shares Trent Boult exults after picking up a wicket © Getty Images There had been little evidence of it during the first three ODIs, but swing made a belated appearance in the fourth ODI in Hamilton. It’s a rare sight in white-ball cricket – so much so that a struggling Tim Southee finds himself
Month: January 2019
10:48 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who stood in the famous tied Test in Chennai between India and Australia in 1986, has died aged 85 on Wednesday. He officiated in six Tests and eight ODIs from 1982 to 1988. Dotiwalla, who made his umpiring debut in the India-England Test in Kanpur in
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England Lions 125 for 9 (Duckett 70*, D Chahar 3-25, R Chahar 3-43) beat India A 121 (Lad 36, J Overton 3-24, Bailey 2-23) by one wicket In what was a grand-stand finish to the five-match one-day series, Ben Duckett‘s unbeaten 70 steered England Lions past the 122-run target with
3:00 AM ET West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl in the second Test against England in Antigua. Morning showers have cleared for the match to start on time on a green-looking pitch. Joe Denly will make his debut at the age of 32, replacing opener Keaton Jennings, who was omitted after a
3:00 AM ET Big Picture A new Test ground – Australia’s 11th and the second to host its first match this season – brings the international summer to a close with the home side aiming to secure a 2-0 victory and finish a difficult campaign on a high. Sri Lanka, while still clinging to that
8:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South African allrounder Ryan McLaren, 35, announced Thursday that he is retiring from first-class cricket. McLaren posted a screengrab on Twitter where he said it was the “right time” and that it was “time for some white ball fun.” “I have learned from many to know when it’s the right
shares Shadab Khan takes a screamer © AFP Big picture Pakistan came to South Africa and lost the Test series, as they were fully expected to. With South Africa nine rating points ahead in the ODI standings and Pakistan coming off a dismal year in the 50-over format, the hosts’ series 3-2 victory didn’t
3:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Melbourne Renegades legspinner Cameron Boyce believes he could do a job for Australia at the World Cup despite having never played ODIs. Boyce, 29, played seven T20Is between 2014 and 2016, and took eight wickets at an economy rate of 6.60 and a strike rate of 17.2. Boyce has had
3:00 AM ET New Zealand chose to field v India Readers from the US can watch the New Zealand v India series LIVE here, on ESPN+ Pretty close to the World Cup, New Zealand showed they were not fixed on the idea of Colin Munro opening the innings. After they won the toss and decided
shares Joe Denly walks back to his mark during net practice in Barbados © Getty Images England captain Joe Root has challenged batsman Joe Denly to seize the moment after being named to make his debut in the second Test against West Indies in place of axed opener Keaton Jennings. Root confirmed Denly would
2:54 AM ET A 13-member West Indies women’s squad led by Merissa Aguilleira with a support staff comprising eight members landed in Karachi on Wednesday for the first visit to Pakistan by a non-Asian women’s team in 15 years. West Indies women are scheduled to play three T20Is in Karachi and the series is being
10:46 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff If Sri Lanka didn’t have enough problems to deal with concerns emerged over the fitness of Suranga Lakmal, their leading seam bowler, on the eve of the second Test in Canberra with him suffering from a stiff back. Already stripped of three pace bowlers originally in the squad – Nuwan
2:01 AM ET Good sporting teams, it is said, know how to respond to defeat. Great ones, however, become masters of maintaining their hunger and rage in the aftermath of victory. Australia’s national team right now is a long way from becoming a great or even a good team, and their sole experience of playing
Chris Tremain led a stunning display with the ball that saw the Renegades rip through Perth for 79 at Optus Stadium
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Day 4 Highlights: England tour of Sri Lanka 2018, 3rd Test at SSC
12:57 PM ET At the age of 32 years and 321 days, Joe Denly is set to join a select band of England cricketers to have made their Test debut after their 30th birthday. ESPNcricinfo recalls the fate of the last seven men to have earned such late recognition. Mark Stoneman (30 and 52 days)
3:09 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has urged his players to focus on the job at hand ahead of the pivotal second Test against England in Antigua. After his side’s demolition job in Barbados, West Indies only need to win one of the next two matches to seal a rare
11:44 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket has curtailed coach Chandika Hathurusingha‘s role in team selection, removing him from his position of selector-on-tour effective immediately. Selecting the XI on tour will now be undertaken by the team manager and captain in consultation with the national selection committee. “The team on tour shall be made
8:14 AM ET Being part of Australia’s Test squad this season has been a double-edged sword for Peter Siddle, putting him closer to adding to his 64 caps but also limiting his time actually playing. Siddle’s appearance for Adelaide Strikers in their heavy defeat against Sydney Sixers at the SCG was just his seventh outing
11:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid has been granted permission to fly home from England’s tour of the Caribbean to attend the birth of his second child. Rashid was left out of a 12-man squad for the second Test in Antigua, and will instead return to the UK later this week. Rashid has played
shares Play 01:40 Miller: Challenge for West Indies is to back up first Test win Big Picture It’s happening again, you know. England’s impressively woeful record in the Caribbean is in serious danger of another four-year extension, after one of the most outstanding team performances ever put together in West Indies’ long and illustrious
7:27 AM ET Having had their bowling stocks severely depleted over the past two weeks, Sri Lanka are hoping for a batting-friendly pitch in Canberra. Or at least bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake is. The visitors had arrived in Australia with their five best fast bowlers in the squad. However, three quicks have now been sent
3:00 AM ET Toss South Africa opt to field v Pakistan At the ground South Africa have enjoyed more ODI success at than any other, Faf du Plessis won the toss and put Pakistan in to bat. In the fifth match of a series tied 2-2, the home captain felt the wicket might flatten out
shares Daniel Hughes’ unbeaten 66 took Sixers to their first BBL win of the season © Getty Images Sydney Sixers 2 for 130 (Henriques 61*, Hughes 51*) beat Adelaide Strikers 8 for 124 (Lehmann 46, Dwarshuis 3-7) by eight wickets Set up by outstanding bowling from left-arm quick Ben Dwarshuis, Sydney Sixers booked their
10:56 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Northern Districts allrounder Daryl Mitchell and Central Districts fast bowler Blair Tickner have received maiden call-ups to New Zealand’s squad for the three T20s against India. While Mitchell is in for the full series, Tickner will come in for the third T20, in place of fellow quick Lockie Ferguson, whose
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Never mind the 2007 World Cup, India have been a very good ODI side pretty consistently since the 2003 World Cup. Yet, there is a headiness now that can be compared to the dominant Australians of the 1990s and 2000s, which could pitch an Australia A side in an international
11:47 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Thisara Perera has raised questions about the ODI team’s leadership with Sri Lanka Cricket in the aftermath of a social media beef between him and captain Lasith Malinga’s wife. He has also described the team as “a laughing stock to the whole country” because of the exchanges unfolding on
1:45 AM ET Among the 11 Australian cricketers hoping to make an advance booking on their spot in the Ashes touring party with a striking performance against Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval this week, no-one will be striving more fervently to place vivid memories in the mind of the coach Justin Langer than Mitchell Starc.
The second trailer for the new CA Productions documentary ‘2 Nations, 1 Obsession’ showcases the talent and narrative in the second of the two-part Peter Dickson-led series
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