1:51 AM ET Rachael Haynes will step into the breach as Australia’s captain during the forthcoming Ashes series, with a pressing need to find a way to succeed without the runs and leadership of the injured Meg Lanning. Having already deputised for Lanning when shoulder problems interrupted her World Cup campaign earlier this year, Haynes has some idea of what lies ahead. But the task of leading Australia through a…
1:01 AM ET Rachael Haynes will step into the breach as Australia’s captain during the forthcoming Ashes series, with a pressing need to find a way to succeed without the runs and leadership of the injured Meg Lanning. Having already deputised for Lanning when shoulder problems interrupted her World Cup campaign earlier this year, Haynes has some idea of what lies ahead. But the task of leading Australia through a…
12:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsman Shamarh Brooks will lead a 13-member West Indies A squad that also includes left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell and batsman Vishaul Singh, who have played Test cricket, for the first two four-day games against Sri Lanka A next month. Cottrell took 11 wickets in just six games in the recently-concluded Caribbean Premier League for runners-up St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, at an average of 12.54…
5:51 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka have become the eighth and final team to qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup, following West Indies’ seven-wicket defeat against England in the first ODI at Old Trafford. With September 30 set as the cut-off date, West Indies (78 points) now cannot move ahead of Sri Lanka (86 points) in the ICC ODI rankings, irrespective of how their remaining matches against England…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 342 for 7 ( Carlson 137*, Salter 84, Cooke 51, Payne 3-57) v Gloucestershire Kiran Carlson, at 19 one of the leading lights in Glamorgan’s fresh crop of Welsh-born players, struck a career best 137 not out, the second first-class century of his career on a memorable day for Glamorgan. His innings – to follow his maiden first-class century against Essex last season…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 80 for 5 ( Kleinveldt 4-34) trail Northants 194 ( Kleinveldt 43, Wood 4-52) by 114 runs Luke Wood celebrates a wicket Getty Images Luke Wood and Rory Kleinveldt took four wickets each as promotion-rivals Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire shared a keenly-fought opening day at Wantage Road. Wood helped bowl Northants for 194 before Notts replied with 80 for 5. Notts can confirm promotion with…
Rikki Clarke claimed career-best figures of 7 for 55 © Getty Images Surrey 42 for 0 trail Somerset 269 (Davies 86, Trescothick 65, Clarke 7-55) by 227 runs As The Oval clock ticked over to 5 o’clock, Rikki Clarke raised the ball aloft and led Surrey off, saluting the home crowd as they lauded his career-best figures. It was a moment that both the player and spectators had long thought…
3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 62 for 1 (Lyth 35*) trail Warwickshire 219 (Patel 100, Fisher 5-54) by 157 runs A freewheeling hundred by Jeetan Patel, which might have been designed to banish the frustrations of a relegation season in a single innings, has kept Warwickshire in a contest at Headingley that Yorkshire need to win to calm their own fears of a drop into Division Two. The decrepit old Rugby…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 8 for 1 trail Sussex 346 (Wells 122, van Zyl 92, Rushworth 4-64, Jennings 3-37) Luke Wells carried his bat for an unbeaten 79 Getty Images Captaining Sussex for the first time, Luke Wells led from the front with his third century of the season in the Specsavers County Championship match against Durham at Chester-le-Street. He followed his 258 against the same opponents at…
3:00 AM ET Innings break West Indies 204 for 9 (Holder 41*, Stokes 3-43) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes struck in consecutive covers AFP Ben Stokes got the better of Marlon Samuels and England withstood an early onslaught from Chris Gayle as West Indies subsided from a lively start to limp to 204 for 9 in a match reduced to 42 overs per side. The contest was delayed…