7:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s India have blown away oppositions at home – just ask South Africa and Bangladesh who were at the receiving end recently. And armed with an incredible bowling attack, they’ve also established their dominance overseas, including winning a historic Test series in Australia in January earlier this year. So,
Month: November 2019
7:26 AM GMT Jack Leach‘s tour of New Zealand has reached an unhappy ending after he was admitted to hospital suffering from gastroenteritis. Leach, who was left out of the side for the second Test after England decided to field an extra seamer, reported feeling unwell after the first session of play on the second
David Warner takes a bow as he leaves the field © Getty Images David Warner has revealed that Australia captain Tim Paine had extended a predetermined cut-off time for the innings to allow the opener to pass the 334-run record jointly held by Donald Bradman and Mark Taylor as the nation’s second highest Test score.
8:00 AM GMT Pakistan 6 for 96 (Starc 4-22) trail Australia 3 for 589 dec (Warner 335*, Labuschagne 162) by 493 runs If the opening day was wretched for Pakistan, the adjectives to describe the second are best left unprinted. There was no humiliation spared, no skillset left unexposed as Australia’s batsmen – led by
9:05 AM GMT Stuart Broad has challenged England’s batsmen to bat for 150 overs and “set up the game” over the next couple of days in Hamilton. Having been frustrated for hundreds of overs by New Zealand’s batsmen in the series to date, Broad urged his team-mates to show similar determination if England are to
9:54 AM GMT Jofra Archer has been encouraged to keep a sense of perspective after a dispiriting tour of New Zealand. Archer finished with 1 for 75 in the first innings at Hamilton, taking his series tally to two wickets at 91.00 apiece. Archer arrived in the country with a big reputation having enjoyed an
5:01 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jess Duffin continued to carry the Melbourne Renegades on her shoulders as they pushed for a place in the semi-finals with a superbly-paced chase against the Melbourne Stars to win by six wickets with a ball to spare. Duffin struck 76 off 57 balls after coming in at 2 for
3:42 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff ‘Don’t judge a pitch until both sides have batted’ is an old adage in cricket. While it would be early to call the Adelaide Oval a flat deck, it is still noteworthy when one of Pakistan’s best seam weapons on tour says there has not been much help from the
5:11 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff There is “absolute clarity” between MS Dhoni and the BCCI regarding his future according to the board president Sourav Ganguly. India’s premier wicketkeeper batsman has been on sabbatical ever since the end of the World Cup and although the general public can only speculate about what is going to happen,
Daryl Mitchell plays a shot © Getty Images New Zealand 248 for 5 (Watling 29*, Mitchell 26*) v England A fascinating morning of nip-and-tuck ended with New Zealand’s sixth-wicket partnership once again pulling them clear of danger, having seen off an energetic morning burst from England’s seamers to lift the score to 248 for 5.
6:04 AM GMT Kevin Roberts, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has revealed that the governing body has declined offers to sign on a betting partner for the men’s and women’s Big Bash Leagues on the basis that the format is pitched primarily at children and families, amid discussion around their high-profile partnership with Bet365. In
8:00 AM GMT Tshwane Spartans 127 for 2 (De Villiers 69*, Klaasen 36*) beat Paarl Rocks 126 (Delport 25, Van der Merwe 3-15, Morkel 2-22) by eight wickets The Tshwane Spartans moved to the top of the Mzansi Super League table, with an eight-wicket bonus-point victory over the Paarl Rocks. Three teams – the Spartans,
5:09 PM GMT Hasan Ali is injured again, days after recovering from a back injury that took seven weeks to heal. The latest one is a rib fracture that is set to rule him out for at least another six weeks. This automatically rules him out of the two home Tests against Sri Lanka next
9:45 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Ollie Pope is keen to prove himself as a world-class wicketkeeper after he was parachuted into the role as for the second Test against New Zealand as cover for the injured Jos Buttler. Pope, who went into the match in Hamilton having kept in just five first-class matches previously, scarcely
7:31 AM GMT Earl Eddings, the Cricket Australia chairman, has indicated that the broad issues of anti-corruption processes and sports betting are up for discussion with the Australian Cricketers Association, though he has stopped short of meeting with its president Shane Watson to specifically address the Emily Smith WBBL case. In a week where CA
