That’s it from me this evening. England slip to a 2-0 defeat and have it all to do to get something out of this series. We’ll be back to OBO the third game on Saturday, Tim de Lisle will be your scribe for that one.
Simon’s report has landed over the wires from Grenada:
I’ll be back on the tools over the weekend to bring you the latest from the women’s Test match between India and England in Mumbai. Thanks for tuning in, goodbye!
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Before I pop off, you should definitely give Taha’s excellent interview with Shoaib Bashir a read. Bashir is the surprise spin pick in the England Test squad to face India early next year, there are some lovely lines in this from the young spinner.
When England’s Test head coach, Brendon McCullum, broke the news of Bashir’s selection to him over the phone, tears followed, as did an embrace with his uncle. “I actually ran into his room and hugged him, and he was like, ‘Why are you hugging me?’, and I was crying at the time and he was like, ‘Why are you crying?’. He sort of panicked and I told him. I’ve never seen him cry and let emotions out like he did and that made our whole family quite emotional.”
His uncle, Saj, has been the primary influence from early on, explains Bashir, who grew up in Woking. “He would take me when I was in my nappies with my brother and we would just sit and watch him play at a club called Guildford City, where he was wicketkeeper-batsman. He told me that I’m living his dream by playing cricket because he didn’t really have the support behind him. He dedicated his whole life to me. So to see me do well was his dream and I’m living his dream at the moment.”
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