9:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Trinbago Knight Riders have called upon the services of overseas internationals like James Neesham and Seekkuge Prasanna, and local Trinidad and Tobago talent, for an exhibition game that the T20 franchise will host ahead of this year’s CPL. Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard will captain the two sides that will
Month: August 2019
3:00 AM ET India A 163 for 8 (Kishan 55, Krunal 23*, Dala 2-25) beat South Africa A 162 for 5 (Linde 52, Bavuma 40) by two wickets Ishan Kishan smashed a 22-ball half-century that helped see off India A’s 161 chase in a 21-over shootout, as they took a 2-0 lead in the five-match
6:44 AM ET The PCB made official on Saturday its tweaked domestic structure that, the board believes, will improve the quality of the game in Pakistan and internationally. Domestic cricket in the country has often been a major target of criticism for Pakistan’s often-poor performances in the international arena, with suggestions that the system was
3:00 AM ET Big Picture With the World Cup done and the Test Championship underway, both sides now switch focus to the next big limited-overs prize: the T20 World Cup, which is set to be contested at the end of next year. As with just about everything in these team’s cricket at present, it is
3:00 AM ET Lunch India 336 for 7 (Vihari 84*, Ishant 11*, Holder 4-62) v West Indies Jason Holder struck off the day’s first ball before Hanuma Vihari’s unbeaten half-century took India past 300 by lunch on day two. Starting on an overnight score of 42, Vihari went into the break in the company of
10:12 AM ET Australia are pondering a radical change to their batting line-up for the Old Trafford Test, considering the inclusion of Mitchell Marsh at the expense of Matthew Wade to increase their complement of right-handers. The around-the-wicket line from Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer in particular has been a source of considerable angst for
Hardik Pandya celebrates after dismissing Shoaib Malik for a duck © Getty Images Hardik Pandya is back in India’s 15-man T20I squad that will play three matches against South Africa starting September 15. His addition, in place of fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, is the only change India have made from the T20I squad that won
5:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s Test and T20I captain, has made it clear that he is not “mentally prepared” or ready or interested in continuing to lead the team in any format, and would rather focus on his own game to be of greater value to the cause. He wants the
Aug 29, 2019 Mayank Agarwal edged a couple to the boundary in the 38th over, off Kemar Roach, the second four getting him to his third Test fifty, in 117 balls. The edges and the eventual cut to slip that ended his innings were proof of the difficult batting conditions against West Indies at Sabina
9:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes after suffering a recurrence of his calf injury while playing for Lancashire’s 2nd XI in a bid to prove his fitness. England had been hoping to add him to their squad for the Old Trafford Test, but have
10:10 PM ET Alex Malcolm Sydney Sixers have signed fast bowler Jackson Bird for a second stint at the BBL club after helping the Melbourne Stars to the final last season. Bird, 32, who has played nine Tests for Australia and was part of Australia A’s tour of England this winter, has alternated between the
© BCCI West Indies’ Lendl Simmons will replace New Zealand opener Colin Munro for the first three matches for Trinbago Knight Riders. Munro will be in Sri Lanka for the upcoming T20Is starting September 1 and Simmons will fill in for the CPL matches on September 4, 6 and 8. This will be Simmons’ fifth
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies opt to bowl v India West Indies handed Test debuts to Rahkeem Cornwall and Jahmar Hamilton as their captain Jason Holder chose to bowl in the second Test in Kingston. Needing a win to share the series with India, West Indies brought in Cornwall for fast bowler Miguel Cummins
1:00 PM ET Joe Denly is set to open the batting for England in the fourth Test in Manchester. While Denly has opened in first-class cricket just three times in the last four years – two of those occasions coming when he made his Test debut in Antigua earlier this year – he is poised
8:17 AM ET Bangladesh have left out Mustafizur Rahman from the 15-man squad that will take on Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Chattogram starting next Thursday. Apart from Mustafizur, Tamim Iqbal was also missing from the squad after he was granted a leave by the BCB earlier this month. Squad for one-off Test: Shakib
