UAE 269 (Mufti 110, Shahzad 40, Smit 4-37, Burger 3-44) and 157 (Suri 41, Williams 5-22) beat Namibia 212 (Erasmus 78*, Raza 6-61) and 180 (Williams 48, Mustafa 3-38, Raza 2-45) by 34 runsScorecard File photo – Adnan Mufti’s first-innings 110 laid the groundwork for UAE’s win © Getty Images Left-arm spinner Ahmed Raza‘s match haul of eight wickets helped UAE wrap up a 34-run victory over Namibia, inside three…
12:19 PM ET India will start their tour of South Africa with the New Year’s Test, which is likely to begin on January 5 or 6 in Cape Town. Both Cricket South Africa and the BCCI are on the verge of finalising the details in the coming days for the tour, which as per the ICC’s Future Tours Programme included four Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is. Both the boards…
11:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile feared that he would not return to international cricket after being ruled out of the last home summer due to a back injury. Coulter-Nile has struggled with injuries over the past two years. In September 2015, a recurring hamstring injury forced him out of the ODI series in England. He was later in the frame to make a Test debut…
10:13 AM ET Aiden Markram, the 2014 Under-19 World Cup winning captain, has been named Titans’ first-class captain for the 2017-18 summer. He succeeds Henry Davids, who stepped down ahead of the competition’s opening round, after five seasons in charge of the four-day side. He will be the vice-captain across limited-overs formats. Markram captained the South African A side in their four-day matches in England this winter and led them…
9:26 AM ET Big Picture The concept of the points-based “Super Series”, trialled last summer to add over-arching context to the sport’s three different formats, was quietly put into mothballs ahead of this season. But had it still been in existence, we’d have been geared up for an improbably thrilling climax to the second tour of the English summer. Following West Indies’ victory in Saturday’s one-off T20 and their stunning…
9:15 AM ET A majority of overseas players and coaches involved in the Shpageeza Cricket League, Afghanistan’s domestic Twenty20 tournament, has decided to remain in the country, despite an incident last week when a suicide bomber reportedly detonated explosives at a checkpoint en route to the Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground in Kabul. Eight foreign personnel, most from South Africa and Zimbabwe, left the country. The blast, which killed three…
Afghanistan president and patron-in-chief Mohammad Ashraf Ghani greets players on September 16 © Afghanistan Cricket Board A majority of the overseas contingent of players and coaches involved in the Shpageeza Cricket League, Afghanistan’s domestic Twenty20 tournament, has decided to continue participating, in the wake of an incident last week when a suicide bomber reportedly detonated explosives at a security checkpoint en route to the Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground in…
Anamul Haque celebrates his maiden double-hundred © RisingBD.com Tier 1 Rain in Cox’s Bazzar meant that play was possible only on the second day in the match between Dhaka Division and Barisal Division. Play was eventually called off early on the fourth day with the game predictably ending in a draw. The second day, which allowed 90 overs, saw opener Rony Talukdar (121) and No.3 Saif Hassan (106*) hit centuries…
4:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Bond, the former New Zealand fast bowler, feels the time is right for him to become a head coach, particularly of an Indian Premier League franchise, but would not be drawn into speculation linking him to the role of England’s bowling coach for the first three Ashes Tests in Australia later this summer. Bond is currently on a short-term contract as New Zealand A…
4:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Bond, the former New Zealand fast bowler, feels the time is right for him to become a head coach, particularly of an Indian Premier League franchise, but would not be drawn into speculation linking him to the role of England’s bowling coach for the first three Ashes Tests in Australia later this summer. Bond is currently on a short-term contract as New Zealand A…