Smith made a big play for the role last season but it remains uncertain if he’ll do it against India
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Chohan’s birthday five-for leaves Yorkshire feeling 22
Legspinner takes 5 for 14 to bowl Durham out for 107 and keep quarter-final hopes alive
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Heather Knight: Freya Kemp still in Ashes frame despite withdrawal from SA tour
Management cautious about allrounder’s workload but hopeful she’ll be fit come January
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Groin injury rules Ngidi out of action till January
Temba Bavuma, meanwhile, is making positive progress in his recovery from a left elbow injury and will undergo a fitness test on November 18
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‘Just do it’ – Brook to trust his instincts on England captaincy debut
Brook came in for criticism during a relatively lean Test series against Sri Lanka but he has gas left in the tank after a long season
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Ian Holland century propels Leicestershire on rain-shortened day
Rehan and Patel offer support as Gloucestershire chip away with seven wickets
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Flintoff to fill in for Trescothick ahead of England’s third Test against Sri Lanka
Trescothick will have a few days off after the second Test before linking up with his white-ball squad ahead of the first Australia T20I
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Rohit: ‘We didn’t play enough sweeps, reverse sweeps, or paddle sweeps’
He says India had to try and dominate the spinners given the conditions and that Sri Lanka kept them under pressure through the series
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Stone, Hull grab three wickets each as England gain 62-run first-innings lead
Three batters went past fifty for Sri Lanka, but they lost 5 for 43 in a lower-order collapse