Matthew Wade out of County Championship due to knee injury
Cricket | March 19, 2020 11:15 ISTThe County Championship, which is scheduled to start from April 12, is expected to get delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The County Championship, which is scheduled to start from April 12, is expected to get delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Stuart Broad, who signed for Notts from Leicestershire in 2008, enjoyed a Testimonial Year in 2019 and was instrumental in trophy successes for his county in 2010, 2013 and 2017.
Cheteshwar Pujara's spell with Gloucestershire is set to be his fourth county stint, following spells at Derbyshire (2014), Yorkshire (2015 and 2018) and Nottinghamshire (2017).
The 39-year-old took on the role prior to the 2016 season and immediately led the club back to Division One after claiming the Division Two title at the first attempt.
Simon Harmer had arguably his most impressive season to date, taking 83 Championship wickets as Essex claimed a second Championship title in three years, as well as captaining the Essex Eagles to a maiden T20 title.
Marnus Labuschagne's fine form for Glamorgan saw him earn a call-up to the Australian Ashes squad, where he scored four successive half-centuries.
Nathan Lyon has played 91 Tests since making his debut for Australia against Sri Lanka in 2011 and has been a consistent performer for the Aussies ever since.
Kyle Abbott had a record-breaking 2019 campaign with Hampshire in which he claimed more than 110 wickets in both red and white-ball cricket.
Ravichandran Ashwin is expected to feature in six of the final seven red-ball matches, Nottinghamshire said in a media release.
Ajinkya Rahane mashed 119 runs off 197 balls for Hampshire in the second innings on Day Three of the match against Nottinghamshire on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Indian will replace South Africa batsman Aiden Markram, who will end his stint with Hampshire at the conclusion of the Royal London One-Day Cup group-stage.
The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma, who will play County cricket.
AB de Villiers will be available for the first seven group games and for the later stages, as well, if the team made it to the knockout stage.
The Tamil Nadu opener endured a poor run in England, making 20, 6, 0 and 0 in the first two Tests and was dropped. Subsequently, he signed up for Essex and scored a ton and three half-centuries.
After six years of denial, the former Pakistan cricketer confessed his involvement in the 2009 spot-fixing scandal which rocked England's County cricket.
BCCI has arranged county games for the Tamil Nadu veteran so that he can remain in contention for the tour of Australia.
Ashwin made a massive impact on and off the field after being signed for the final four Championship matches last summer, helping the county to gain promotion to Division One.
While Kohli will only get one four day game as a warm-up before the Test match, Stewart feels that playing limited overs matches will be of some help though.
The academy has been named as the Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy (TMGA) and will provide young kids an opportunity to learn from master blaster himself and Middlesex Cricket.
But the more important fact‚ for South Africans‚ was that Steyn came through 50 overs of bowling in the match.
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