shares Jason Holder struck twice in an over © Getty Images Jason Holder looks set to be named as West Indies’ captain for the forthcoming T20I series against England. While Carlos Brathwaite is the regular West Indies T20 captain, selectors are minded to ensure the ODI squad spends more time together ahead of the
Month: February 2019
7:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dominic Sibley will be chasing a fourth century in as many first-class matches when he faces his former club, Surrey, as part of the MCC XI in next month’s Champion County Match in Dubai. Sibley scored 106, 144 not out and 119 in Warwickshire’s last three County Championship Division 2
shares Umar Amin watches on fly off his bat © PSL How the game played out Twin fifties by Umar Amin and Kieron Pollard helped Peshawar Zalmi surge past Multan Sultans’ total of 172 in a seven-wicket win at Dubai. Sultans got off to a red-hot start reaching 65 for 1 in the Powerplay,
shares Neil Wagner rejoices after a wicket © Marty MelvilleAFP/Getty Images It can be back-breaking to bowl one short ball after another, peppered across 16.2 overs on a relatively warm day. But Neil Wagner has made it his life’s calling to bowl at batsmen’s body, intimidate them, bother them and threaten them eventually into
8:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai back to winning ways Mumbai bounced back from their loss to Railways by squeezing home by eight runs against Saurashtra. This was their fifth win in six games, enough to help them finish in the top two and qualify along with Railways, unbeaten after five games, from Group C.
3:00 AM ET England women 208 for 8 (Wyatt 56, Knight 47, Elwiss 33*, Goswami 3-41, Pandey 2-34) beat India women 205 for 8 (Mandhana 66, Raut 56, Brunt 5-28) by two wickets In a tale of two lower-order fightbacks, England prevailed by two wickets to pocket their first championship points on their tour of
shares Tamim Iqbal reached his hundred from 100 balls © Getty Images At some points on the first day in Hamilton, Tamim Iqbal looked downright ugly. He crouched a lot more than he usually does, saw the short ball closely and ducked under it. Or he jumped off the ground, to get the body
7:03 AM ET Australia’s coach Justin Langer has brushed off Glenn Maxwell‘s suggestion he wants to bat higher up the order in the ODI team following his match-winning displays in the Twenty20 series victory over India, pointedly stating that management would “do what’s best for the team” in their penultimate assignment before the World Cup
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Quite possibly the greatest ever player to pick up a bat, exploded onto the scene at the age of just 17. Sachin Tendulkar became the 2nd youngest player to score a Test hundred, and remains 3rd in today’s standings. This is the official channel of the
6:57 PM ET Chris Gayle never was the retiring sort, really. And so much did he enjoy the run-soaked ODI in Grenada that he confessed afterwards he just might be rethinking his decision to retire from the format at the end of the World Cup. Gayle struck 14 sixes in his innings of 162 –
11:02 PM ET Serving a suspension and taking time off to reflect has made KL Rahul more humble, the India opener said on Wednesday. Rahul and Hardik Pandya had been suspended from international duties following controversial remarks on a chat show, before BCCI lifted their suspensions on January 24. “It has humbled me a little
6:33 PM ET Chris Gayle never was the retiring sort, really. And so much did he enjoy the run-soaked ODI in Grenada that he confessed afterwards he just might be rethinking his decision to retire from the format at the end of the World Cup. Gayle struck 14 sixes in his innings of 162 –
Dec 14, 2018 Big Picture With both Bangladesh and West Indies looking to get their preparations into gear for next year’s World Cup, one wonders what context a T20I series holds for them and the fans. What will they do with these three matches? Yet for West Indies, the T20Is offer some hope on an
8:10 PM ET Glenn Maxwell has stressed his desire to bat higher up the order for Australia’s ODI team in the run to this year’s World Cup in England, pointing out that coming in with 15 overs to go in a T20 innings is a world removed from the same scenario in a 50-over match.
