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(c)Cricinfo en-gb It was clear that the allrounder had ambitions beyond cricket and clear that sporting success and dressing room banter wouldn't be enough to fulfil him https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/254100/254174.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1094819.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1094819.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1094819 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey and England allrounder Zafar Ansari has announced his retirement from the game at the age of 25 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/261700/261736.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1094732.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1094732.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1094732 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari has joined Stuart Broad as an injury doubt ahead of the third Test after both players missed training in Mohali on Thursday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/254100/254124.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1068169.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1068169.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1068169 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari believes that Saqlain Mushtaq's calm influence as England's spin consultant has helped England's slow bowlers find their feet on the tour of India https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/254100/254174.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1066426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1066426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1066426 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bangladesh fought themselves into a promising position in the second Test, leading by 128 runs and hopeful of setting England a significant fourth-innings target to chase on a wearing surface https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/254100/254172.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1063771.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1063771.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1063771 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite having a decent County Championship season at best, Zafar Ansari has impressed the England management with his temperament and all-round skills, and is in line to play his maiden Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/241600/241673.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1063416.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1063416.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1063416 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Abdul Mazid made a fluent century to frustrate England's bowlers at Chittagong, but Zafar Ansari fought back with four wickets https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/253500/253567.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1061928.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1061928.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1061928 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On Wednesday evening, Batty's phone buzzed with the call from James Whitaker, the national selector, to tell him he was on the plane to Bangladesh https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188200/188245.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1057475.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1057475.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1057475 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett look to be the likely beneficiaries of the decision by Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan to miss the tour of Bangladesh https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/242800/242841.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1057333.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1057333.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1057333 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nick Gubbins made 82 but Nick Compton fell for 11 on his return to first-class cricket as Surrey retained the advantage at Lord's https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/247100/247123.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1042871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1042871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1042871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dominic Sibley starred with bat and ball as Surrey moved to the top of the NatWest T20 Blast South Group by thrashing Hampshire by 80 runs at a packed Kia Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/244800/244843.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1024581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1024581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1024581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Collingwood completed his 32nd first-class hundred and Ben Stokes took three wickets in a fine ten-over spell after lunch as Durham drew with Surrey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/241700/241781.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1008329.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1008329.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1008329 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The capture of two wickets in as many overs by Surrey's spinners, Gareth Batty and Zafar Ansari, dented an otherwise sturdy reply from Durham https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/241500/241577.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1007261.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1007261.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1007261 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari, the Surrey allrounder who missed out on a maiden England tour due to a broken thumb sustained on the day he was called up, has undergone another minor operation on his thumb ahead of the new season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222200/222235.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/981095.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/981095.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-981095 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari is refusing to dwell on what might have been. But for a badly broken thumb, he could have made a Test debut in Sharjah and now be booked on a flight to South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222200/222237.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/943765.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/943765.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-943765 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Footitt, the former Derbyshire left-arm fast bowler, and Liam Dawson, the Hampshire left-arm spinner, have been called up to the England Performance Programme (EPP) in South Africa and Dubai next month https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/219300/219383.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/934464.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/934464.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-934464 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Samit Patel had planned to go to Dubai for a holiday. Now he's going with England, hoping to add to his five Test caps https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/210500/210575.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/923043.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/923043.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-923043 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Samit Patel has been recalled to England's Test squad for the first time since 2012 after Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the tour of UAE https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/210500/210575.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/922809.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/922809.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-922809 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Joe Clarke, the 19-year-old Worcestershire batsman, has been included in the England Lions squad for their Twenty20 series against Pakistan A in December https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/219300/219391.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/921181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/921181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-921181 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Life was going swimmingly for Zafar Ansari. He had been selected for England's tour of the UAE and could dream of a possible Test debut against Pakistan. Then he dropped a catch at cover, summoned the physio and the day turned sour https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222200/222237.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920997.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920997.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-920997 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On the day he was called up to his first England Test squad Zafar Ansari suffered an injury scare when he damaged his hand against Lancashire at Old Trafford and was sent to hospital https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222200/222237.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920975.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920975.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-920975 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alex Hales, Zafar Ansari and James Taylor have been named in England's 16-man squad for the Test series against Pakistan in the UAE https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220700/220763.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/920777.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2015-16/content/story/920777.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-920777 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216400/216475.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920659.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/920659.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-920659 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire began the third day with thoughts of perhaps forcing a first-innings lead but ended it trailing by 247 runs after Surrey plundered 560 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/221500/221529.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/917353.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/917353.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-917353 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On a rain-marred first day in which Surrey collected the first of the 15 points they require to guarantee promotion back to the top tier of the County Championship, they found themselves in a better position than their fielding deserved https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/221400/221451.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/916523.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/916523.