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Find out more at ecb.co.uk In 2008, Edgbaston saw one of the most memorable spells of bowling between England’s Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis. The face off between the two legends is considered one of the greatest psychological battles ever in test cricket. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch
Sri Lanka ran out winners of the fourth ODI against South Africa by three runs (DLS) runs in a rain-affected thriller in Pallekele. Chasing a revised target of 191 from 21 overs, the visitors required eight runs from the final over with two wickets in hand but fell just short of a fourth straight victory.
3:00 AM ET New Zealand chose to bat v India Readers from the US can watch the upcoming New Zealand v India series LIVE here, on ESPN+ New Zealand chose to test India in a chase in the first match of the series, which is also the latest trend in New Zealand: in two of
3:41 PM ET Jason Holder has called on his side’s batsmen to show greater consistency in the series against England. Holder, the West Indies captain, feels his batsmen have “shown glimpses” of what is required to achieve more regular success. But he also accepts his team’s batting has “let them down” on occasions and knows
3:00 AM ET Big Picture In case you’ve missed any of the memos from the ECB in recent months, 2019 is a moderately significant year for English cricket. The small matter of a home World Cup, closely followed by the Ashes, offers the sport a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to regain some of the relevance that it
3:46 AM ET Sri Lanka’s bowlers have been urged to believe that they can replicate the success of India’s attack in Australia as they hunt a first Test victory in the country. The Indian bowlers, led by Jasprit Bumrah, were superb as a unit as they secured India’s maiden series victory – 2-1 – in
shares Sarfraz Ahmed is a picture of disappointment as he walks back © AFP Sarfraz Ahmed could be in serious trouble after he was caught on the broadcast stump mics making what seemed to be a racist comment against Andile Phehlukwayo. Halfway through the 37th over of South Africa’s tense chase in the second
8:58 AM ET Taskin Ahmed is in contention for a recall to the ODI side on the back of his recent BPL form, according to ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza. The Bangladesh selectors are likely to announce the squad for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand next month, on Wednesday. Mashrafe also mentioned Sabbir Rahman
4:19 AM ET The local energy company will have extra staff on site at the Gabba during Australia’s day-night Test against Sri Lanka in case of a repeat of the power outage that forced the abandonment of the Big Bash match between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder last week, but officials are confident the problem
11:09 AM ET Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Gautam Gambhir believes that the likes of MS Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan should have been asked to play first-class cricket before joining the Indian team for the ODI series in Australia, so that they could have hit the ground running. He
1:28 PM ET Despite rising to No. 2 in the world rankings, despite winning eight of their nine most recent Tests and despite completing an almost unprecedented clean sweep victory in Asia, there were no England players in the ICC’s Test team of the year.But, rather than see that as a slight, England Test captain
shares Desmond Haynes drives through the covers © Getty Images Ahead of England’s first Test against West Indies in Barbados, ESPNcricinfo asked Desmond Haynes, West Indies legend and Visit Barbados ambassador, to look back on the greatest players in the island’s history, and pick an all-time Barbados Test XI Conrad Hunte (44 Tests, 3245
4:58 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka have named a new-look squad for their tour of South Africa next month, with no less than eight changes being made to the side that bowed out in the group stage of the Women’s World T20 last year. The uncapped duo of Tharika Sewwandi, 18, and Umesha Thimashini,
3:00 AM ET Toss South Africa opted to bowl v Pakistan Hussain Talat shapes to play a short ball AFP / Getty Images South Africa won the toss again, but on this occasion opted to put Pakistan in to bat. Looking to bounce back from the five-wicket defeat in the first ODI, Faf du Plessis said
shares Farhad Reza picked up four wickets for Rangpur Riders © Raton Gomes/BCB Rangpur Riders 183 for 4 (Gayle 55, Hales 55) beat Khulna Titans 181 for 6 (Shanto 48, Wiese 35*, Farhad 4-32) by six wickets How the game played out Rangpur Riders picked up the pace in their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)
4:47 AM ET Pat Cummins and Travis Head have been named joint vice-captains for the two Tests against Sri Lanka, replacing the dropped Mitchell Marsh and injured Josh Hazlewood. Australia went down the route of having two people in the position to support Tim Paine before the tour of the UAE to play Pakistan, but
Jan 20, 2019 Big Picture During Australia’s dominant days of yore, there was an unabashed jostle for the second spot, contemporarily a tussle between New Zealand and India on the brink of a crescendo, with England a cut above. However, unlike the yawning chasm between Australia and the rest early into this century, neither team
4:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India arrive in New Zealand a confident bunch. They’ve just beaten Australia on their home turf. But, perhaps, somewhere the previous bilateral ODI series they played in New Zealand will be at the back of their minds: played five, lost four, tied one. India captain Virat Kohli admitted the team
11:26 AM ET Cricket West Indies (CWI) have requested the ICC insist on a first-class warm-up match ahead of every Test series in the World Test Championship. CWI were disappointed that, despite several requests to the ECB, England declined the invitation to play a first-class game ahead of the Test series in the Caribbean. Instead
12:12 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Vasbert Drakes, the former West Indies allrounder, has been named as one of three assistant coaches for the forthcoming Test series against England by the interim head coach ,Richard Pybus. Drakes, who played 12 Tests and 34 ODIs between 1995 and 2004, was the head coach of West Indies women
9:47 AM ET Liam Brickhill Allrounder Sune Luus has been dropped from South Africa’s ODI and T20 squads to face Sri Lanka next month. Laura Wolvaardt also misses out from the squad that took part in the World T20 two months ago, while Trisha Chetty is yet to recover from injury. Offspinner Raisibe Ntozakhe‘s bowling
3:00 AM ET The big picture The result of the Test series may be as disappointing for Mickey Arthur as it was gratifying for Otis Gibson, but in a World Cup year, it is the limited-overs results that will truly stand out. To that end, South Africa, desperate to finally snap their global tournament jinx,
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Follow England’s 2018 tour of Sri Lanka: https://bit.ly/2pL01Ls It couldn’t have been any closer! After 5 spectacular days of Test cricket, England and Sri Lanka went right down to the wire at Lord’s. The final over of the match was cricket drama at its very best. #SLvENG #testcricket This is the official channel of the
Day 2 Highlights: England tour of Sri Lanka 2018, 3rd Test at SSC
5:01 PM ET Shai Hope has said he considered qualifying to play for England while at school in the country. Hope made his Test debut for West Indies against England at Bridgetown in 2015, aged just 21. But just a couple of years before that, he acknowledged it crossed his mind to go the same
3:19 PM ET England could face some tough selection decisions after a first look at the Kensington Oval surface suggested less help for seamers than was anticipated. Despite much of the talk in recent weeks suggesting the pitches in this series would be full of pace and carry, England have turned up to find a
9:05 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has seen a “number of people” use the 15-day amnesty period for reporting corruption-related conduct in Sri Lanka, according to ACU chief Alex Marshall. With ten days still go to in the amnesty period, during which the ACU hopes to gather evidence with which
10:48 AM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa are wary of a resurgent Pakistan team that cruised to a five-wicket win in the first of five one-day internationals in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. “We know Pakistan is a good one-day outfit,” opener Reeza Hendricks, who contributed 45 to an opening stand of 82 in the first
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