Key occasions
Do drop me a line should you’re twiddling your thumbs, both @tjaldred or tanya.aldred.freelance@guardian.co.uk. What do you count on of the following six video games, with a new-look England (Knight, Brunt and Sciver on the sidelines) and India with out the recuperating Jemimah Rodrigues, and the magnificent Jhulan Goswami on her swansong?
As at The Oval for the lads’s Take a look at, each groups will put on black armbands in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. There shall be a guard of honour made up of youngsters, a minute’s silence, and a rendition of God Save the King. Feeling for any debutants right now – it will need to have been fairly overwhelming for Harry Brook.
Begin delayed until 7.30pm
Not probably the most stunning information of the day. They’ll toss at 7pm and, if no additional rain, the match will stay 20 overs a facet.
Preamble
Good night! It’s been a humid previous day in Durham, however they’re mopping up urgently, so fingers crossed. It was optimistic to plump for The Riverside at 7pm in September to kick off this sequence – blankets and thermoses on the gate?
That is the primary of six autumn matches towards India, the Commonwealth Video games silver medallists who additionally knocked England out of the semi-final. Three T20s (right now, the second T20 at Derby on September 13, and the third at Bristol on Sept 15) adopted by three ODIs (Sept 18, Hove; Sept 21, Canterbury and Sept 24, Lord’s)
Nat Sciver, who was presupposed to be main England with Heather Knight absent after hip surgical procedure, withdrew on Thursday to prioritise her psychological well being. She had earlier additionally stepped away from main Trent Rockets within the Hundred. Amy Jones will lead England as an alternative, whereas Harmanpreet Kaur captains India