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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Champions Somerset make winning start as Overton, Ball stars with the ball https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/417300/417350.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1537839.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1537839.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-blast-smeed-rew-seal-the-spoils-as-hampshires-woes-continue-1537839 Fri, 22 May 2026 20:41:23 GMT Seamer Jake Ball chimes in with 4 for 34 as Somerset win by six wickets https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/405000/405032.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1499172.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1499172.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/metro-bank-one-day-cup-archie-vaughan-ends-yorkshire-winning-start-with-95-for-somerset-1499172 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:38:55 GMT But Worcestershire's bowlers strike back on first day yielding 14 wickets https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/399800/399816.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1482933.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1482933.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-jake-ball-five-for-gives-durham-early-honours-before-worcestershire-hit-back-1482933 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:59:34 GMT Jake Ball and Jack Blatherwick also arrive on loan; Worcestershire bring in New Zealand batter Henry Nicholls https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/375400/375409.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1482761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1482761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/durham-sign-south-african-codi-yusuf-injury-crisis-1482761 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:53:58 GMT Zampa leads stellar bowling attack to two wins from two in low-scoring encounter https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/385500/385554.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1445322.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1445322.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-hundred-welsh-fire-go-down-in-flames-as-oval-invincibles-defend-114-at-cardiff-1445322 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:21:12 GMT Match figures of 8 for 77 see Stokes back to his best with the ball https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/381400/381475.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1435306.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1435306.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-county-championship-ben-stokes-impeccable-as-durham-thrash-somerset-in-five-sessions-1435306 Sat, 25 May 2024 15:28:30 GMT Former England seamer joins on two-year contract after being released by Nottinghamshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/353700/353796.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1403635.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1403635.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/nottinghamshire-jake-ball-signs-somerset-1403635 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:42:52 GMT Three wickets fall on truncated first day as relegation fight with Kent hots up https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/357900/357984.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1400073.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1400073.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-middlesex-embrace-batting-demons-as-ryan-higgins-leads-bonus-point-quest-1400073 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:28:20 GMT Duo share six wickets between them as Bas de Leede's half-century goes in vain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/361400/361443.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1380497.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1380497.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-t20-blast-samit-patel-and-jake-ball-lead-nottinghamshire-to-victory-over-durham-1380497 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:43:10 GMT Lintott, Parkinson also hope for draft success after failing to agree retentions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/354400/354410.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1358902.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1358902.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/the-hundred-draft-2023-duckett-stone-topley-willey-not-retained-1358902 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:33:35 GMT Doughty batting delays champions-elect in pursuit of promotion from Division Two https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/287800/287812.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1335728.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1335728.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2022-gareth-roderick-brett-doliveira-make-nottinghamshire-wait-for-fulfilment-1335728 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:28:29 GMT Fire all but out of contention after fourth consecutive defeat, Originals end own winless run https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/344300/344321.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1329432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1329432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-hundred-welsh-fire-doused-as-sean-abbott-gets-manchester-originals-off-the-mark-1329432 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:53:53 GMT Win not enough as Outlaws miss quarter-finals for first time in seven years despite unexpected lifeline https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/341400/341450.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1322963.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1322963.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-blast-2022-notts-sign-off-with-victory-over-rapids-thanks-to-ben-duckett-and-jake-ball-1322963 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 16:50:52 GMT Seamer suffers back problem after playing role in Fire's opening two victories https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/324800/324882.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1272302.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1272302.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-hundred-2021-jake-ball-ruled-out-of-hundred-by-injury-welsh-fire-call-up-luke-fletcher-1272302 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Nottinghamshire pace bowler was the leading wicket-taker in last season's T20 Blast https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/310000/310008.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1243294.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1243294.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/bbl-2020-21-jake-ball-joins-sydney-sixers-to-replace-tom-curran-1243294 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Reece Topley, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingstone included; Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson miss out https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/311500/311568.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1238138.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1238138.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/jofra-archer-ben-stokes-sam-curran-rested-from-england-odi-squad-in-south-africa-1238138 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The pace bowler picked up a back injury at the beginning of August and will now begin a rehab programme https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/275900/275985.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1156581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1156581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1156581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire have known some dismal days in East Midlands derbies and this ranked among one of the worst as they succumbed long before the A52 rush hour had cleared https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/277100/277118.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148820.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148820.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1148820 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire seamer back in contention as allrounder recovers from quad injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/264000/264071.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1148595.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1148595.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1148595 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire's batsmen are heading to the 2nd XI for recuperation after a third successive defeat extended a dismal return to Division One https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/275700/275702.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1144848.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1144848.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1144848 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was a morning when batsmen came and went like leaders of UKIP; a morning when the rapidity of events boggled the scrambled mind and outstripped the scribbling pen https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/275100/275116.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1143467.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1143467.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1143467 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball's five wickets ensured that promoted Nottinghamshire harried a Lancashire side fancied for a strong Championship challenge https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/267600/267638.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1143254.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1143254.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1143254 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England have retained Jake Ball with the T20 squad for their triangular series with Australia and New Zealand as cover for fellow fast bowlers Liam Plunkett and Chris Jordan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/268600/268619.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1135031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1135031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1135031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's matchwinner said it was frustrating to be on the sidelines earlier in the series but that it motivated him to take each chance that came his way https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/272600/272653.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1134828.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1134828.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1134828 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was another bruising Ashes campaign down under for England who had moments in each of the five Tests they couldn't take advantage of. Have any players left with enhanced reputations and who is looking over their shoulder? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/271600/271611.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1132107.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1132107.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1132107 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball will be the fourth member of England's seam attack when the Ashes starts in Brisbane on Thursday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269800/269845.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126664.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126664.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1126664 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball said he hopes he "can bounce a few Aussies out" if he wins selection for the first Test in Brisbane https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269800/269845.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126529.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126529.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1126529 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Trevor Bayliss has provided the clearest hint yet that Jake Ball has earned the final spot in England's XI for the Brisbane Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269800/269801.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126366.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126366.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1126366 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It appeared Jake Ball's chances of playing the first Test had disappeared when he rolled his ankle in Adelaide, but he could still pip Craig Overton to the final bowling slot https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269500/269588.12.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126281.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1126281.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1126281 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The England quick sprained his ankle in his fourth over of the day and was ruled out of the second day of the tour match https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269500/269588.12.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1125718.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1125718.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1125718 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's first-choice seam attack gained miles in the legs and gained exposure to the Australian conditions, but they may be concerned by a couple of dropped chances https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/268000/268010.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1125437.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-england-2017/content/story/1125437.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1125437 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball has earned a white-ball contract but fellow pace bowlers Wood and Steven Finn have both slipped down the pecking order https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265400/265427.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1123137.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1123137.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1123137 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Stokes is currently part of the Ashes squad, but England will have to start making plans for him not being there. That is easier said than done for a world-class allrounder https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/263600/263627.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1122609.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1122609.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1122609 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire are closing in on their seventh victory of the season after maintaining the upper hand against Northamptonshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/267600/267638.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-championship-division-2-2017/content/story/1118445.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-championship-division-2-2017/content/story/1118445.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1118445 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An unbeaten half century from Samit Patel helped Nottinghamshire strengthen their lead at the top of the North Group of the NatWest T20 Blast competition https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/264500/264521.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1116019.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1116019.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1116019 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/266600/266602.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/natwest-t20-blast-2017/content/story/1115125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/natwest-t20-blast-2017/content/story/1115125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1115125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England look set to name an unchanged team for the second Test, but the sight of Chris Woakes and Jake Ball back in training suggested selection could become highly competitive before the end of the summer https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265500/265550.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1110806.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1110806.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1110806 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart Broad is confident of being fit for England's first Test of the summer, against South Africa at Lord's next week, after suffering a heel problem while playing for Nottinghamshire last week https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/264900/264949.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1107705.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1107705.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1107705 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball has been ruled out of the Lord's Test against South Africa with a knee strain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/262700/262748.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1107299.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1107299.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1107299 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball and Stuart Broad are doubtful for the Royal London Cup final on Saturday and that is also bad news for England with the first Test around a week away https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/239800/239841.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1106937.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1106937.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1106937 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England put together a complete performance on a difficult day for cricket in Cardiff to seal passage to the Champions Trophy semi-finals https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/264000/264069.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2017/content/story/1101533.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2017/content/story/1101533.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1101533 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sussex, weakened by injuries, short on experience with bat as well as ball, were likely always to find the going tough here but just how tough may have taken even them by surprise https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/261900/261947.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1093954.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1093954.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1093954 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The majority of England's centrally contracted players have been made available to play for their counties in the early rounds of the Specsavers County Championship https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243500/243513.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1088292.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1088292.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1088292 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball could be forced out of England's Caribbean tour after suffering an injury to his right knee https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/259500/259525.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1084574.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/1084574.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1084574 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The duo put on their seventh century stand in Test cricket as the hosts finished the second day 254 runs behind in the Mumbai Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/256000/256084.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1071605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1071605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1071605 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Anderson will miss England's Test series in Bangladesh next month, having not yet fully recovered from a shoulder injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/247100/247119.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1059566.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1059566.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1059566 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Hildreth produced a courageous century alonsgide his fellow centurion Chris Rogers until a wholesale Somerset collapse frittered away a massive advantage against Nottinghamshire at Taunton https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/252400/252421.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1057942.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1057942.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1057942 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The differing emotions between the two sides told the story: as the Middlesex dressing room reverberated with an exuberant rendition of the team song, Nottinghamshire's players sat looking tired and dejected https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/252100/252123.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1055965.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1055965.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1055965 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire and Middlesex go into the final day of this match with everything at stake https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/252000/252069.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1055571.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1055571.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1055571 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball's hat-trick left Middlesex in a mess after Samit Patel scored 100 to give Nottinghamshire the upper hand after the first day at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/251800/251825.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1054913.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1054913.