shares Jos Buttler swings through a pull © AFP A week after West Indies posted a new world-record of 23 sixes in the first ODI against England, the two sides combined for an incredible onslaught in Grenada – a match-record 46 sixes all told, with England edging the difference with a new innings mark
3:00 AM ET New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh New Zealand captain Kane Williamson decided to field first in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton. The home side, on the back of four consecutive Test series wins, have already released Matt Henry to play in the Plunkett Shield, and
4:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia fast bowler Kane Richardson has been ruled out of the India tour after failing to recover from an injury sustained at training ahead of the T20I series. Western Australia’s Andrew Tye will replace him for the ODI leg of the tour. Richardson is understood to have sustained an injury
Find out more at ecb.co.uk 11.3 overs left. 6 runs behind. 1 wicket away from defeat. With only Anderson and Panesar standing in the way of Australian victory, few gave the duo little chance of preventing a defeat in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff. However Jimmy and Monty had other ideas… This is the
Arrival of the Victorious Test Squad – Sri Lanka Test Squad from South Africa
8:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka fielding coach Steve Rixon has described Kusal Mendis as a batsman who will make people go ‘wow’ the more they see of him. Rixon, who has had coaching stints with New Zealand and Pakistan earlier, was full of praise for the Sri Lankan team for the manner of
3:19 AM ET The New Zealand way is to be humble, not talk big. They are now the No. 2 side in the Test rankings, but it’s difficult to get Kane Williamson to say anything more than “It’s great to have a somewhat settled squad”. They have one of the strongest pace attacks in the
1:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane has asked for more and consistent chances in limited-overs internationals for India. Rahane, India’s vice-captain in Tests, last played an ODI in February 2018, when captain Virat Kohli said the team management was looking at him as a prospective No. 4, but has been out of favour since
3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes West Indies have won the toss and sent England in to bat in the fourth ODI in Grenada. Play is due to start on time in glorious sunshine following Monday’s wash-out at the same ground, which left the series level at 1-1. Ben Stokes is back for England after passing
shares © Getty Images Big Picture A three-nil loss in the ODI series, a mostly rained-out warm-up match, and a line-up that’s missing two of their senior cricketers – it has been a troublesome path to the first Test against New Zealand for Bangladesh. Besides, of late, the home side doesn’t lose a lot
3:00 AM ET Toss Australia opt to field v India With one eye on winning their first bilateral T20I series in India, Australia captain Aaron Finch chose to field against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. India captain Virat Kohli said they would’ve liked to field first as well, and expected the Bengaluru surface to
Jun 25, 2018 Zimbabwe have named a squad sans Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Graeme Cremer, Sean Williams for their upcoming T20 triangular series at home against Australia and Pakistan next month. While Raza will be playing in the Global T20 in Canada, Taylor, Cremer, Williams and Craig Ervine were omitted following an ongoing player-board fracas
shares Nic Pothas and Sanath Jayasuriya have a chat © AFP Sanath Jayasuriya, former captain, World Cup winner and one of Sri Lanka’s most popular personalities, has been slapped with a two-year ban by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for refusing to co-operate with investigations concerning corruption in the island nation. As a result and
shares Duanne Olivier in action for South Africa A © Getty Images Duanne Olivier says he has made “possibly the most difficult decision” he’ll ever have to make, after becoming the latest high-profile South African to turn his back on international cricket. Olivier, who played in last week’s Test series defeat against Sri Lanka
11:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sir Alastair Cook has received his knighthoood for services to cricket, after being dubbed by the Queen during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Cook, 34, retired from Test cricket after scoring a hundred in his final innings at The Oval against India in September 2018, after 161 Test appearances for
Nov 17, 2018 Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the first Test against West Indies, ending speculation about his finger injury. Shakib returned to training earlier this week after a month-long rehabilitation programme, following complications with the injury that he sustained in January this year. IN: Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Nayeem Hasan OUT:
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