3:00 AM ET Lunch West Indies 123 and 153 for 6 (Hope 60*, Holder 8*) lead England 194 by 82 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details James Anderson added Jermaine Blackwood to his haul Getty Images West Indies’ hopes of setting England a challenging score in the third and deciding Investec Test rested squarely on the shoulders of Shai Hope at lunch on the third day at Lord’s. With James Anderson taking…
7:32 AM ET Arun Venugopal Kieron Pollard has denied he deliberately bowled the no-ball that potentially cost Evin Lewis a record-breaking hundred in St Kitts and Nevis Patriots’ 10-wicket win over Barbados Trident at the Caribbean Premier League. Lewis was on 97 off 31 balls when he took strike with the scores level, a boundary away from the fastest hundred in CPL history and the second fastest in all T20…
7:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Middlesex have expressed their “extreme disappointment” at the ECB’s decision to dock them points for a slow over rate after their game at The Oval was abandoned when a crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch. The players were taken from the field after the projectile landed near the square shortly after tea on the fourth day and, after consultation with police, the match…
New rules, new face (2:15) More powers to the on-field umpires, regulations on bat sizes and yet another change to the DRS – the ICC’s new rules, set to be implemented from October 1, are set to change cricket as we know it (2:15) 5:18 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi The new set of ICC playing conditions, effective September 28, will not be applied for the limited-overs series between England and…
While Ben Stokes has made the strongest impression on this match so far, it was given an indelible mark on the second evening as James Anderson became the first Englishman to reach 500 Test wickets. Stokes’ six-for had upstaged his team-mate in West Indies’ first innings and he continued to shape events around him as England gained a 71-run first-innings lead – but Anderson was immediately to the fore as…
Preity Zinta, co- owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab, is the latest to join the T20 Global League in South Africa after becoming the owner of Stellenbosch Monarchs. This was confirmed by Cricket SA Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat. After Shah Rukh Khan (who owns the Capetown Knight Riders) , Preity Zinta is the latest Bollywood celebrity to join the league as an owner. Addressing the media, Lorgat said, “I…
Former Pakistan skipper Ramiz Raja has claimed that the tour by the World XI will help to ensure the return of regular international cricket in Pakistan. Ramiz Raja, who played in 57 Tests and 198 ODIs, also believes that with this move the development of cricket in Pakistan will not be left behind. In his column for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Raja recalled the fateful day when terrorists attacked…
In the Test series against Bangladesh, Lyon broke several records as history was rewritten once again. He now holds the record for the most wickets by an Australian in a two-match Test series. After picking up 22 wickets in the two Tests against Bangladesh and a wonderful bowling performance in the second Test, Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has broken into the ICC’s top ten rankings of bowlers in Test cricket….
Trinbago Knight Riders have acquired the services of Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah for the remainder of Caribbean Premier League, the franchise said on Thursday. The spinner will replace countryman Shadab Khan. Trinbago Knight Riders have acquired the services of Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah for the remainder of Caribbean Premier League, the franchise said on Thursday. The spinner will replace countryman Shadab Khan who has flown back to Pakistan to play…
Play 04:31 ‘The tour signifies world’s support for Pakistan’ – Raja Former New Zealand allrounder Grant Elliott has provided resounding approval to the security measures for the World XI series in Lahore, saying “if no one felt safe, no one would be going”. Elliott is the only player from New Zealand in the visiting squad. A team of overseas players, comprising several first-choice picks in Hashim Amla, Tamim Iqbal, Morne…