8:55 AM GMT West Indies may be ranked eighth in Test cricket right now, but captain Jason Holder believes that by the time the World Test Championship is done, they have a “realistic” chance of being in the top four. Holder led West Indies to a nine-wicket win against Afghanistan at the Ekana Stadium in
9:12 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan will be hosting Test cricket for the first time in more than ten years, that too against a full-strength Sri Lanka line-up, in December 2019. Dimuth Karunaratne will lead the Sri Lanka side, with experienced batsmen Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal present in the 16-member squad. The team leaves
11:43 AM GMT Abhimanyu Mithun is having a domestic season to remember. First, he picked a birthday hat-trick and a maiden five-wicket haul during Karnataka’s win over Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final last month. On Friday, he not only picked another hat-trick but became perhaps the only bowler to pick five wickets
9:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson has said he “doesn’t see any reason” why he shouldn’t play in the 2021-22 Ashes series as a 39-year-old despite bowling only four overs for England in the last nine months. Anderson went off after hurting his calf during the first day of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston
10:18 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It got a lot of attention – enough for the MCC to reportedly consider a review – in the World Cup final but it turns out the umpires might have repeated their mistake with awarding overthrow runs for much less dramatic consequences during the Adelaide Test. In the 24th over
8:00 AM GMT Afghanistan 187 and 109 for 7 (Ahmadi 62, Chase 3-10, Cornwall 3-41) lead West Indies 277 (Brooks 111, Campbell 55, Hamza 5-74) by 19 runs Shamarh Brooks‘ maiden Test century and Rahkeem Cornwall‘s match haul of ten wickets took West Indies to the doorstep of victory by the end of day two
5:16 AM GMT Ben Stokes may not be able to bowl in the rest of the second Test against New Zealand after experiencing a recurrence of a knee problem. Stokes reported pain in his left knee as he completed his second over in Hamilton. While he remained on the field, the England management reported the
Lasith Embuldeniya’s 4 wickets vs New Zealand | 1st Test at Galle
5:35 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fabian Allen has recovered from a knee injury to make the trip back to India to play a T20I series with West Indies. The left-arm spinning allrounder was part of the squad that took on Afghanistan in Lucknow earlier this month but had to pull out after playing the first
Dane Vilas watches suspiciously © Getty Images Durban Heat 182 for 3 (Vilas 75*, Lubbe 49, Steyn 2-25) beat Cape Town Blitz 181 for 5 (Malan 75, Beddingham 44, Abbott 2-32) by seven wickets Cape Town Blitz’s Dale Steyn conjured a vintage spell with the new ball on his grandfather’s birthday, but Dane Vilas and
6:45 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Umesh Yadav says he knew he would get another shot at the highest level if he kept himself fit and trained hard when he was picked only occasionally across formats over the last two years. As such, Yadav appears to be out of the race in the white-ball formats for
Zak Crawley is presented with his Test cap by team-mate Joe Denly © Getty Images England won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand Zak Crawley has been handed a Test debut for the second Test in Hamilton, with Ollie Pope taking over as wicketkeeper, after Jos Buttler failed to recover from
6:54 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Australia’s newest selector George Bailey won’t shy away from difficult selection conversations with players he shares close relationships with, including Tasmania team-mates Tim Paine and Matthew Wade. Bailey won’t begin his role alongside Justin Langer and Trevor Hohns until early February and will instead be an unofficial national teams advisor
8:00 AM GMT Lunch West Indies 195 for 5 (Brooks 75*, Campbell 55, Hamza 2-59, Rashid 2-74) lead Afghanistan 187 by eight runs Half-centuries from Shamarh Brooks and John Campbell took West Indies past Afghanistan’s first-innings total of 187 in an action-packed first session on the second day of the one-off Test in Lucknow on
10:22 AM GMT Rahul Dravid believes IPL franchises are “missing a trick” with regard to their support staff appointments by not involving more Indian coaches. Dravid felt Indian coaches were as good as any in the world, and even if not appointed at the top of the tree, they would add value as assistant coaches
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