12:47 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket is likely to completely overhaul the national team’s coaching staff following the side’s upcoming home ODIs against Bangladesh. The move, which had been mooted for some time, was all but confirmed after local media reported that Sri Lanka’s sports minister had demanded the resignation of all members
Month: July 2019
7:00 AM ET Danyal Rasool In what may yet be the first of several departures in the PCB’s coaching and management set-up, Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to leave his post of chief selector once his contract ends at the end of this month. Addressing the media at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Inzamam said he would
5:31 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has said that redemption “is not a word I’ll ever use”, in the wake of his starring role in England’s triumph in the World Cup final against New Zealand on Sunday. Stokes was named Player of the Match in the final at Lord’s, after guiding England’s run-chase with
3:00 AM ET England Lions 267 and 267 for 5 (Curran 56*, Hain 53* Neser 3-38) drew with Australia XI 397 and 252 for 8 dec (Harris 50, Leach 5-109) Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine got his gloves warm with four catches as the tourists’ push for a victory over the England Lions was stymied
8:59 AM ET For all that Inzamam-ul-Haq may have achieved during his stint as chief selector, there is one decision most persistently brought up. In the autumn of 2017, with Pakistan wrapping up a routine clean sweep over Sri Lanka in the UAE, 21-year old Imam-ul-Haq was brought into the side. He opened the batting,
9:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Roy is set to make his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s next week, mere days after playing his part in England’s World Cup final victory over New Zealand. However, Jofra Archer‘s hotly anticipated Test debut will be deferred at least until the Ashes next month, after he was
10:24 AM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Concussion substitutes are likely to be introduced to international cricket in time for the men’s Ashes Test series next month. The issue is on the agenda at the ICC annual conference, currently being held in London, and ESPNcricinfo understands the changes to
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Challenge 4 is on. Watch as Moeen Ali and Tom Curran take each other on in an hilarious plank off challenge! Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting
Jul 15, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff India A 295 for 6 (Pandey 100, Gill 77, Cornwall 2-37) beat West Indies A 147 (Paul 34, Krunal 5-25) by 148 runs Three days before the selectors meet to pick India’s senior squad for the Caribbean tour, Manish Pandey, the A team captain, made a statement with an 86-ball
10:29 AM ET Matt Roller at Lord’s It threatened to be the incident that defined his tenure as England’s director of cricket, but Andrew Strauss has said that he knew almost immediately that Ben Stokes’ brawl outside a Bristol nightclub would turn out to be a good thing for him. Strauss was tasked with dealing
Jul 15, 2019 Valkerie Baynes Georgia Elwiss is determined to mark her international return by helping England make a “special” comeback of their own when they face Australia in this week’s Test with the Women’s Ashes on the line. Elwiss, the 28-year-old allrounder who has played the past two WBBL seasons with Melbourne Stars, was
2:49 PM ET So the domestic structure is being revamped again? Imagine my surprise! Well, yes, but this one might be different? Historically, the PCB has been revamping its domestic circuit every other year. The format of the first-class tournament has been tweaked with regions and departments playing separately one season and together another, like
7:56 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s It was a contest that could not be separated by runs scored, in regulation play nor during the Super Over, but were England inadvertently awarded one run too many during the chaotic scenes of Trent Boult’s final over to Ben Stokes? In what was later pinpointed by New
10:51 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Andrew Strauss has said that the ball is in Eoin Morgan‘s court as to whether he stays on as England’s white-ball captain after leading them to a maiden World Cup triumph. Morgan is unlikely to stay on until the 2023 World
3:00 AM ET Australian XI 397 and 223 for 6 (Harris 50, Leach 3-91) lead England Lions 267 (Tremain 4-70, Bird 3-51) by 353 runs Nothing, it seemed, was capable of stopping Matthew Wade‘s march to a place in Australia’s squad for the Ashes series against England next month. For even if selectors had doubts
9:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff “Yeah, in a heartbeat,” Kane Williamson said when asked if he’d swap his Player of the Series trophy for one extra run at the end of the greatest World Cup final in history. He might have to keep that line handy again as the ICC announced another individual milestone for
5:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI has called for applications for the entire roster of support staff for the India senior men’s cricket team, which ended its World Cup 2019 campaign with a semi-final defeat to New Zealand. The contracts of the coaching staff, led by head coach Ravi Shastri, run up to the
7:12 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Lord’s will transform from a smattering of egg-and-bacon into a sea of red on the second day of the second Ashes Test – on August 15 – in a show of support for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, set up this year
7:38 AM ET Anamul Haque and Taijul Islam have been recalled into Bangladesh’s 14-member squad for the three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26. They have come in as replacements for Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das, who have been granted leave by the BCB. Shakib will reportedly be travelling for
Find out more at ecb.co.uk West Indies pulled a sensational final day batting performance to chase down a formidable 322, and win a Test in England for the first time in 17 years. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales
9:10 PM ET “Did I sleep at all? Hmm. I did sleep. I did.” Kane Williamson talks in the dry, wry, inimitable tone of his. We are standing at arm’s length. I am trying hard to find an emotion in the man’s face. This is no ordinary man. This man, this leader of men, lost
Whaddabout that Final eh? How about those England boys and all those big moments? The Stokes heroics, Buttler being Buttler, the Archer cool at the death of the death? That throw from Roy and the sharply calm captaincy of Eoin Morgan? Amid the kaleidoscopic madness of that chaotic ending, it was easy to lose sight
12:13 PM ET Gary Stead, New Zealand’s head coach, has suggested that the possibility of sharing the World Cup was something that “should be considered” after his side were denied in a heartbreaking finish at Lord’s on Sunday. The teams could not be separated after 100 overs and also tied the Super Over, but England
2:57 PM ET You might be forgiven for thinking that, in the aftermath of their success in the World Cup, England’s players may have a chance to put their feet up for a few days. But such is the unforgiving nature of the international schedule, many of those players involved at Lord’s on Sunday will
10:45 AM ET BCB director Khaled Mahmud is “close” to becoming Bangladesh’s temporary head coach for the upcoming three ODIs against hosts Sri Lanka, according to his colleague Akram Khan, the chairman of the cricket operations committee. Mahmud will replace Steve Rhodes who was removed from the head coach’s position last week through “mutual consent”
3:00 AM ET England Lions 232 for 6 (Sibley 74) trail Australian XI 397 (Head 139*, Curran 6-95) by 165 runs Two sights signalled this as day one of the Ashes campaign for England, though still in the afterglow of a scarcely believable triumph in Sunday’s World Cup final over New Zealand at Lord’s. The
10:06 PM ET Jarrod Kimber at Lord’s “It was just one of those things, hey”. Kane Williamson, World Cup final press conference. Over 44.5 Jos Buttler has changed how batsmen hit the ball. His golf swing power fade shots have shown that big sixes aren’t solely about how big you are. Not that he isn’t
6:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The umpires made an “error of judgement” in awarding six runs, instead of five, to England for the overthrow that hit Ben Stokes’ bat and ran to the boundary, says Simon Taufel, confirming the story that ESPNcricinfo broke right after the World Cup 2019 final. Currently part of the MCC’s
5:36 AM ET An Australian squad of 16 for the looming Ashes series, rather than the traditional number of 17, may well play into the hands of Matthew Wade as the selectors look for a utility reserve batsman and back-up wicketkeeper to face England over five Tests. The selection chairman Trevor Hohns has flagged 16
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