Tait: Handscomb should be played in the middle order (1:19) India have no reason to tinker with a winning combination, while Australia might look to bring in a couple of changes (1:19) 7:26 AM ET Big Picture In 11 completed innings during Australia’s previous ODI tour of India in 2013, 3569 runs were scored, at an average of 324.45 runs per innings. On this tour, 872 runs have been scored…
5:56 AM ET Umar Farooq Haris Sohail 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. Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam,…
5:09 AM ET Umar Farooq Haris Sohail 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. Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam,…
Tait: Handscomb should be played in the middle order (1:19) India have no reason to tinker with a winning combination, while Australia might look to bring in a couple of changes (1:19) 4:28 AM ET Australia vice-captain David Warner has rebuked the notion that Australia are not reading India’s spinners. Instead, he has offered the explanation that at the points they were introduced, the batsmen were already under a lot…
2:58 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have picked uncapped fast bowler Mir Hamza and called up batsman Haris Sohail and allrounder Bilal Asif to the squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka. Ahmed Shehzad has been left out of the 16-man squad. Pakistan Test squad: Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Usman Salahuddin, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Asghar, Bilal Asif,…
3:00 AM ET Tim Wigmore at Kia Oval Surrey 433 (Sangakkara 157, Stoneman 51, Pope 50, Clarke 50, Trego 5-67) and 146 for 4 (Foakes 42*) beat Somerset 269 (Davies 86, Trescothick 65, Clarke 7-55) and 306 (Trego 68, Davies 52, Meaker 3-65, Batty 3-84) by six wickets Perhaps it was better this way. Sure, Kumar Sangakkara, in the final ever first-class game at a ground he has made into…
1:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Multan Sultans, the newest franchise in the Pakistan Super League, has appointed Tom Moody, the former Australia allrounder, as its head coach. Moody will now coach in three T20 leagues concurrently – he is also head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and of Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. Moody, who played eight Tests and 76 ODIs in a career…
Hashim Amla pulls through the leg side © Getty Images Results Summary All three matches were drawn in the opening round, with the Titans-Dolphins fixture coming closest to a result. Dolphins were 162 for 6 in their chase of 430, but Titans’ attack, led by Morne Morkel, were held off for nearly 49 overs thanks to a seventh-wicket stand of 119. Titans set the game up strongly with 451 for…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 76 (Abbott 6-20) and 362 (Lawrence 101, Bopara 57) beat Hampshire 254 (Bailey 89, Vince 60, Porter 4-53, Harmer 3-47) and 76 (Cook 5-18) by 108 runs Sam Cook took a maiden first class five wicket haul as champions Essex pulled off an extraordinary 108-run victory despite earlier being forced to follow-on against Hampshire. Fast bowler Cook blasted through Hampshire’s top order to…
England’s Ashes batting battle (1:13) Take a look at the leading candidates to fill the gaps in England’s batting line-up in Australia (1:13) 12:54 PM ET England’s white-ball captain Eoin Morgan has said that he would prefer those players on the fringes of the Test side, but also with T20 deals in leagues around the world, to earn a place on the Ashes tour rather than take up their franchise…