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-916523 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gary Ballance hit his second fifty in three days after being dropped by England but it was not enough to prevent Yorkshire from losing to Surrey by six runs in the Royal London Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/218800/218849.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/904353.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/904353.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-904353 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari and Tom Curran underlined their potential as two of the best young bowlers in English cricket by completing career-best figures to send Gloucestershire plunging to an innings and 180-run defeat against Surrey at a sun-baked Kia Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216500/216587.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/892427.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/892427.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-892427 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa opening batsman Dean Elgar scored 98 on his home debut for Surrey as Gloucestershire made them work hard to reach 279 for 5 on the first day of their LV=County Championship match at the Kia Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216400/216475.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/891871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/891871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-891871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Even in Division Two, the County Championship demands tenacity and bloody-minded resolve - especially for Surrey of late https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/187900/187959.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/881383.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/881383.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-881383 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Four-hundred-and-fifty-five runs, the most ever for a T20 match in England and fourth highest in all T20 cricket, were plundered in just over three hours of ferocious cricket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/213300/213331.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/876285.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/876285.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-876285 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen was able to watch delightedly from a Surrey dressing room that has given him unstinting support as Steve Davies and Jason Roy spearheaded a startling seven-wicket victory against Leicestershire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/211900/211919.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/875181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/875181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-875181 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England have been forced by the schedule to select a new-look side to face Ireland but the horror World Cup show would have demanded change in any event. ESPNcricinfo introduces those who aim to be part of the future https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/190600/190601.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/871819.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/871819.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-871819 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's team to play Ireland in Dublin next week will contain several of the next generation making an impression in the county game, including up to six debutants https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/205000/205011.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/867601.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/867601.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-867601 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Whether from tension, disbelief or joy, some Worcestershire members gathered under the Graeme Hick pavilion on Friday afternoon had tears on their cheeks https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/193500/193503.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/780149.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/780149.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-780149 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari hit Mitch Claydon for two legside sixes in an astonishing final over in which Surrey failed to score from the last two balls to tie with Kent in a thrilling match at The Oval. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/190600/190603.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/767175.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/767175.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-767175 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey made sure of a place in the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals with a five-run victory over Gloucestershire in front of a sell-out Cheltenham Festival crowd. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/189200/189265.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/761677.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/761677.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-761677 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Why do people dislike Surrey? Money and metropolitan envy might have something to do with it but there is surely little of which one can disapprove about their cricket at present. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/184800/184821.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/758231.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/758231.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-758231 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zafar Ansari and Gareth Batty spun Surrey to a convincing 10-wicket victory against Leicestershire at The Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/187900/187959.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/755613.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/755613.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-755613 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Welch, Derbyshire's elite performance director, stood firm on his determination to exclude Tim Groenewald after the bowler indicated his intention to leave the county https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/167100/167167.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/753539.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/753539.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-753539 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A few days after being dropped for Friday's T20 Blast outing, Davies channelled all his resolve into manufacturing a first Championship century of the season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/160200/160259.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/753027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/753027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-753027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rory Burns fell just one run short of a double-century as Surrey smashed a host of records in heaping a mammoth total of 626 for 6 on ramshackle Gloucestershire in Bristol https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/157900/157974.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/751515.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/751515.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-751515 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England would love a left-arm quick like Mitchell Johnson. Jack Shantry is not one, but his own, rather unqiue, style of left-arm seam put Worcestershire into a position of overwhelming dominance at The Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/166500/166539.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/750019.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/750019.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-750019 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On an even day that saw further time lost to rain and bad light, a fine display from Matt Dunn added a new angle on this encounter https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/184000/184073.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/738621.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/738621.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-738621 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas admitted his side "just didn't turn up" after they were beaten by Surrey in the semi-final of the Friends Life t20 at Edgbaston https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/165100/165181.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/663089.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/663089.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-663089 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An unbroken partnership of 79 in 10 overs between Azhar Mahmood and Zafar Ansari swept Surrey to a five-wicket victory against Kent https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/163100/163149.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/655571.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/655571.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-655571 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A first-class best score from Zafar Ansari secured a draw for Surrey after they were forced to follow-on at Edgbaston https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147000/147068.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/574757.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/574757.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-574757 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Spinners Gareth Batty and Zafar Ansari bagged a wicket apiece as Surrey clinched a tense 21-run win over Kent in a nerve-racking finish to their Championship Division Two match at The Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/523065.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/523065.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-523065 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey beat Essex by 43 runs in the Friends Life t20 match at The Oval to record only their second win in 12 Twenty20 matches between the two sides https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/518915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/518915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-518915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen is unlikely to spend much time in the Surrey dressing room but faces the prospect of some serious ribbing after falling to a team-mate https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132800/132859.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/514685.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/514685.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-514685 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey academy players Zafar Ansari and Tom Jewell have signed professional contracts with the club https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121300/121348.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/493018.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/493018.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-493018 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT