8:00 AM GMT Two weeks ago, New Zealand’s Kristian Clarke needed to defend eight off the final over against Zimbabwe’s lower order to secure victory in a third-place playoff match at the Quadrangular tournament in South Africa. But Zimbabwe’s No. 9 Luke Oldknow struck a six off him to crush New Zealand’s hopes. On Wednesday,
Jan 21, 2020 Shashank Kishore On Monday, Manoj Tiwary became only the second Bengal batsman, after Devang Gandhi’s 323 in 1998-99, to make a first class triple-hundred, against Hyderabad. It allowed his side to charge to a bonus-point victory that puts them in a good position five games into the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season. Three
3:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff With six needed off two balls, New Zealand No. 9 Kristian Clarke smashed a six over deep midwicket to knock Sri Lanka out of quarter-final contention and secure his team’s pathway into the next round in dramatic fashion. With three wickets in hand, New Zealand needed 12 off the final
8:00 AM GMT Sri Lanka 370 for 5 (Mathews 129*, Mendis 80, Nyauchi 3-56) lead Zimbabwe 358 (Ervine 85, Embuldeniya 5-114) by 12 runs For the fifth time in as many sessions, Sri Lanka lost just one wicket and made steady progress in Harare. Through the course of the fourth morning, Angelo Mathews also completed
4:22 PM GMT Kagiso Rabada‘s aggressive wicket-taking celebrations could be a result of being overburdened, according to Graeme Smith, South Africa’s acting director of cricket. Rabada, who has 43 Test caps to his name at the age of 24, accumulated a fourth active demerit point when he entered Joe Root’s personal space and screamed at
4:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan allrounder Shoaib Malik insists he is not getting ahead of himself following his call-up for the series against Bangladesh, and will “not set any long-term goals”. Most notably, that meant he wouldn’t commit to saying whether he aimed to be part of Pakistan’s World T20 squad, saying that was
2:52 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Hamish Bennett had made his Test debut along with Kane Williamson in 2010. He bolted into New Zealand’s World Cup squad the next year and later, in 2014, he gave Virat Kohli a proper workout in that tied ODI with his searing pace. Bennett nailed the hard lengths and stopped
2:58 PM GMT Shashank Kishore Smriti Mandhana thinks it is “unfair to compare” the BCCI women’s retainer contracts to their male counterparts. Speaking at an event in Mumbai, India’s T20I vice-captain made it clear the team was only focusing on winning, which would automatically bring in a bigger following, thereby more revenue. Currently, the top
11:27 AM GMT Jofra Archer has made a strong case for a recall to England’s Test side with an eye-catching performance in the nets. Archer, who has missed the previous two Tests due to an elbow injury, generated impressive pace during a seven-over spell in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Jos Buttler, one of the unfortunate batsman
11:26 AM GMT Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal are the only two cricketers in Bangladesh’s T20I squad for the three-match series in Pakistan, who have toured the country before, back in 2008. It goes without saying that in the absence Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Mortaza, a large part of the responsibility will have
Jan 18, 2020 Big picture After losing four successive ODIs at home against Australia, India finally found a way to put up an above-par total and pull one back in Rajkot. As a result, with the ongoing series locked at 1-1, we will have a decider at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which usually rolls out
Adelaide moved to second on the table after holding on for a 10-run win over the Hurricanes despite a late onslaught from David Miller
12:50 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jonty Rhodes, the former South Africa batsman, has admitted that he might not have been picked to play for his country had it not been for white privilege. “I certainly benefited from the fact that I wasn’t really competing with 50% of the population,” Rhodes said in a recent interaction
8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India A 231 for 5 (Shaw 48, Samson 39, Yadav 35, Gill 30, Neesham 2-25) beat New Zealand A 230 (Ravindra 49, Bruce 47, McConchie 34*, Siraj 3-33, Patel 2-31, Ahmed 2-46) by five wickets A day after being called into the senior side’s white-ball set-up, Prithvi Shaw and Sanju
6:07 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes You gotta love it when a plan comes together. While Chris Silverwood didn’t even have his A-Team on the park in Port Elizabeth, his players gave their best impression of a formidable outfit that fell off TV screens before many of them had even been born. Either way, their coach
