a fixture list is figured out – increasingly complex with some changes to the structure of the County Championship likely for 2026, plus the presence of the Women's T20 World Cup – he will begin a three-to-five-month planning process, figuring out budgets, commentators, staff and some of the technical elements that may enhance coverage. Advertisement The hope is always to stay up with, if not ahead of, the game. While the fundamentals of Sky's coverage remain based around a strong journalistic sense, there has naturally been an emphasis on ensuring that it also moves with the modern world, reflecting the diversity of the audience watching. 'I like the phrase innovate or die,' Henderson says. 'I'd like to think that Sky Cricket tends to be slightly ahead of the curve. It would be rare for us to be accused of being a bit slow to change. Sometimes it's forced on us a little bit, through Rob Key getting the big England job, or Michael Holding or David Lloyd moving on, or the tragic events around Shane Warne's passing. 'I think we're proud of the role we've played and developing the women's game. I think we're probably quite proud of how in difficult economic environments or with different formats and the congested schedule, I think we keep our standards pretty high.' He also spotlights the work raising money for the Bob Willis Foundation in memory of an old favourite, and giving platforms to Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent to talk powerfully about racism as examples of the wider work Sky does alongside simply covering cricket. Michael Holding, here with Michael Atherton, was able to talk powerfully about his experiences of racism (Getty/ECB) Technological advancements are on the way. Hawkeye is developing a sort of virtual reality replay system that could place the viewer, say, in the cordon after a slip drops a catch, putting them in the perspective of the fielder. While helmet cams have been helpful, showing the sheer speed of a game is something Henderson feels cricket is still yet to crack. Broad has eased effortlessly into the commentary box and work to develop the next generation of voices – from Tammy Beaumont to Tymal Mills – has been clear in recent years. Advertisement There is also a need for existing broadcasters to stay in touch with the sport. The digital age has made this both harder and easier, with the advent of high-quality county streaming, umpire cams and global broadcasting deals meaning the amount of cricket broadcast vastly outweighs that of when Hussain started. Nasser Hussain works hard to follow cricket all around the world (Getty) 'I always remember the comment Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, said after I got the job at Sky,' the former England captain recalls. 'He shook my hand and said, 'well done for the job. Just remember in five years' time the game will look completely different. Make sure you keep up to speed.' Within a year, Kevin Pietersen was switch-hitting Scott Styris for six. 'If you take a month off watching cricket – and I don't for this reason – you end up so far behind. When I first joined, you could catch up. Nowadays, there is a 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi bursting on the scene at the IPL. When Shoaib Bashir was picked, I hadn't watched him bowl in my life, but you go into Twitter and put in his name and you can see his wickets – and that's how he got selected. It's a completely different landscape now.' Advertisement With India's men and women visiting England simultaneously, it is clearly a huge summer, one that also brings renewed scrutiny on The Hundred after the windfall brought by the sale of stakes in the eight franchises. But after a glimpse behind the scenes, Sky's cricket coverage looks in very safe hands indeed. Watch all five England-India Test matches live on Sky Sports Cricket and NOW from 20 June