3:00 AM ET Daniel Brettig at Derby Derbyshire 172 and 53 for 3 trail Australians 338 for 5 dec (Marsh 74, Khawaja 72, Harris 64) by 113 runs Steven Smith batted in a match for the first time since his concussion diagnosis during the Lord’s Test with the air of a cricketer impatient for the
Follow the 2019 Vitality Blast at: https://www.ecb.co.uk/t20-blast Worcestershire Rapids beat Birmingham Bears for 9 wickets with an all-round strong display from Moeen Ali. 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,
5:37 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka allrounder Isuru Udana has replaced David Willey as Paarl Rocks’ international marquee player for the second edition of the Mzansi Super League. Willey has been ruled out due to the need to manage his workload, according to a statement from Cricket South Africa. Udana will be familiar to
10:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India men’s allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and women’s wristspinner Poonam Yadav were presented with the Arjuna Award, an honour bestowed by the Indian government to recognise outstanding individual achievement in sports. The pair received their awards from the president of the country, on Thursday, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
3:00 AM ET Australians 77 for 0 (Harris 52*, Khawaja 18*) trail Derbyshire 172 (du Plooy 86, Neser 3-31, Starc 3-46) by 95 runs Not even present for the tour game at Worcester, Australia’s coach Justin Langer underlined the impending pointy end of this Ashes series by intently watching day one of the encounter with
West Indies v India, 2nd Test, Jamaica August 29, 2019 Aishwarya Kumar at Sabina Park Ajinkya Rahane drives down the ground © Getty Images Ajinkya Rahane lifted his bat high and looked up into the sky, closing his eyes for a brief moment – his first Test century in two years and 17 matches. The
2:44 PM ET Australia have had plenty of time to address but also rationalise the madness of their final hour at Headingley, resulting in conclusions such as the evident fallibility of Ben Stokes against Nathan Lyon, the impending return of Steven Smith and the fact that only one of the final two Tests need end
3:00 AM ET Big picture West Indies crossed 300 twice, with a highest of 415, during their historic series win over England to regain the Frank Worrell Trophy earlier this year. On the evidence of what we saw in Antigua, they did not even give themselves a chance to make half the batting impact they
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealanders 168 for 6 (Taylor 53*, Munro 48, Hasaranga 2-35) beat Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 135 for 9 (Kuggeleijn 4-14, Sodhi 3-43) by 33 runs The last time we saw Colin Munro, he was struggling to keep his place in the New Zealand side, eventually elbowed out as
© PTI The DDCA has re-signed former Delhi batsman KP Bhaskar as head coach of the senior team for the 2019-20 season. Bhaskar, a veteran of 95 first-class matches, helmed debutants Uttarakhand to the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in the previous season. Rajkumar Sharma has been named the bowling coach. Sharma, an off-spinning allrounder, played nine
Follow the T20 Blast at: https://www.ecb.co.uk/t20-blast The Essex Eagles beat out the Sussex Sharks by 9 runs thanks to Amir, Lawrence and Bopara. 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,
12:41 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies women have recalled offspinner Anisa Mohammed to the squad as they aim to bank on experience for the upcoming ODI series against Australia, which starts on September 5. Mohammed’s last appearance for West Indies came against Pakistan women in February, and, after three wickets across five international games
2:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sydney Thunder have re-signed Alex Blackwell and Rachael Haynes for the upcoming season of the Women’s Big Bash League, with the latter named captain after Blackwell opted out. While Blackwell has signed a year’s contract with the franchise, Haynes’ deal extends to two years. The extension means that 35-year-old Blackwell,
Aug 27, 2019 How did a year out of international cricket change Steven Smith? Most obviously there is the guitar he carts around with him these days, a way of building more to his life away from the game that consumed him to the point that he could not see beyond it at the most
12:08 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajantha Mendis, perhaps cricket’s original mystery spinner in the video analysis age, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. The 34-year old last played international cricket in 2015, an ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch. The inventor of what became known as the “carrom ball” – legbreaks
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