Play 00:40 How do you stop Kumar Sangakkara? Match facts Saturday, July 1, 2017, Lord’sStart time 11.00 local (10.00 GMT) Big Picture Surrey have dominated 50-over cricket in England in the past two seasons and have reached the final of the Royal London Cup for the third successive season. So far, however, silverware has eluded them with successive defeats against Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. Now they face Nottinghamshire, a one-day side…
Zimbabwe 322 for 4 (Mire 112, Raza 67*, WIlliams 65, Gunaratne 2-45) beat Sri Lanka 316 for 5 (Mendis 86, Tharanga 79*, Gunathilaka 60, Chatara 2-49) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Solomon Mire and Sean Williams razed Sri Lanka with a third-wicket partnership of 161 © AFP A belligerent 112 from Solomon Mire set Zimbabwe on track, Sean Williams’ 65 provided stability, and Sikandar Raza’s sparkling 67 not out…
Play 02:14 ‘The team gave suggestions to BCCI when asked for them’ – Kohli Captain Virat Kohli has clarified that the Indian team offers its suggestions to the BCCI only when asked, as the board continues to look for a new coach after Anil Kumble’s resignation 10 days ago. Kumble had stated his partnership with Kohli had become “untenable”, even though Kohli had said at the beginning of the Champions…
Rahul Dravid coached India to the final in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh last year © Getty Images Rahul Dravid will continue in his role as the coach of India A and Under-19 teams for the next two years. More to follow © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Should Faf du Plessis be unavailable for the first Test, Dean Elgar will lead in his absence © Getty Images South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis remains in doubt for the Lord’s Test, which starts next Thursday, after he returned home for the birth of his first child. Though the baby was born a week before the start of the series, a CSA spokesperson said it was a “difficult birth”…
Play 03:46 What is the CA-ACA pay dispute? November 11: MoU negotiations between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) formally begin in Melbourne, with a meeting between CA’s chairman David Peever and his opposite number Greg Dyer. The meeting was preluded by news that the ACA was chasing a more expansive definition of Australian Cricket Revenue – the agreed pool of money from which their payment has…
Sky Sports will remain the ECB’s primary live broadcast partner, at least until 2024 © Getty Images English cricket will return to the BBC for the first time in more than two decades, with Sky Sports holding off the challenge of BT Sports to extend its coverage of the sport for at least another seven years, after the ECB announced the results of its broadcasting auction for 2020-2024. The new…
Play 03:46 What exactly is the Cricket Australia-ACA pay dispute? More than AUD 1 million (USD 768,000 approx) in fortnightly payments originally intended for out-of-contract players will instead be diverted directly to grassroots funding until an MoU is reached between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA). On the final day before the expiry of the MoU unleashes a whole host of potentially chaotic scenarios – including doubt…
50 overs Sri Lanka 316 for 5 (Mendis 86, Tharanga 79*, Gunathilaka 60, Chatara 2-49) v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis became the joint second-fastest Sri Lankan to complete 1000 ODI runs © Getty Images Another flowing century stand between Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka formed the basis of Sri Lanka’s commanding 316 for 5 against Zimbabwe in Galle, with Upul Tharanga also contributing an intelligent 79 not…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:03 Arnold: Sri Lanka are in experimental mode Angelo Mathews won the toss and chose to bat first on a Galle surface he expected to be good for batting, in the first ODI of the series. Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer said he also would have batted first, with the pitch likely to get slower through the day….