10:04 AM ET Umar Farooq The 2017-18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will put teams through a back-breaking schedule of seven four-day games in just 41 days. That is the total time allocated to the group stage for 16 teams. Just 86 days have been set aside for the entire tournament, with the final to be played on December 16. The scheduling of Pakistan’s premier first-class tournament was altered twice, before a final…
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary talks after the special general meeting 9:44 AM ET The Supreme Court has given the BCCI three weeks to come back with “suggestions” related to the draft constitution that the Committee of Administrators (CoA) proposed for the BCCI. The court took a stern view of BCCI’s stalling tactics; there has as yet been no official feedback to the draft constitution submitted by the CoA last…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff UAE’s spinners combined for figures of 8 for 62 to send Namibia packing for 89, after asking them to bat in their WCL Championship game in Windhoek. Defending a meagre total, Namibia managed to snuff out four UAE batsmen with 53 on the board, but that was about it as they slipped to a six-wicket loss and the bottom of the table. Louis van der…
I play with the confidence that I can dismiss Warner – Kuldeep (2:10) Kuldeep Yadav believes that David Warner takes too much stress while facing him, and the ODI series against Australia is a good opportunity for his game to mature (2:10) 3:00 AM ET 50 overs: India 252 (Kohli 92, Rahane 55, Coulter-Nile 3-51, Richardson 3-55) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Beating the heat: Kane Richardson tries myriad…
8:18 AM ET India’s innings was halted briefly in the 48th over in dramatic circumstances as Hardik Pandya was caught off a high full toss during the second ODI against Australia in Kolkata. Pandya started walking off – thinking he was out caught – but the catcher, Steven Smith, realising the possibility of it being called a no-ball for height, yelled at the bowler Kane Richardson to catch his attention…
© IDI/Getty Images Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain will travel to South Africa on Thursday night, after receiving security clearance from the South African authorities. Rubel had been barred from travelling with the Bangladesh team on Saturday, as the airlines refused to issue his boarding pass. “The security clearance of Rubel has arrived and he will be taking the evening flight,” Jalal Yunus, BCB’s media committee chairman, said. In a press…
3:00 AM ET West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle launched his innings with a volley of sixes Getty Images West Indies will be without birthday boy Chris Gayle as they attempt to level the one-day series at Trent Bridge. They will be chasing after Jason Holder won the toss and decided to bowl on a grey day in Nottingham with…
File photo – Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal said he had received a positive – though brief – report from Thisara Perera on the security arrangements in Pakistan, after the latter’s appearance in the World XI series 6:46 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka Cricket is unlikely to penalise any players who opt out of the proposed T20 in Lahore, but has reminded cricketers that they have a “contractual…
5:27 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The now-familiar overseas curtain-raiser to the English season has been shifted from the UAE to Barbados for 2018, where both the North-South Series and the MCC’s Champion County Match against Essex will be staged next March. The North-South Series, which was launched in Dubai and Abu Dhabi earlier this year as part of England’s preparations for hosting the 2019 World Cup, will feature two matches…
4:51 AM ET Brydon Coverdale Australia’s states have all named their 14-man squads for the the JLT Cup, domestic one-day tournament, which begins in Brisbane next week. The Cricket Australia XI, to be made up of players who failed to win selection in their respective state squads, is yet to be named, but that youth side is scheduled to open the tournament in a match against South Australia next Wednesday….