Month: May 2017

Cheteshwar Pujara enjoyed a productive home Test season with India © Associated Press Cheteshwar Pujara, the India Test batsman, has signed for a four-match Championship stint with Nottinghamshire. He comes in as a replacement for Nottinghamshire’s main overseas signing, James Pattinson, who has been called up by Australia for the Champions Trophy. Pujara, who has previously played county cricket with Derbyshire and Yorkshire, will arrive in the UK later this…

India won the previous Champions Trophy in 2013 © International Cricket Council Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are among a group of 12 former cricketers who want India to play the upcoming Champions Trophy in England. All the players ESPNcricinfo spoke to – Tendulkar, Dravid, Zaheer Khan, Gundappa Viswanath, Sandeep Patil, Sanjay Manjrekar, Aakash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Saba Karim, Murali Kartik, and Deep Dasgupta – were unanimous in…

Sri Lanka Cricket says the number of bowlers with suspect actions has reduced greatly in school cricket © Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket has said that its drive to reduce the number of bowlers with suspect actions in school and age-group cricket has been a success. The number of reported cases of suspect actions in age-group cricket had reduced from 178 last year to five this year, according to the…

Australia have not played a bilateral series in Bangladesh since 2011 © Getty Images Australia’s tour of Bangladesh still hinges on security assessments of the region despite a personal assurance from Cricket Australia chairman David Peever to BCB president Nazmul Hassan that Steven Smith’s team will visit for two Tests in late August and early September. The proposed schedule, ESPNcricinfo understands, has Australia arriving in Bangladesh on August 18, and…

West Indies 312 and 264 for 9 (Hope 90, Brathwaite 43, Yasir 6-90) lead Pakistan 393 (Azhar 105, Misbah 99, Gabriel 4-81, Holder 3-42, Bishoo 3-16) by 183 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Yasir Shah claimed five wickets in the final session to turn the second Test in Pakistan’s favour © AFP It was a memorable day of Test cricket at the Kensington Oval, but for West Indies, it was a…

Worcestershire 277 for 9 (Cox 82, Mitchell 75, Barnard 42*, Azharullah 3-60) tied with Northamptonshire 277 for 7 (Newton 107, Rossington 63*, Wakely 52)Scorecard Adam Rossington couldn’t quite haul Northants to victory in the final over © Getty Images Northamptonshire and Worcestershire played out a thrilling tie at Wantage Road in the Royal London Cup with Adam Rossington narrowly failing to score the 14 runs required from the final over….