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BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said there is no change in the board’s position on opposing the Decision Review System

Amol Karhadkar20-Aug-2015BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said there is no change in the board’s position on opposing the Decision Review System (DRS).”BCCI’s (technical committee chairman) Anil Kumble and others had gone to the US to look at the system and see if we can improve it further,” Thakur said. “I think there are areas where we can look at and improve it to the next level. If that is possible, the options are never closed.”Kumble, head of the ICC cricket committee, and Geoff Allardice, the ICC general manager, recently travelled to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and discussed the scheduled testing of the performance of all technologies being used in cricket with engineers from the Field Intelligence Lab.The lack of DRS was a major factor during India’s opening Test in Sri Lanka in Galle, with the on-field umpires struggling to judge bat-pad edges on a turning track. Stressing that the India players play a key role in the board’s position on DRS, Thakur said the new BCCI dispensation had decided to stick with the old regime’s stance for now.”It is not about an individual or an association to be against a system. I think we have to see why we don’t have a 100 per cent system, or we have to make (up) our mind that it is not going to be 100 percent.”If you look at the past few months, you will see that we have lost many matches and then we come back and say ‘Oh, we have lost this match, let’s look at the DRS’. I think it is not only when we lose a match (that) we should look at the system but we need to look at the overall feasibility of it, whether it is practical, whether it is close to 100 per cent, whether it will help the decision to be implemented. If that is there, we have never closed our mind to that.”

Following New Zealand’s practice session on Thursday, which was in preparation for the England Twenty20s, Ross Taylor said he was still working on rebuilding his rapport with coach Mike Hesson

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Feb-2013Ross Taylor trained with the New Zealand team in Auckland on Thursday, for the first time since he turned down the Test captaincy and took a break from cricket in early December. Following the practice session, which was in preparation for the England Twenty20s, Taylor said he was still working on rebuilding his rapport with coach Mike Hesson.”The relationship’s a work in progress, but I’ve got friends in the team and I’m looking forward to playing for them, and obviously playing for management and the country as well,” Taylor was quoted as saying by .Taylor had opted out of New Zealand’s tour to South Africa following a contentious captaincy handover to Brendon McCullum, in the lead up to which Hesson had apparently questioned Taylor’s ability to lead the team. However, Taylor maintained that relations between him and McCullum were fine: “I met Brendon this morning, I’m sure we’ll go and meet up over the next couple of days somewhere. I don’t think was anything wrong with our relationship in the first place.”He said he was looking to move on from the controversy as quickly as possible. “I haven’t seen anything untoward [coming from team-mates] towards myself. And I’ve just been acting like my normal self, so I don’t see anything there.”There are probably still people outside of the team that want to stir it up a little bit, but we can’t control that. You’ve just got to get on with it. It is what it is, and I’m sure come Saturday it’ll be all forgotten.”New Zealand will take on England in the first of three T20s on Saturday, and Taylor said he will not refrain from offering McCullum advice on the field: “I did that even when I wasn’t captain, so I don’t see any change in that. Regardless of whether you’re a senior player or a junior player, if you’ve got something to offer the team you’d be stupid not to offer it.”England batsman, Eoin Morgan, however, suggested that the distance between Hesson and Taylor could pose problems. Having witnessed the damaging dressing-room rift which saw Kevin Pietersen excluded from the England set-up last summer, Morgan has first-hand experience of how strained personal relationships can affect a team.”I think I’d find it difficult if I didn’t get along with the coach,” he said. “You spend a lot of time with each other, and your coach is normally someone you seek advice from. For me, it would be crucial to get along with my coach.”A further issue for a New Zealand is how to get the best out of McCullum. Following the T20s, the teams face-off in three ODIs and three Tests and, according to national selection manager Kim Littlejohn, McCullum’s role with the bat could change in that Test series. “There’s every chance McCullum may bat at No. 5,” Littlejohn said. “Mike has some pretty strong views about where he believes Brendon is best suited.”We’ve had some preliminary discussions, nothing is locked and loaded, but it’s definitely under consideration. We do have problems at Nos. 1 and 2, and we’ve got to tidy those up.”New Zealand were handed two innings defeats in the series against South Africa last month, and in those four innings the opening partnership of McCullum and Martin Guptill extended into double digits only once, 48 being their best effort. Since the beginning of 2012, McCullum has opened with Guptill nine times and the pair has crossed a stand of 32 just once – that was a 124-run partnership in a winning effort, but it came against Zimbabwe. In the same period, apart from the innings against Zimbabwe, McCullum has crossed 50 just once as an opener.New Zealand are expected to name their squad for the Test series, which begins on March 6, on February 20.

