World XI bowl in historic game in Lahore

‘Makes you want to support the opposition as well’ (3:18) Cricket fans in Pakistan tell us what it means to them to have high-profile cricket – and star players – return to the country (3:18) 3:00 AM ET Toss World XI chose to bowl v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Faf du Plessis, the World XI captain, won the toss and chose to bowl at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore,…

September 12, 2017
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Agar, batsmen help Australians make winning start

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australians 347 for 7 (Stoinis 76, Head 65, Washington 2-23) beat Indian Board President’s XI 244 (Goswami 43, Agarwal 42, Agar 4-44) by 103 runsScorecard Matthew Wade shored up the Australians with a rapid 45 PTI The Australians kicked off their limited-overs tour of India with a dominant 103-run win over the Indian Board President’s XI in their only warm-up match at the Chepauk Stadium in…

September 12, 2017
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JKCA painting 'misleading picture' – Vinod Rai

Vinod Rai, who heads the Supreme Court-appointed committee of administrators, speaks to the media  8:16 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has told the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) to stop painting a “misleading” picture about the BCCI’s reasons for withholding funds to the association. The CoA has said such pressure tactics will not work, and that the JKCA’s non-compliance in implementing the Lodha Committee’s recommendations…

September 12, 2017
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'I deserve a break' – Shakib

7:40 AM ET Mohammad Isam Shakib Al Hasan felt he deserved a break from the expectations of performing consistently in Tests for the last ten years. He said he had informed his family last month about his plans of asking the BCB for a six-month break after the home series against Australia. The BCB granted him a shorter break, during which he will miss the two Tests against South Africa…

September 12, 2017
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West Indies look to embrace rare day of superiority

7:36 AM ET Big Picture It was in the 2015 World Cup that these teams last met – the first game of the tournament for both of them. West Indies’ decline as a Test force had slowly been established, but their limited-overs stocks were still highly rated. This was the team which, in its third match of the group stage, would put up 372 against Zimbabwe – all of those…

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Fresh coaching staff for West Indies after dismal Women's World Cup

4:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies (CWI) have announced the removal of the women’s management – coach Vasbert Drakes and his assistants Ezra Moseley and Stuart Williams – that oversaw a poor World Cup campaign in England, where they finished sixth among eight teams. CWI hopes to set up a new management support structure ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka starting on October 4. In the…

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Australia's female cricketers leap ahead in pay race

3:13 AM ET Australia’s cricketers are now comfortably the highest paid female athletes in the country, with minimum retainers for the national team and domestic sides outstripping deals recently unveiled for top-tier contracts in soccer and AFL. While 2017 has been a breakthrough year for female athletes across the country through the inaugural AFLW competition and this week’s announcement of a new pay deal for female footballers with the Football…

September 12, 2017
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Dainty, other former USACA members can be part of new federation – Parthen

‘Our success will be measured by new federation’ – Eric Parthen (3:18) USA Project Manager Eric Parthen talks on the efforts to rebuild cricket structures in the country after USACA was expelled as an ICC Associate Member in June (3:18) 1:41 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the…

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J&K players ask CoA to intervene with participation in doubt

September 11, 2017

© Sharda Ugra/ ESPNcricinfo Virtually every domestic cricket season in the last five years has begun with controversy and crisis at the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). With less than a month before the Ranji Trophy is scheduled to begin, the JKCA and players are waving the red flag as the state’s participation in the tournament remains in severe danger if the BCCI fails to inject fresh funds. Both…

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Sarfraz eager to shift focus back to cricket

1:49 PM ET Umar Farooq in Lahore The emerging theme from the series between Pakistan and the World XI is that it’s more than just cricket, with the feeling that this is the first time real, high-profile international cricket returns to Pakistan. The actual cricket looks to have taken a back seat, but Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed is eager to push it back into focus, looking to maintain Pakistan’s T20…

September 11, 2017
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