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England's Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. The 34-year-old paceman reaches the milestone when he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite on the final day of the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford. Broad made his Test debut in 2007, now has joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs of 500 Test wickets. He made the history in his 140th Test match.  He is the second Englishman to reach the milestone, after James Anderson. Broad has also been a useful tailender batsman and has scored over 3,000 Test runs, including a century and 13 half-centuries.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir will join the national squad for the upcoming tour to England. The 28-year-old had previously made himself unavailable for the series in oder to be with his wife for the birth of their second daughter. Much like others, the left-arm seamer will have to be tested negative twice for COVID-19 before traveling to England. If cleared, Amir will feature in the three T20 Internationals against England, starting August 28 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Pakistan is scheduled to play three Tests and three T20s during the tour. The three-Test match series gets underway on 5 August at Old Trafford. Eng vs Pak Test series 1st Test: Emirates Old Trafford, August 5-9 2nd Test: The Ageas Bowl, August 13-17 3rd Test: The Ageas Bowl, August 21-25 Eng vs Pak T20I series 1st T20I: Emirates Old Trafford, August 28 2nd T20I: Emirates Old Trafford, August 30 3rd T20I, Emirates Old Trafford, September 1

Cricket Australia have named the preliminary 26-man squad to tour of England in September for a three-match ODI and T20 series. Uncapped trio Daniel Sams, Riley Meredith and Josh Philippe are some of the prominent names in the squad for a potential late summer tour. The left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis have been included in the limited-overs squad despite dropped from the list of nationally contracted players in the winter. The 5-time World Cup champions were initially scheduled to tour England for three one-day internationals and three T20Is in July but the series was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Australia’s squad : Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Michael Neser, Josh Philippe, Daniel Sams, D’Arcy Short, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andr

New Zealand Cricket has refused to host the Indian Premier League Twenty20 mega-rich tournament in the midst of speculation the competition could be played here. Earlier it was reported that an unnamed Indian cricket official saying New Zealand is the latest nation after UAE and Sri Lanka which has offered to host the billion-dollar league in case the tournament can't be held in India because of a surge in the coronavirus cases. The competition has been postponed indefinitely although the BCCI is hopeful of playing it from the end of October. "Staging the event in India has to be the first choice but in case it is not safe to have it, then we will look at the overseas options. After UAE and Sri Lanka, New Zealand has also offered to host the IPL," a senior BCCI official told the newspaper. "We will sit down with all stakeholders (broadcaster, teams, etc) and take a call. The safety of the players is paramount. There will be no compromise on that". India is the

Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has signed a two-year deal with the Warwickshire County Cricket Club that will keep him at Edgbaston until the end of the 2022 season. Bresnan, 35, enjoyed a 19-year career at Yorkshire and helped the White Rose that won back-to-back County Championships in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The veteran all-rounder is all set to join the Bears and will spend the rest of the 2020 county campaign on loan, subject to the England and Wales Cricket Board clearance. ⚡ T I M B R E S N A N ⚡️ Welcome to the Bears, @timbresnan ! 🐻 #YouBears #WelcomeBrez pic.twitter.com/8NzPavHE6S — Warwickshire CCC 🏏 (@WarwickshireCCC) June 30, 2020 Bresnan played 142 games for England in all formats, impressing during the 2010/11 Ashes series victory in Australia. The 2020 county season gets underway on August 1.