Wasim Jaffer was proud of having made the semi-final with a team missing so many first-choice players but also felt the toss had an important role to play

Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium05-Jan-2012They arrived to play a knockout match without two star batsmen, a key
allrounder and two premier fast bowlers but in the end, Mumbai found
someone to do the job, as they have throughout the season. Not only were
Mumbai missing Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar, their
remaining two important batsmen, Wasim Jaffer and Suryakumar Yadav, also
failed in the quarter-final. They were 60 for 5 in pursuit of 192 on a
pitch that was still doing something on the second morning.But they found a savior in Kaustubh Pawar, who blunted the MP fast bowlers
for eight hours in his debut first-class season. His 160 off 328
deliveries, and later, Ankeet Chavan’s century, were instrumental in
building a big lead for Mumbai. Jaffer was proud of having made the
semi-final with a team missing so many first-choice players but also felt
that the toss had an important role to play. Mumbai were able to make
first use of a fresh wicket to dismiss MP cheaply after which the pitch
eased out for the remainder of the game.Jaffer rated Pawar’s effort as one of the best he had seen in a knockout
match. “Pawar’s innings was tremendous, especially for someone playing in
his debut season. We were in trouble at the end of the first day having
lost five wickets for 60,” Jaffer said. “But to take a massive lead of 242
from that position is a big achievement. If you look at the side we have,
it is creditable that we have come so far [in the tournament].”Mukesh Sahni, the MP coach, said his batsmen had a lot to learn from Pawar’s
unwavering patience and his ability to put away the risky strokes.Jaffer also praised Chavan, saying that he had performed whenever he had
been given the opportunity. Chavan made his maiden first-class hundred
from No. 9, showing the depth in the Mumbai batting line-up. Sulakshan
Kulkarni, the Mumbai coach, said Chavan played like a specialist batsman.
“I do not treat him as a tail-ender. If you see, he was
playing so straight and was comfortable against both pace and spin.”
Chavan’s act has relegated a steady performer like Iqbal Abdulla to the
sidelines for now but Kulkarni said that competition was always healthy
for a side.Whether they are full-strength or not, Mumbai are always expected to win
the Ranji Trophy. Jaffer said that would always be the case and Mumbai
would have to try hard with whatever players were available. “We cannot
sit back and lament that we are missing so many players. The expectations
will always be there. It is up to us to try our best with the squad we
have.”The way his fringe players have been delivering, Jaffer will not be
overly worried ahead of the semi-final against heavyweights Tamil Nadu.

Playing ODIs in South Africa is a unique challenge. The pitches offer good bounce and aid stroke-play, while the outfields are rarely large or slow, but there is enough seam movement

