ICC trying to trace ‘fixer’ Munawar’s whereabouts

: Trying to figure out the “true identity” of alleged match-fixer Aneel Munawar, the ICC has hired a betting analysis company to investigate his claims of having fixed Test sessions in a recent TV sting operation. “Based on what we already know, we have engaged the services of an independent betting analysis company to examine the claims made about particular matches,” the ICC said in a statement.

India’s bowling image has transformed from spin to pace to an extent that coach Ravi Shastri believes the current bunch is their best ever.

It will not be easy for the Ageas Bowl groundsman to leave grass on the pitch for the fourth Test against England starting on Thursday because the shaky home batsmen can also be caught out.

India paceman Mohammed Shami has been the lynchpin of the attack. In the South Africa Test series in January, Jasprit Bumrah made a sensational debut and took 14 wickets, but Shami was the most successful (15 scalps).

As the visitors look to continue their comeback after the huge third Test win at Trent Bridge, confidence in pace is such that Shami is happy to contemplate India fielding four specialist pacers. Shami has bowled the most among the pacers (83.4 – 8 wkts). He is next only to R Ashwin (87.5 – 8) while Ishant Sharma is third-most worked (81 – 11).

Virat Kohli will lead in his

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