‘England moving along nicely’ – Root (1:46) England captain Joe Root looks back on a successful summer for his side, as they wrap up a series win over the West Indies (1:46) 2:39 PM ET Alan Gardner at Lord’s Having overseen back-to-back Test series wins in his first summer in charge – the first time England have beaten both touring sides since 2013 – Joe Root was in understandably upbeat…
Henry Blofeld took a lap of honour after his final commentary stint © Getty Images Henry Blofeld, the Test Match Special commentator, signed off after nearly 50 years behind the microphone with the words “how lovely” and was given a standing ovation from the Lord’s crowd before embarking on a lap of honour when the final Test concluded. Blofeld, 77, announced earlier this year that this would be his final…
1:50 PM ET Osman Samiuddin Darren Sammy, St Lucian, allrounder, twice world-champion captain, the nicest man in cricket, one of its most popular and now – as the World XI ventures to Pakistan for a potentially pathbreaking tour – Pakistan expert. Sammy is one of five men in the World XI squad with experience of playing in Pakistan – Paul Collingwood, Tamim Iqbal and Hashim Amla have played international cricket…
1:49 PM ET George Dobell Jason Holder has played down the prospect of “big name” West Indies players re-joining the Test team, stating “we have the best of the lot right now.” With Cricket West Indies having recently relaxed their selection criteria and offered an amnesty to those players who have chosen to play in T20 leagues, it had been presumed the likes of Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo, Chris Gayle…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Green 157 and 98 for 2 (Samarth 46*) require another 376 runs to beat India Red 323 and 307 for 2 dec (Panchal 133*, Karthik 100*) Priyank Panchal caresses the ball through cover AFP Priyank Panchal put in a repeat performance of his first-innings in the Duleep Trophy game against India Green, scoring twin centuries to tighten India Red’s grip on the match. Dinesh Karthik,…
Farrell: Shai Hope has come of age (1:26) Melinda Farrell discusses Shai Hope’s constant improvement through the series (1:26) 3:00 AM ET England 194 (Stokes 60, Roach 5-72) and 107 for 1 (Westley 44*, Stoneman 40*) beat West Indies 123 (Stokes 6-22) and 177 (Hope 62, Anderson 7-42) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Lord’s basked in sunshine on a cool September afternoon as England eased to a nine-wicket win…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Vanuatu and Jersey might have already secured promotion to Division Four, but Jersey also secured bragging rights by rolling over Vanuatu for 135 in the in the final of WCL Division Five. Having set Vanuatu 256 on the back of 86 off 101 from Ben Stevens – an easy target if you take into account that Vanuatu chased 228 in 28.2 overs under pressure on…
10:33 AM ET Big Picture When the 2017 CPL is looked back on down the years, the good-humoured personal battle between Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo could be one of the most endearing and jocular snapshots from the tournament. The two have used every opportunity to rib each other. On Saturday, they will resume their game of one-upmanship, but this time the tussle is likely to be more serious, with…
Farrell: Shai Hope has come of age (1:26) Melinda Farrell discusses Shai Hope’s constant improvement through the series (1:26) 3:00 AM ET Innings break West Indies 123 and 177 (Hope 62, Anderson 7-42) lead England 194 by 106 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England will require 107 to claim victory in the third Investec Test and take the series after James Anderson’s career-best seven-wicket haul finished off West Indies’ for…
8:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tests: Sep 28-Oct 2 (Abu Dhabi), Oct 6-10 (Dubai) ODIs: Oct 13 – Dubai, Oct 16 – Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 – Abu Dhabi, Oct 20 – Sharjah, Oct 23 – Sharjah T20Is: Oct 26 – Abu Dhabi, Oct 27 – Abu Dhabi, Oct 29 – Lahore Sri Lanka will play their first day-night Test in Dubai as a part of the two-Test series against…