4:57 PM GMT Bangladesh have appointed Ottis Gibson as their fast-bowling coach for the next two years. This will be Gibson’s first international coaching role since his tenure as South Africa’s head coach ended in August 2019. Before the South Africa stint, Gibson had served as West Indies coach as well as two terms as
3:54 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe’s debutant opening batsman Kevin Kasuza has passed an initial test for concussion after being struck on the side of his helmet while fielding at short leg during Sri Lanka’s innings in the ongoing Harare Test. He will continue to be monitored overnight for concussion. Typically, a player is assessed
© Getty Images West Indies will tour Sri Lanka in February for three ODIs and two T20Is, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. West Indies are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on February 10, and they will play two warm-up games on February 17 and 20, before the first ODI on the February 22. The
Jan 20, 2020 Sri Lanka 42 for 1 (Oshada 21, Karunaratne 12*, Tiripano 1-5) trail Zimbabwe 358 (Ervine 85, Kasuza 63, Masvaure 55, Embuldeniya 5-114) by 316 runs Lasith Embuldeniya completed a second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and Sri Lanka’s attack finally made headway, but Zimbabwe still ended day two in a position of
2:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Lungi Ngidi has earned a recall to South Africa’s one-day squad for the upcoming series against England in which Quinton de Kock will step up as captain in the absence of Faf du Plessis. Ngidi was ruled out of the current Test series against England after suffering a hamstring tear
3:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Prithvi Shaw could be in line for an ODI debut in New Zealand having replaced the injured Shikhar Dhawan for the three-match series set to begin on February 5. Both teams play a five-match T20I series prior to that, for which Sanju Samson has been picked as the BCCI confirmed
12:25 PM GMT India Under-19s 42 for 0 (Jaiswal 29*) beat Japan Under-19s 41 (Bishnoi 4-5, Tyagi 3-10) by ten wickets Scorecard India took under two hours to bowl Japan out for 41, the joint-second-lowest total in the history of the Under-19 World Cup, and then took just 29 balls to chase the target down
6:25 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand’s depth will be tested in the T20I series against India, but Ross Taylor sees it as a good chance for fringe players to stake a claim for spots in the World Cup squad later this year. The five-match series, part of a full tour by India, which also
7:30 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the upcoming five-T20I series in New Zealand because of the shoulder injury he picked up during the third ODI against Australia in Bengaluru on Sunday. Dhawan did not travel with the India squad that left for Auckland on Monday and the
10:48 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root equalled an unwanted record on the final day at Port Elizabeth, conceding 28 runs in a single over as Keshav Maharaj made a mockery of his decision to bowl himself with the new ball. Here’s how Varun Shetty recorded the brutalising on ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary… More Root, around
4:47 PM GMT Varun Shetty India will focus on starting their T20I series against New Zealand, which will kick off the month-long, all-format tour of the country, with “intensity”, Virat Kohli said on the eve of their departure to Auckland. In the short ODI series at home against Australia, India batted first with mixed results
Jan 19, 2020 South Africa 209 (de Kock 63, Bess 5-51) and 102 for 6 (Root 4-20) trail England 499 for 9 dec by 188 runs England went to South Africa barely sure of their first-choice spinner, but it was spin that took them to the brink of victory inside four days in Port Elizabeth.
8:00 AM GMT Lunch Zimbabwe 260 for 5 (Chakabva 7*, Raza 6*, Lakmal 2-42) v Sri Lanka Having been stalled for most of day one by a flat surface and Zimbabwe’s diligent batting, Sri Lanka finally made headway in Harare, claiming three wickets before lunch. Thanks to day one’s hard work, however, Zimbabwe can still
10:29 AM GMT Faf du Plessis has admitted that the fourth Test of the series against England could be his final one on home soil. South Africa’s captain has found himself under pressure after a difficult run which has seen his side lose consecutive Test series at home to Sri Lanka and in India, and
1:23 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff An lbw appeal during a Ranji Trophy match could end up having an impact on India’s tour of New Zealand. Ishant Sharma will be hopeful the MRI scan he takes on Monday evening will not reveal a fracture or a tear, after he twisted his ankle and hobbled off the