Rikki Clarke will be heading back to London © Getty Images Rikki Clarke, the former England allrounder, is to re-join Surrey on a two-year deal. Clarke started his career at Surrey in 2001 but moved to Derbyshire (an ill-fated stay that lasted a few months in 2008) and then on to Warwickshire, where he has played the most consistent cricket of his career. While he has remained a key part…
Asela Gunaratne will play no further part in the India Test series, and is almost certain to miss the ODIs that follow, after he sustained a serious fracture in his left thumb while fielding. He will undergo surgery in Colombo on Wednesday, having been rushed up from Galle, where an x-ray confirmed a substantial injury. “It is a sad one – he will miss a minimum of four weeks, but…
Play 02:12 #Oval100 : Bradman’s duck, Ashes’ birth and some Murali magic Match Facts July 27-31, 2017Start time: 11.00am (1000 GMT) Big Picture The series sits exactly where we want it at the halfway stage with the sides locked at 1-1. An dominant England at Lord’s turned into a dominated England at Trent Bridge, a surprisingly meek South Africa in London became the strong side we have become used to…
Asela Gunaratne may not play a further part in the ongoing Galle Test, and is in doubt for the remainder of the series, after he sustained a fracture in his left thumb while fielding. Having had a preliminary test in Galle, Gunaratne is being transported to Colombo, where a specialist will be consulted, and a decision on whether surgery is required will be made. He had picked up the injury…
Three Pakistani cricketers are facing separate hearings in front of a tribunal as the PCB investigates alleged corruption during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in February 2017. Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hasan are facing charges for a number of breaches of the anti-corruption code; Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz have already been punished; and Nasir Jamshed also faces charges. ESPNcricinfo will provide updates of developments from each player’s…
‘It has been a very positive verdict for Bangladesh cricket. Now we have to quickly announce dates for AGM and EGM’ – Nazmul Hassan © BCB BCB president Nazmul Hassan has called for swift elections after the Supreme Court ruled that the board can amend its constitution without interference from the National Sports Council, the government regulatory body for sports. The Supreme Court said the National Sports Council has no…
Tea: India 282 for 2 (Pujara 75*, Kohli 1*, Pradeep 2-42) v Sri Lanka Play 04:34 Runorder: Sri Lanka’s three-and-a-half team problem Shikhar Dhawan scored a century in a session for the second time in his career, rekindling memories of his blazing 187 on debut while laying waste to a toothless Sri Lanka attack. Having surpassed that score, he fell three minutes from tea, spooning Nuwan Pradeep to mid-off 10…
Toby Roland-Jones made his ODI debut earlier this season © Getty Images Toby Roland-Jones, the Middlesex seamer, will make his Test debut against South Africa at The Oval after Mark Wood was ruled out with the heel soreness he picked up at Trent Bridge. Steven Finn has been called into the squad as cover but Joe Root confirmed that Wood’s spot would go to Roland-Jones who has been part of…
Birmingham 187 for 7 (Hain 57) beat Leicestershire 157 for 8 (Rankin 3-26, Thomason 3-33) by 30 runsScorecard File photo – Sam Hain’s half-century provided the platform for Birmingham © Getty Images Birmingham boosted their hopes of qualifying for the NatWest T20 Blast knockout stages with a 30-run win over Leicestershire at Grace Road. Sam Hain struck 57 off 35 balls as the Bears recovered from a shaky start to…
Tea: India 282 for 2 (Pujara 75*, Kohli 1*, Pradeep 2-42) v Sri Lanka Play 04:34 Runorder: Sri Lanka’s three-and-a-half team problem Shikhar Dhawan scored a century in a session for the second time in his career, rekindling memories of his blazing 187 on debut while laying waste to a toothless Sri Lanka attack. Having surpassed that score, he fell three minutes from tea, spooning Nuwan Pradeep to mid-off 10…