Sidharth Monga in Durban11-Jan-2011Durban two weeks ago was a big moment for India. They came here battered from Centurion, and in conditions that VVS Laxman described as “some of the most challenging I have encountered in my career”, managed to win only their second Test in South Africa. And it came during series everyone was talking about, the series everyone seemed to be living for. Fittingly, for once, back home in India, it was the Tests that were the end of the world. Now that the ODIs are upon us, on the eve of the first match, it comes almost as a realisation that India have managed to beat South Africa in South Africa in this format only on one more occasion than they have in Tests. And they have made more attempts, 20 one-dayers as opposed to 15 in Tests.Difficult as it may sound, it is time to put that incredible Test series behind, and start focussing on setting this record right too. South Africa, in comparison, have done much better in India, winning nine and losing 13 to the hosts. If other opposition were to be included, they have won more than they have lost in India, which can’t be said of India in South Africa, despite wins against Namibia, Netherlands and Kenya that boost the number a bit.”We did lose all the games [the last time India played a bilateral one-day series in South Africa],” MS Dhoni said. “There’s only one way to go – you can only go up from there. But as I say it’s not about the past. The Test series was very different from 2006, and as we always say, we have a completely different side. We have quite a few youngsters who are into the grooming phase, which means at the end of the day, it’s a win-win situation for Indian cricket.”Playing ODIs in South Africa is a unique challenge in a way. The pitches offer good bounce and aid stroke-play, while the outfields are rarely large or slow, but there is enough seam movement on most occasions to keep the fast bowlers in the game. From afternoon to night, the weather can easily go from summer to winter at most of the venues.”You have to start respecting the bowlers right from the very start,” Dhoni said of the one-day conditions in South Africa. “The white Kookaburra ball does a bit initially, which means if you see the new ball off, the older ball comes on to the bat nicely, which means you can play your strokes. Most of the grounds are not very big.”It’s good to bat during the day time. It does slightly less compared to the evening session. Under lights the ball does a bit more compared to the afternoon session. The toss becomes a bit crucial. But even after winning the toss you have to do the basics right.”India aren’t ideally placed in terms of their squad strength, with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir out as precautionary measure for the World Cup that will follow this five-match series, and Praveen Kumar returning home after injuring his elbow on the eve of the first match. This has been the case with the India team for a while: they haven’t been able to play a full-strength side since the five-match series in New Zealand in early 2009.”It would have been good to feature the main XI,” Dhoni said. “Since last February, we haven’t played the full XI that maybe featured in the first game of the World Cup. But we are risking injury. We have to save quite a few players. We have a fair amount of niggles. We don’t want to miss any of the key players just before the start of the World Cup. Most of them have missed the whole season. I don’t mind them missing one more series as long as they are available right through the World Cup.”We live in an age where every bilateral limited-overs series is becoming more meaningless than the previous one. This one is not too different, in that it draws its entire context from being a preparatory event for the World Cup. Stuck as it is between an awesome Test series and the World Cup, this series will need the best of India, to survive in isolation.

England’s list of wicketkeeping candidates will increase mid-way through February when Craig Kieswetter completes his four-year qualification period

Cricinfo staff07-Feb-2010England’s list of wicketkeeping candidates will increase mid-way through February when Craig Kieswetter, the South Africa-born gloveman who plays for Somerset, completes his four-year qualification period. Kieswetter is expected to earn international honours in the near future, as much on the strength of his batting as his keeping, despite concerns over the number of South Africans in the team.Kieswetter has flown out to UAE this weekend as part of the England Lions squad and becomes eligible for full honours on February 17 – the day he is likely to play against England in Dubai – and it isn’t out of the question that he will be considered for the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies at the end of April.He has made his name on the county scene with a string of destructive one-day batting performances alongside Marcus Trescothick at the top of Somerset’s order and some observers believe he could make it as a specialist batsman. Early on England’s tour of South Africa Graeme Smith said he’d like Kieswetter to return home, but the keeper quickly reiterated his desire to play for England and now hopes talk about his roots will disappear”My four years are now up so this is a massive thing for me and I feel as English as anybody else does and I am just happy that is now out of the way, and hopefully people can now concentrate on talking about my cricket rather than my background,” Kieswetter told the Somerset website. “It has been pretty much a roller coaster for me to have reached this level because I am only 22 years old now.”I am really excited about where I am with my game at the moment and comfortable with a lot of the technical side of things as well as trying to balance technique with flair. Pulling on an England shirt and testing myself against international players will be another challenge for me and it will enable to see where I am at the moment.”Kieswetter was part of the England Performance Programme which spent time in Pretoria before Christmas and worked with Bruce French, England’s wicketkeeping coach, who has played a key role in Matt Prior’s improvement.However, towards the end of the South Africa tour Geoff Miller, the national selectors, made it clear that there would need to be a rethink over the use of players born overseas. Kieswetter played for South Africa at the 2005-06 Under-19 World Cup before committing his future to England through county cricket.”We have got to get to the stage where we are very careful on that [the number of South Africans in the England team], and we will be,” Miller said. “I wouldn’t say he’s the last but we will monitor it. But Craig has passed all the criteria required to be an English cricketer. He has proved his worth, that’s why he’s there.”He has developed his game, he’s a strong character so he fits all the bills from an England point of view. South Africa talked to him and he said ‘I’m English, I want to play for England’.”

