11:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ashley Giles has been confirmed as the ECB’s new Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket, and will take up the role in January ahead of the team’s tour of the Caribbean. Giles, who played 54 Tests as a left-arm spinner, including the 2005 Ashes victory, is currently Sport Director at
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Zone retained the Bangladesh Cricket League first-class title after their nine-wicket win over North Zone in Chittagong. This is the fourth time they have won the competition, having earlier been champions in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. Veteran left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak struck the decisive blows in South Zone’s
Dec 16, 2018 Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v West Indies Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to bat first against West Indies in the first T20I in Sylhet. From their last T20I, also against West Indies in August this year, Bangladesh have made two changes. They have replaced Rubel Hossain and Nazmul Islam with
6:50 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Alastair Cook, England’s former captain and all-time leading Test run-scorer, is set to receive a knighthood in the New Year’s honours, after bowing out of international cricket with a 33rd and final century against India this summer. According to a report in The Times, Cook, who turns 34 on Christmas
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Two days ago, West Indies crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets after chasing down their 130-run target in 10.5 overs. The next day, six of their players walked away with deals worth a total of USD 2.4 million (Rs 17 crores) in the coveted IPL auction. It should put a smile
3:00 AM ET New Zealand 178 (Southee 68, Lakmal 5-54) and 585 for 4 dec (Latham 176, Nicholls 162) beat Sri Lanka 104 (Mathews 33*, Boult 6-30) and 236 (Mendis 67, Chandimal 56, Wagner 4-48) by 423 runs New Zealand required only 14 deliveries to wipe out Sri Lanka’s tail and claim a 423-run victory
1:02 PM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Players’ attitudes to following the IPL auction have always been varied. Some watch the whole thing unfold on TV, desperate to find out who is going where and who might be joining them. Plenty more will follow it on Twitter, or
5:13 AM ET Tim Paine has denied a major difference of opinion with his bowlers over the tactics employed at the SCG, as he tried to put on a brave face after Australia had been taken for over 600. He did concede, however, that the huge workloads on his bowling attack had left them unable
8:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The BCB has overturned its decision on the participation of Steven Smith in BPL 2018-19, allowing him to play now. It had barred him on December 20 after the other franchises objected to his appearance for Comilla Victorians, but yesterday, a majority of them wrote to the governing council, relaxing
8:27 AM ET PSL franchises incurred losses ranging from PKR 200 million to 700 million (USD 1.4 million to USD 5 million approx) in the first two seasons of the league – losses that have led the teams to seek a financial restructuring of the league as well as tax exemptions from the Pakistan government.
Nov 13, 2018 Stumps Bangladesh 522 for 7 dec (Mushfiqur 219*, Mominul 161, Jarvis 5-71) lead Zimbabwe 304 (Taylor 110, Moor 83, Taijul 5-107, Mehidy 3-61) by 218 runs Taijul Islam celebrates a wicket with team-mates AFP Zimbabwe made a firm riposte with the bat before Bangladesh’s spinners seized the initiative on the third day in
12:39 PM ET Mohammad Isam in Mirpur Two good partnerships handed Bangladesh a major advantage over West Indies in the second T20I as per the home captain Shakib Al Hasan. After Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar added 68 for the second wicket, Shakib and his deputy Mahmudullah added 91 in the last seven overs in
8:00 PM ET Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the limited-overs leg of the New Zealand tour, and will almost certainly miss Sri Lanka’s two Tests in Australia as well early next year, after scans revealed a grade two strain in his left hamstring. Mathews picked up the injury while completing a run late
shares Sam Curran celebrates after claiming the precious wicket of Virat Kohli © Getty Images Sam Curran has reaped the rewards of a stellar Test series against India last summer, after being picked up by Kings XI Punjab in the IPL auction for Rs 7.2 crore (approximately £800,000). Curran, who turned 20 midway through
7:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Diana Edulji, one of the two members of the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA), has written to the other member Vinod Rai seeking changes to several decisions around the appointment of WV Raman as the India women head coach. These include making Raman an interim coach and asking the Cricket
