2:21 PM ET England’s World Cup-bound IPL contingent are due back in the coming days, ahead of ODIs against Ireland and Pakistan, while several other members of the squad have been in Royal London Cup action. A week into the 50-over competition, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down. Jason RoyRoy missed
shares Soumya Sarkar drives powerfully © AFP Soumya Sarkar‘s record-breaking unbeaten 208 propelled Abahani Limited to their 20th Dhaka Premier League title on the last day of action in Bangladesh’s domestic season. Thanks to Soumya’s blazing innings, Abahani topped Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club‘s 317 for 9 easily, winning by nine wickets and getting there
11:59 AM ET Hemant Brar in Bengaluru “If I had to single out one player that can make more impact, that would be Marcus Stoinis,” Virat Kohli had said before the start of Australia’s limited-overs tour of India earlier this year. Kohli’s assessment was based on the allrounder’s performance in the Big Bash League in
shares Steven Smith started his latest Royals captaincy stint with a match-winning half-century © BCCI The World Cup and the Australia A tours of England are edging closer, as planning steps up for Australia’s massive next five months. An enormous number of Australians are playing in overseas competitions in the lead up to those
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Check out the very best attempts by crowd members to catch a cricket ball sent sailing over the rope for six. Whether they caught it or not, they deserve top marks for effort! Name your favourite in the comments below! This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all
Sri Lanka pulled off a resounding eight-wicket win in the third One-Day International in Hambantota on 6th June to take 2-1 lead in the five-match series against Zimbabwe. After Hamilton Masakadaza’s fifth ODI century guided Zimbabwe to an imposing 310 for 8 from 50 overs, Sri Lanka rode on centuries from Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka
12:55 PM ET With just a day to go before the Tuesday deadline set by the ICC, West Indies remain the only team yet to announce their squad for the upcoming World Cup. ESPNcricinfo understand Cricket West Indies (CWI) will submit the 15-man squad to the ICC on Tuesday, but will announce the squad only
11:48 AM ET Two Sri Lankan cricketers, Dasun Shanaka and Hasitha Boyagoda, were among the many who narrowly survived the serial blasts that rocked the island on Easter Sunday morning, leaving almost 300 dead and more than 500 injured. It might have unravelled very differently for Shanaka, the 27-year-old international allrounder, had he attended Sunday
12:50 PM ET Danyal Rasool With Pakistan about to leave for England – well before any other World Cup side – coach Mickey Arthur believes his side can go all the way in the tournament. Addressing the media for the final time before their departure, Arthur and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed expressed complete satisfaction in the
1:26 PM ET Jaipur will host four women’s T20 exhibition matches on the sidelines of the IPL playoffs. The round-robin matches will be played on May 6, 8 and 9 before the final on May 11. Unlike last year when two teams, Supernovas and Trailblazers, had contested a one-off exhibition match, this season a third
3:59 AM ET Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh wants fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman to be given enough time to recover from his ankle injury, and not be used too much during the tri-series in Ireland next month. Walsh suggested that given Mustafizur’s habit of picking up small injuries, he should be geared towards his work
4:49 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy has said she understands the reasons for the gender pay gap in cricket but believes the women’s game will continue to push for equal pay. Healy has become one of the stars of the sport after a memorable run of form, that saw her named Player
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Highlights of England’s thumping win over Australia at Lord’s in 2013 which put them 2-0 up in the Ashes Series. Ian Bell and Joe Root scored stunning hundreds while Graeme Swann took nine wickets in the game. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos
Sri Lanka’s national visually impaired cricket squad comprising of 17 multi-talent individuals from all over the Island will be departing to India this week to compete in the 2ndWorld Blind T-20 World Cup Tournament in an attempt to clinch the title as champions.
8:56 AM ET Danyal Rasool With the World Cup so close Pakistan have named their preliminary squad for the tournament, it is striking to hear a cricketer talk about the event as just another competition organised some distance out into the future. But Haris Sohail, named among the 15 who will attempt to win Pakistan’s
2:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Legspinner Shadab Khan has been ruled out of the limited-overs series that Paksitan will play in England in the lead-up to the World Cup. Shadab is ill with a virus, though the exact nature of his illness is not known. A PCB release said “tests revealed a virus that will
Find out more at ecb.co.uk What a sumptuous innings from one of the greats. Younis Khan delivered a masterclass in Test match batting, building a strong base for his innings before accelerating in style. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and
Reliving the epic moment: #MuttiahMuralitharan made history in Galle, becoming the first cricketer to capture 800 wickets in Test cricket on July 22, 2010. #Murali
2:45 AM ET Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been directed to contribute INR 20 lakh (USD 30,000 approx.) each to charity “in order to purge” their “collective indiscretion” on a talk show where they made controversial and offensive comments. The two have already missed five ODIs each as part of a provisional ban pending
Follow the latest from the camp at: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Promoted up the order to opener, Jos Buttler continued his fine form with the bat, striking a quick-fire 61 from 30 balls. The Australian captain responded with an impressive 80 from just 41, but it wasn’t enough to chase down England’s total of 221. This is the
5:52 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England batsman Alex Hales missed Nottinghamshire’s opening Royal London Cup fixture for personal reasons, with the club saying “no timetable has been set for his return”. Hales was named in England’s preliminary World Cup squad earlier this week and has been a consistently destructive force over the last four years
10:39 AM ET After not being considered for the World Cup, India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is likely to play first-class cricket for English county Hampshire. It is understood that Rahane, who is a Grade A contracted player, sought permission from the BCCI this week to play for Hampshire. ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is open
5:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff In a first trans-Tasman cricketing union of its kind, New Zealand and Perth Scorchers allrounder Hayley Jensen has tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Nicola Hancock, the uncapped Melbourne Stars pace-bowling allrounder. The two, who both play for Australian Capital Territory Women in the Women’s National Cricket League, the domestic
shares Hayley Matthews gets down on a knee to send one into the stands © ICC West Indies women have named a fit-again Hayley Matthews and left-arm pace-bowling allrounder Stacy-Ann King in the 14-member squad that will tour Ireland and England in May-June. Offspinner Anisa Mohammed, who was part of the squads that toured
1:26 PM ET Danyal Rasool The excitement surrounding Pakistan’s World Cup squad announcement had been powered by one burning question: would Mohammad Amir, in spite of his numbers, find a way into the 15? With Pakistan blessed with no fewer than eight pace bowlers to choose their World Cup contingent from, competition for places was
2:44 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli agrees that Vijay Shankar offers balance to the Indian batting order, but has not committed to the Tamil Nadu allrounder batting at No. 4. On Monday, after announcing India’s World Cup squad, MSK Prasad, the chairman of selectors, said that Vijay was identified as the No.
5:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Patrick Rousseau, the former president of Cricket West Indies, died on Tuesday in Jamaica. Rousseau, who hailed from Jamaica, was aged 85 and succumbed to a long illness. An attorney-at-law by profession, Rousseau was at the helm of Caribbean cricket between 1996 and 2001. He was seen as one of
4:49 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne, spin-bowling allrounders Milinda Siriwardana and Jeevan Mendis, and legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay have all been picked in Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad, despite not having played an ODI since at least 2017. Not selected, meanwhile, are wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, offspinner Akila Dananjaya, openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Upul
shares Hashim Amla plays a cut © Getty Images After months of speculation around his form, Hashim Amla has been included in South Africa’s 15-person squad for the World Cup in England and Wales. As expected, Faf du Plessis will captain the side, and the squad includes only one specialist wicketkeeper in Quinton de
10:22 AM ET Danyal Rasool Pacer Mohammad Amir, the hero of Pakistan’s previous triumph in an ICC tournament, will not play the World Cup in England as things stand. He was not part of the 15 named by the PCB on Thursday for the showpiece event. Left-arm pacer Usman Shinwari also missed out. Another significant
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