Isaac Mohammed, the 17-year-old nephew of Moeen Ali, scores maiden half-century

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay10-Aug-2025Isaac Mohammed evoked the spirit of his uncle, the England allrounder Moeen Ali, with a maiden half-century to get Worcestershire’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign off the ground with victory at Chelmsford.The 17-year-old opener, who only made his first-team debut in the Vitality Blast less than two months ago, played enterprisingly in laying the foundations for Worcestershire’s 60-run win against Essex with 28 balls to spare.Worcestershire’s 340 for 9 was built around four big-hitting half-centuries from top-order batters, who shared 11 of 12 sixes in the innings with Mohammed landing four of them. His 63 from 75 balls was the appetiser before Kashif Ali (80 from 73) and Jake Libby (70 from 63) put on 110 in 17 overs. That preceded Ethan Brookes exploding on to the scene to take the game away from the still winless hosts.Brookes was at the crease for 27 minutes while hammering four sixes and six fours in a 25-ball 56. His stand of 80 with Libby encompassed just six overs.In response, Essex opener Robin Das took his tally to 147 runs in three innings with back-to-back fifties. But while others got in, they just as quickly got out and the target was never seriously threatened. Brookes made sure of that with 3 for 52.It was not all rosy for Worcestershire, though. Rob Jones had declared himself unfit to play earlier in the morning but was named in the XI at the toss in what was later described as an ‘administrative error’. He came out at the fall of the ninth wicket, faced two balls, scored five not out and was not seen again.The visitors recovered from an underwhelming 33 without loss in the 10-over powerplay, to add 117 in 15 overs between the halfway mark and the 40th over before six wickets went down in the last half-dozen overs as they chased late runs.Worcestershire’s openers put on 60 before Nick Browne snaffled a leading-edge skier in the covers to dismiss Brett D’Oliveira.Mohammed, meanwhile, had looked in trouble early on as Shane Snater benefited from the extra grass left on the wicket to gain lift and carry that had the youngster groping outside off-stump. It did not last long as the left-hander took control and reached his maiden half-century in 67 balls. His four sixes were equally distributed between long-off and square leg.He departed when he misjudged a ball of fuller length from Tom Westley that beat his tentative forward prod and rapped him on the pad.Kashif and Libby’s second successive century stand was less thrilling than Mohammed’s innings, but with lots of nudging and nurdling they kept the scoreboard ticking along.Kashif reached his fifty by punching Luc Benkenstein through the covers. However, he had earlier been hit on his right hip, and when he reached 58, called for the aid of a runner. Re-enter Mohammed. Despite his mobility being severely restricted, Kashif still managed to launch his next ball over midwicket for six. His evident discomfort was ended, though, when he lofted Benkenstein to long leg.Brookes was a whirlwind of hyper-activity with four sixes in his 23-minute fifty, reached with a delicate leg glance for his fifth four. He departed at 297 for 4 when caught at short third. The late wickets were largely self-inflicted.Ben Allison ended his former team-mates’ opening stand of 71 when Matt Critchley stepped aside to give himself room and was bowled. Das reached fifty from 49 balls but next ball was caught just inside the midwicket boundary.Charlie Allison dug in for a 46-run stand with Westley before he was bowled off his pads by Fateh Singh and Benkenstein’s belligerent 23 from 17 balls was ended when he drove D’Oliveira to extra cover.Westley also fell stepping away from his wicket against Singh for 43; Simon Fernandes chipped to short midwicket and Noah Thain was caught-and-bowled by Brookes as Essex’s reply spluttered and died.