9:57 AM ET South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has pointed to the Indian Premier League as “a concern” in terms of managing the workloads of his bowlers ahead of the World Cup in England starting May 30. “The obvious one for me is the IPL,” du Plessis said. “The IPL is just before the
8:53 AM ET Haris Sohail has been ruled out of the remainder of the South Africa tour with knee injury. The middle-order batsman had missed the Boxing Day Test in Centurion, where Shan Masood was named his replacement in the playing XI just 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled start. “Left-handed middle-order batsman Haris Sohail
Nov 13, 2018 Mohammad Isam in Dhaka Brendan Taylor stepped down the track to loft Taijul Islam over cover in the 93rd over. That four took him to 99. In Taijul’s next over, Taylor bunted the ball towards midwicket for a couple, and brought up his first Test hundred on foreign soil, 14 years into
12:33 AM ET The outgoing CEO of Cricket New South Wales, Andrew Jones, believes that Steven Smith can have five prolific years at Test level when he returns from his ball-tampering ban but acknowledged that David Warner faces a tougher road back although hopes he will be allowed the chance at redemption. Both Smith and
2:09 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Duckett, whose last involvement on an England tour saw him sent home from Australia after pouring a drink over James Anderson during the 2017-18 Ashes, has been recalled by England Lions for their limited-overs and Test series in India early next year. An attacking top-order batsman, Duckett was capped
shares Toss West Indies opt to field v Bangladesh © Getty Images After losses in the Tests and ODI series, West Indies are in a rare position to dictate terms in their most favoured format. In search of a T20I series win, Carlos Brathwaite elected to field in the second T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla
5:43 AM ET Mashrafe Mortaza has secured the Narail-2 seat in Bangladesh’s national elections, winning over 96% of the votes in his constituency. His result is part of Awami League’s landslide victory, their third consecutive win in the country’s general elections. He becomes the first active international cricketer to be a member of parliament in
2:43 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal rued the first-innings mistakes in Christchurch that had allowed New Zealand to build an advantage and set the tone for the game, but in reflecting on Sri Lanka’s Test year, suggested there were some promising signs. Sri Lanka have lost four of their last
8:47 PM ET If it’s cliched to suggest that New Zealand are greater than the sum of their parts, and that their team spirit adds a dynamic dimension to their game, it’s because they keep providing examples of their cohesiveness. Take what captain Kane Williamson said was the key moment in New Zealand’s victory in
6:23 PM ET Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has slammed the reaction Virat Kohli got from the Sydney crowd as “disgraceful”. Kohli walked out to a mix of cheers and loud boos from the SCG crowd on Thursday. He was subject of “Kohli is a w***er” chants in Melbourne, and was booed in Perth. “If
shares Duanne Olivier celebrates the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq © Getty Images For all the pressure on the Pakistan batsmen, they will get at least two more innings to cement their places in the side after Sarfraz Ahmed confirmed an unchanged top six for the second Test at Newlands. In a week where speculation about
1:01 AM ET The Australian selection meetings would make a fascinating fly-on-the-wall documentary. They certainly aren’t dull (and this isn’t even about Marnus Labushange). For example, here’s a quick recap of the last three ODI squads: England – June 2018: Tim Paine, Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun
Ben Stokes remains “a leader in the England team”, according to the ECB’s chief executive, Tom Harrison, who believes it is time to “forgive and move on” after the player’s involvement in a fight outside a Bristol nightclub last year. Speaking to BBC Sport at the end of an eventful 2018, in which Stokes’s exploits
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Having wrapped up the Test and ODI series, Bangladesh will aim to secure the T20I series as well when they face West Indies in the third T20I. After West Indies won the first T20I, Bangladesh hit back in the second to force this series into a decider. The third T20I
shares Zimbabwe 304 (Taylor 110, Taijul 5-107) and 76 for 2 (Chari 43, Taylor 4*, Mehidy 1-16) need another 367 runs to beat Bangladesh 522 for 7 dec (Mushfiqur 219*, Jarvis 5-71) and 224 for 6 dec (Mahmudullah 101*, Mithun 67) © AFP Bangladesh ended the fourth day in Dhaka in a strong position