Haris Sohail, who last played first-class cricket in 2014, and Usman Salahuddin have inherited the hardest jobs in Test cricket – to follow in the footsteps of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan. The pair are likely to be the first to attempt filling those giant shoes, as Pakistan named their first Test squad in the post-MisYou era, to take on Sri Lanka in the UAE. Pakistan Test squadAzhar Ali, Shan Masood,…
2:56 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The ICC has confirmed its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has opened an investigation in Sri Lanka, less than 48 hours after 40 top cricketers petitioned Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to launch an inquiry into corruption allegations. On Friday, SLC confirmed it had received a letter signed by national players, including captains Dinesh Chandimal and Upul Tharanga, urging the board to probe the “baseless allegations” the…
Ibrahim Khaleel gets congratulated by his room-mate Sagar Patel © Peter Della Penna USA coach Pubudu Dassanayake credits the Under-19 team’s attitude in a runner-up finish to Canada at the Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in July as a key factor in reshaping the men’s unit that achieved Auty Cup success over Canada last week for the first time in 26 years. “I think it’s so important that every player who…
1:41 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Latham will undertake specialist wicketkeeping training ahead of New Zealand’s limited-overs tour of India with a vacancy to be filled following Luke Ronchi’s retirement after the Champions Trophy. New Zealand’s squads for ODIs and T20s in India, which start next month, are due to be named shortly, with the likelihood a few names will be added after the New Zealand A tour of India…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Namibia 274 for 6 (Erasmus 77, Burger 57*) beat United Arab Emirates 272 for 7 (Mustafa 96. Shabber 71, Frylinck 3-37) by four wickets Sarel Burger attempts a sweep Peter Della Penna Two days after being bowled out for 89 by UAE, Namibia bounced back against the same opponents, chasing down 273 with seven balls to spare in Windhoek. After Namibia were reduced to 130 for…
3:00 AM ET Mohammad Isam Bangladesh 306 for 7 decl. and 235 for 9 decl. (Sabbir 67, Kayes 51, von Berg 4-77) drew with Cricket South Africa Invitational XI (von Berg 62, Hamza 60)Scorecard Sabbir Rahman sweeps over short leg Getty Images Sabbir Rahman notched up his second fifty of Bangladesh’s warm-up match against CSA Invitational XI on the third day. The match ended in a draw after both teams decided…
10:11 AM ET Big Picture It’s as you were following the rain at Trent Bridge, England are still 1-0 up and with a chance of taking an unbeatable lead in the series at Bristol. The brief period of play in Nottingham was not particularly encouraging for West Indies as Jason Holder and Jerome Taylor started poorly with the ball. The late-season English conditions are not to their liking, but to…
8:37 AM ET Umar Farooq Pakistan’s selectors have come up with a plan to reintegrate Salman Butt into the national side. They are impressed with his domestic form since his return from his spot-fixing ban, and will look to pick him in the Pakistan A team to assess his case for a full international return. A similar scheme was shelved earlier this year in light of the PSL spot-fixing controversy….
8:09 AM ET Soon after returning from the tour of Sri Lanka, Ajinkya Rahane visited the nets at the Bandra Kulra Complex in Mumbai to train. He ran into Sachin Tendulkar. “Paaji told me, ‘back your game. Opportunities will come sometimes, and they will be missing sometimes. It is not in your hand. You need to work on mindset – because the better the mindset, the better you do on…
3:00 AM ET India A 71 for 2 (Samarth 38*, Nair 7*, Sodhi 2-11) trail New Zealand A 147 (Seifert 35*, Raval 34, Worker 33, Nadeem 4-39, Karn 4-58) by 76 runs Karn Sharma exults after dismissing Ajinkya Rahane BCCI Players coming off a blustery New Zealand winter found themselves in a cauldron of heat and humidity in Vijayawada. New Zealand A, having had barely three net sessions on the current…