Controversy flares between the two sides yet again as Sri Lanka celebrate series win with players pointing to their watches

Mohammad Isam09-Mar-2024Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has asked Sri Lanka to move on from the timed-out incident at the 2023 World Cup. Shanto’s comments came after Sri Lanka’s win in the third T20I in Sylhet, where the visitors had sealed the series 2-1 and, while celebrating with the trophy, made a collective gesture – players pointing to their watches – that originates from that incident. Later, Sri Lanka’s assistant coach Naveed Nawaz played things down, saying players from both sides are “very friendly outside the boundary line”.Angelo Mathews, who became the first player ever timed out in international cricket during the World Cup after an appeal from Shakib Al Hasan, was the first to use the pointing-at-watch gesture in question. Mathews did it later in that same World Cup game, when he dismissed Shakib. After the game, Mathews had roundly criticised Shakib for his decision to appeal.Shoriful Islam brought back the gesture in the first T20I of this series, on March 3, after he took Sri Lanka’s first wicket.Related

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Today, the Sri Lanka fielders took aim at Towhid Hridoy after his dismissal; he was bowled by a peach from Nuwan Thushara to leave Bangladesh 15 for 3 and, as he walked off, someone in the Sri Lanka huddle said something to him leading to an angry exchange. Hridoy had to be dragged away by umpire Tanvir Islam, the type of scene not wholly uncommon at a Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka game in recent times as a feisty rivalry has developed.Asked if he would like to tone down the rivalry from his end, Shanto said: “It is not about aggressive handling or anything like that. They showed the timed-out gesture, right? They haven’t moved on from the timed-out incident.”I think they should get out of it. They should stay in the present. We were within the rules [with the timed out dismissal]. They are in a frenzy about it. I am not too worried about it.”Shoriful Islam had revived the time-out celebration second ball of this series, while celebrating Avishka Fernando’s wicket•AFP/Getty Images

Kusal Mendis, who made a career-high 86 in the match, also had to field questions on the topic. Speaking about his side’s celebrations, Kusal said: “Someone was doing the timed-out celebrations. I don’t know why. We can celebrate our own things. I think we celebrated because we are happy.”When there were more questions on the same lines, Nawaz took over. “I think we have moved on from that [timed-out incident]. I think it was a celebration which was misunderstood at that time. It was during the heat of the game. Both teams should forget about it.”Nawaz said that the two teams get along fine off the field. “I think both teams play really hard. The atmosphere is really nice. They all give their 100%. Sometimes emotions come into the middle. The players are all very friendly outside the boundary line. They fight really hard once they are inside the ground.”I think that’s what the game is all about. As long as you maintain discipline in the middle and play really hard, and then cross the boundary line and be good to each other, that’s what both teams are expected to do.”Asked whether Sri Lanka felt vindicated winning the series following the controversial overturning of Soumya Sarkar’s dismissal in the previous game which Bangladesh won, Mendis said that wasn’t the case. “I think the umpire made a mistake. Everyone can make a mistake. Our team isn’t thinking about it too much. It is part of the game.”

His 6 for 49 hands Essex a 47-run win as Jack White’s six-for goes in vain

ECB Reporters Network29-Sep-2022Simon Harmer claimed six wickets for 49 to spin Essex to a 47-run victory over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road and finish as leading wicket-taker in this year’s LV= County Championship Division One.Harmer extracted prodigious turn to run through Northamptonshire’s middle and lower order after Sam Cook set up the win with three wickets in two overs to shatter Northamptonshire’s hopes of chasing 211.A breezy 30 from Ricardo Vascconcelos boosted the hopes of the home fans before six wickets fell for 29 runs. Despite a belligerent 39 from Gareth Berg, Northamptonshire’s highest individual score in the match, the hosts were bowled out for 163, meaning they finish in sixth place in the Championship – their highest in 27 years.Harmer finished with 58 wickets for the season, one ahead of Kyle Abbott of Hampshire while Cook passed 50 for the season at an average of just 16.1.The result meant Jack White’s career-best bowling figures were in vain. White took 6 for 38 to skittle Essex for 110 as the visitors lost their last five wickets for 47 runs in the morning session and set up a tantalising run chase.Essex had resumed on 63 for 5 in the morning, in perfect overcast bowling conditions with White taking full advantage and obtaining plenty of movement outside off-stump.He struck early when Michael Pepper edged a low catch to Emilio Gay at second slip and Gay was in action again when Harmer (16), who had played a few lusty blows, played a wild slash and edged White into the cordon.White claimed his second career five-fer when he trapped Shane Snater lbw and then recorded his best figures when the ball flew once more to Gay who took a tumbling catch to dismiss Matt Critchley (20). White’s figures eclipsed his previous best of 5 for 14 achieved against Lancashire in July. Tom Taylor then wrapped things up when he nipped in to claim the wicket of Cook.In the run chase, Snater and Cook bowled a probing spell with the new ball before lunch, making an early breakthrough when Gay prodded at one outside off-stump from Snater and edged behind.Vasconcelos got off the mark with a streaky four down to third but found the boundary off consecutive balls from Snater in the over before lunch including a glorious drive through the covers.Northamptonshire began the afternoon session with a flurry of boundaries with Vasconcelos crunching the ball through extra cover and finding the ropes three times in one expensive over from Cook.Will Young was soon into his work and greeted Harmer by hitting him over his head for another boundary. Harmer had his revenge later in the over though when he got one to turn sharply out of the rough. Young shaped to pad it up only for the ball to spin past his legs and smash into leg stump.That wicket sparked a Steelbacks collapse. Vasconcelos attempted to pull Cook but the ball did not bounce as much as he expected and hit the top of his off-stump. Rob Keogh left Cook’s next delivery which nipped back and trapped him lbw. Northamptonshire had lost three wickets in four balls.Wickets continued to fall with Cook striking again in his next over when Luke Procter edged behind to leave Northamptonshire’s hopes in tatters.James Sales was the next to go, adjudged lbw to Harmer to a ball which looked like it would have gone over the stumps. Saif Zaib struck three boundaries before he was next to go, leaving a ball from Harmer which spun back and hit the stumps with the Steelbacks reeling on 93 for 7.Berg took the offensive approach, clubbing Harmer through the covers for two boundaries and hitting a six all off one over and he continued to take the attack to the spinner as he was joined in a partnership of 49 with Taylor who also looked to be positive during his 26. Taylor eventually departed after coming down the wicket to Harmer and giving Nick Browne an easy catch at short-leg.Berg then fell in similar fashion with Browne taking an excellent diving catch before White was the last batter to go, trapped lbw by Harmer.

The 19-year-old Trinidad & Tobago quick could make his Test debut despite having played just one first-class match

Sruthi Ravindranath09-Jun-2021Jayden Seales has played just one first-class match, but the 19-year-old quick has impressed the West Indies selectors enough to be drafted into the 13-man shortlist for the first Test against South Africa. It’s already “a dream come true” for Seales, and he is hoping for more.”Firstly, it’s a dream come true being in the set-up. Being in the final 13 obviously was a goal of mine,” he said in a press interaction. “Just a matter of me now hoping that I get to play the first Test match and do my best for the team.”The Trinidad & Tobago bowler made his first-class debut last December, turning out for West Indies A in New Zealand, where he picked up one wicket.Related

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More recently, he took 4 for 40 playing for Team Hamilton in a four-day intra-squad game against Team Blackwood. He had also picked three wickets in the first innings during an intra-squad tour match ahead of the series against Sri Lanka in March.In all, he has played only ten games at the senior level across formats.”I didn’t play much first-class cricket but I think being in the set-up and training with the team from New Zealand to now I think I’ve put in a lot of hard work and my body is ready,” he said. “Now I’ve to go out there and perform for the team.”As far as chief selector Roger Harper is concerned, the lack of experience at the senior level should not be a hindrance for Seales.”I saw a young bowler perform in games where Test players and the best of our best of our regional first-class players were playing and he performed exceedingly well,” Harper said. “Better than a number of players who have been playing first-class cricket for a number of years. The thing is the match wasn’t classified as first-class match but those were played by the best of our first-class players.”I would like to think that if he can perform well in those games against those players, he has the potential to transfer that onto the Test scene.”Seales had attracted attention at the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa last year, taking ten wickets in six matches with an average of 18.30 and an economy rate of 3.89. That helped him secure a CPL deal with the Trinbago Knight Riders for the 2020 season, and he picked up eight wickets in six matches then. He has been retained by the franchise for the new season, and while he isn’t looking for idols he is learning from watching his team-mates closely.”Honestly, I never really try to adapt from any other bowlers,” he said. “It just came naturally. I’ve been told I have an action similar to [Kagiso] Rabada. In terms of internationals, I look at old West Indian bowlers and now in the set-up I look at Jason [Holder], Roachy [Kemar Roach] and Shannon [Gabriel] closely. I try to hear as much from them, learn as much from them and take it under my game.”With Gabriel missing out on selection because of an injury, Seales is happy to take his cues from Roach. “There has been no conversation whether I would take the new ball,” he said. “For me, if selected, if given a new ball, follow Roachy. If Roachy is bowling good areas it’s just my job to do the same and try and get the early wicket for the team.”

Allrounder says he “wants to be part” of next winter’s Test tour of India

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Feb-2020Moeen Ali has restated his desire to return to Test cricket in the future, saying he has “huge ambitions” to prove himself in the format. Moeen did not make himself available for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka but said he was keen to be involved in next winter’s five-match World Test Championship trip to India.Moeen’s last Test appearance was in August, for the opening encounter of the 2019 Ashes. He subsequently took time away from the game to deal with burnout, making his England return in the third ODI against South Africa last week.He was named Player of the Match in Durban on Friday as England levelled the T20I series, and spoke afterwards about his plans for a Test return.ALSO READ: Tom Curran holds nerve as England level series“I do want to be part of that [tour to India] for sure,” Moeen told the BBC. “I still have huge ambitions for Test cricket. It is still the best form of the game and the hardest. I want prove to myself and to other people that I am not a bad Test player.”England play two Tests in Sri Lanka in March, before taking on West Indies and Pakistan during their home summer.Moeen, who lost his central contract in October but could have been obliged by the ECB to make himself available for Sri Lanka as part of his white-ball deal, will next head to the Pakistan Super League, where he has been signed by Multan Sultans.”I am going to give myself a bit more time,” he said of his break from Test cricket. “I want to make sure when I come back I am ready and fresh.”I want to keep enjoying my cricket and get that hunger back because I feel I lost that completely. I had no interest in my batting and bowling and when you are in that situation there is no point playing.”I definitely feel like I am getting there and not far [away]. I want to give myself extra time and know when I come back I will have to fight for my place.”Moeen played once during the ODI series against South Africa, taking 1 for 41 and then hitting the winning runs in Johannesburg. He showed signs of getting back to his free-scoring best in the second T20I, cracking a whirlwind 39 off 11 balls to fire England to a score they narrowly managed to defend in a dramatic final-over finish.”It was amazing to contribute and finally feel like I am back for England,” he said. “I will not take it for granted.”