6:26 AM ET Danyal Rasool A hard taskmaster. A feared disciplinarian. The sort of chap who’d send Mitchell Johnson home from a tour for not doing his homework. The kind of guy who’d round up his team mid-T20 game and dress them down in front of a packed stadium, not to mention the millions watching at home. The type of bloke who’d single out Sohail Khan and tear into him…
5:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan will not play the first three ODIs against Australia. A press release from the BCCI said the India batsman has asked for leave to take care of his wife, who has taken ill. The selectors have decided not to name a replacement for Dhawan, with back-up openers KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane already in 16-man squad. More to follow Source: ESPN Crickinfo
2:55 AM ET Hopes of Dale Steyn‘s availability for the Bangladesh Test series have been dashed after the seamer ruled himself out of the opening round of first-class fixtures next week. Steyn was planning to make his comeback for the Titans’ match against the Dolphins on Tuesday but has decided the load of a four-day match is too much for someone who has been out of action since last November….
1:42 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Following his impressive form in T20s this year, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has signed with the Adelaide Strikers for the 2017-18 Big Bash League. The 18-year old legspinner ended his first IPL earlier this year as Sunrisers Hyderabad’s second-highest wicket-taker, with 17 from 14 matches. In the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League, he claimed the tournament’s first-ever hat-trick and finished with the best economy-rate of 5.82…
Sep 12, 2017 Canada 205 for 5 (Wijeratne 59, Zafar 41*, Kenjige 3-30) beat USA 202 (Timil 79, Ahmadzai 3-32) by five wickets Srimantha Wijeratne flicks over midwicket on his way to a half-century Peter Della Penna USA’s quest to reclaim the Auty Cup for the first time in 26 years will come down to the series deciding third match after Srimantha Wijeratne‘s half-century laid the platform for Canada to secure…
David Saker will deputise for Darren Lehmann in India © Getty Images In 2013, Australia played India in an ODI series before a home Ashes encounter – same again in 2017. In 2013, Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann skipped the tour in order to prepare for the England challenge – same again in 2017. In 2013, Mitchell Johnson played a key role as the ODI spearhead before flying home early to…
11:46 PM ET Umar Farooq The PCB is set to take the BCCI to the ICC’s dispute resolution panel, with the two boards having failed to resolve their long-standing issue of not fulling their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral tours. The matter was initially meant to be resolved through a “good faith negotiation”, but has dragged on with the boards not finding common ground. the PCB has also weighed…
Haroon Lorgat at a press conference after Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty 3:01 PM ET Cricket South Africa are hopeful the arrival of Preity Zinta as the final franchise owner in the T20 Global League will expedite the acquisition of a broadcaster for the event, which starts in less than two months. With the first match of the 57-game tournament scheduled for November 3, CSA are yet…
2:38 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes Virat Kohli is a better ODI batsman than Steven Smith, but says the case is opposite when it comes to Test cricket. Former India batsman VVS Laxman believes the selectors’ decision to pick Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal for the ODIs is in line with their plan of trying wristspinners, as R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were rested and…
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards at Taunton Lancashire 133 (Croft 41, Leach 5-47) and 28 for 0 trail Somerset 335 (Davies 111; Parkinson 4-68) by 174 runs Tom Abell is an honest fellow whose guileless loyalties have been pledged early. Perhaps his most precious public allegiance is to Somerset cricket. It was merely to be expected that the captain would be delighted when his side took the wicket of Haseeb…