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1054913 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Willey, the left-arm seamer, has been ruled out of England's ODI series against Pakistan after suffering a hand injury on T20 Blast Finals Day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/250400/250461.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1048993.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1048993.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1048993 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Misbah-ul-Haq's unbeaten century on his first Test in England led his side into a strong position on the opening day at Lord's as they closed on 282 for 6 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/247200/247233.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1034339.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1034339.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1034339 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/247100/247101.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1034125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2016/content/story/1034125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1034125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Varun Chopra could be forgiven for the look of confusion on his face when asked "what's gone wrong?" in his Warwickshire career https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/241000/241057.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1030623.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1030623.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1030623 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:20 GMT Tymal Mills, the Sussex left-arm fast bowler capable of topping 90mph, could earn an England call-up for next month's T20I against Sri Lanka when the limited-overs squads are named on Monday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216700/216743.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1025719.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1025719.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1025719 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT They may have won the Investec Test series with a game to spare, but head coach Trevor Bayliss believes England still have "a long way to go" before they can compete with the best teams in the world https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/244100/244127.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1022217.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1022217.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1022217 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243800/243823.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1019837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nick Compton has admitted he is playing for his future in the final two Tests of the Investec series against Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/231500/231539.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019653.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019653.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1019653 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT One of Chris Woakes or Jake Ball will step into the shoes of Ben Stokes at Chester-le-Street knowing that a huge opportunity is before them https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243800/243817.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1019581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1019581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball has clocked up nearly 600 miles switching from his Test call-up from England to a couple of days county cricket at the Ageas Bowl - and there might not even be a Test debut at the end of it https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243000/243043.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1018277.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1018277.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1018277 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It wasn't quite a 'Malcolm Devon' moment, when in 1989 Ted Dexter, then England's chairman of selectors, got into a muddle over the fast bowler's name, but there was some uncertainty as Trevor Bayliss met England's latest pace bowler, Jake Ball for the fi https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/214600/214693.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1013355.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1013355.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1013355 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jake Ball, England's newest seam-bowling recruit, has been given a vote of confidence by two veteran Test cricketers, Stuart Broad and Kumar Sangakkara https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/242200/242237.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012883.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012883.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1012883 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite much debate, England's first Test squad of the season includes minor tweaks rather than any major overhauls which is a prudent outcome https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/231500/231525.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012827.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012827.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1012827 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Hampshire batsman James Vince and Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball have been handed their maiden Test call-ups https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/234400/234495.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012721.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2016/content/story/1012721.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1012721 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alex Lees scored an unbeaten 91 for the defending champions as Yorkshire reached stumps on 170 for 4 in their first innings, still 91 runs adrift of the home side https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/241500/241567.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1007251.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1007251.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1007251 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Luke Procter and Alviro Petersen put on 61 runs for the third wicket to seal a victory as complete as any that has ushered in a new season at Old Trafford https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/240400/240465.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1000869.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1000869.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1000869 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After the shock of James Taylor's retirement, it was an impressive show of character fro Nottinghamshire to close out victory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/239800/239841.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/997571.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/997571.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-997571 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Arun Harinath and Kumar Sangakkara led the Surrey fightback on the third day of their match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/160200/160203.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/997175.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/997175.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-997175 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 Nottinghamshire's season has been transformed since Peter Moores joined the coaching staff and trust in homegrown pace bowlers has played a large part in that https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/214600/214693.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/912945.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/912945.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-912945 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Five wickets for Harry Gurney - a career-best 5 for 43 in fact - ensured that the magnificent contribution of the two rookie pace bowlers, Luke Wood and Jake Ball, was made to count as Sussex were finished off in 32 overs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/211400/211473.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/883927.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/883927.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-883927 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two days still remain in this match, the weather is at last warming up and batting conditions will become easier, yet you suspect that Nottinghamshire's lead will be enough to break their duck for the season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/214600/214693.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/883737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/883737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-883737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a contest trimmed to 35-overs per side, Somerset batted for only a little over 25 overs as they were soundly thrashed by Nottinghamshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/166800/166859.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/669745.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/669745.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-669745 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jacob Ball, the medium-pacer, who was part of the England Under-19 team at the World Cup earlier this year, has signed a two-year deal with Nottinghamshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nottinghamshire/content/story/481263.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nottinghamshire/content/story/481263.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-481263 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England surged to a series-levelling six-wicket win, overcoming a tenacious Sri Lanka side after four days of hard fought cricket at Scarborough https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/470084.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/470084.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-470084 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After two tense days England edged ahead on the third day of their hard fought tussle against Sri Lanka after three wickets apiece to Jacob Ball and Paul Best restricted Sri Lanka to 171 for 7 at Scarborough https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/469954.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/469954.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-469954 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A 14-man England Under-19 squad has been named for the two Test matches against Sri Lanka later this month with three new players included in the set-up https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/466124.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/466124.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-466124 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT