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The groundsman in charge of producing the pitch for England's upcoming Test match against the ICC's No. 1 Test Team India discusses the challenges posed by the UK's worsening weather.   Cricket has always been a sport at the mercy of the weather. In the 1930s, county cricket clubs in England were headed for financial ruin after a succession of wet summers. Twenty years later, persistent rain saw desperate clubs experiment with blankets, rubber mats and suction machines. During the summer of 2012, three of England’s 13 ODIs were abandoned due to rain, while no result was possible in two of their seven Test matches with West Indies and South Africa, hence why the sport must take notice of the report published by  Climate Coalition .  The document names cricket as the sport that will be hardest hit by climate change in England, stating that "wetter winters and more intense summer downpours are disrupting the game at every level". That was reiterated b

Mike Hesson has announced that he will be stepping down as Blackcaps coach citing family reasons. The 43-year-old, who guided the team to new heights across all three formats, will resign as coach at the end of next month, less than a year out from the ICC World Cup. He made it clear in a statement that he wanted to spend more quality time with his family and said he no longer felt fully committed to the role for another 12 months. "I know what's required over the next 12 months, but if I'm honest, I don't feel I have the capacity to give the job what it deserves," he said. NEWS | Mike Hesson is resigning as BLACKCAPS coach. “I love the team and have great hopes about what they will be able to achieve. I’ll always be a supporter.” 📄🗣| https://t.co/Ku3NveEcpr pic.twitter.com/vJSLK31JZO — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) 7 June 2018 Hesson made the announcement at a press conference on Thursday in Auckland. His resignation would take effect at the end of next

Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has been ruled out of the historic one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Bengaluru on June 14. Saha will miss the Test after failing to recover from a thumb injury he picked during the 2nd qualifier of the Indian Premier League 2018. BCCI has named Dinesh Karthik as Saha's replacement, ahead of Parthiv Patel. Karthik, 33, who last played a Test for India back in 2010, has played 23 Tests, scoring 1000 runs with one century and seven fifties. India squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur