Play 01:02 Being dropped made me hungry to play more Tests – Vince James Vince admits he was as surprised as anyone to find himself in the England squad named for this winter’s tour of Australia. The 26-year-old Hampshire batsman, who played seven Tests in 2016 but has not been selected since after averaging just 19.27, was preferred on the basis that, despite a relatively thin summer in domestic red-ball…
‘It’s been an emotional few weeks’ – Onions (1:24) Durham veteran Graham Onions explains his reasons for joining the number of players on their way out of the club (1:24) 3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards at New Road Worcestershire 335 and 157 for 3 (Mitchell 68) lead Durham 208 (Leach 3-30) by 284 runs Joe Leach’s walk back to his bowling mark is a fine enough thing, yet even his…
1:28 PM ET Osman Samiuddin Sarfraz Ahmed will become the 32nd player to captain a Pakistan Test side on Thursday. Few would have been as destined for the captaincy and fewer still would have faced the size of the task he does, in following the winningest Test captain in Pakistan’s history, Misbah-ul-Haq. Sarfraz has liked to point out that he has captained his way through his career, from club sides…
1:28 PM ET Osman Samiuddin Sarfraz Ahmed will become the 32nd player to captain a Pakistan Test side on Thursday. Few would have been as destined for the captaincy and fewer still would have faced the size of the task he does, in following the winningest Test captain in Pakistan’s history, Misbah-ul-Haq. Sarfraz has liked to point out that he has captained his way through his career, from club sides…
3:00 AM ET Northants 202 (Proctor 82, Raine 5-54) and 17 for 0 need a further 180 to beat Leicestershire 128 and 270 (Cosgrove 80, Kerrigan 4-62) It was promotion crunch time in Division Two, but in The Meet café and bar, which has fed and watered Leicestershire supporters for a lifetime, there was little sign of rising tension. Every Northants fielder must have been desperate for news from Hove,…
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at Edgbaston Hampshire 116 (Bailey 55, Hannon-Dalby 4-29) and 20-1 require a further 239 to beat Warwickshire 188 (Sibley 92*, Edwards 5-49) and 186 (Bell 77*, Berg 3-40) Appropriately enough, given that timing has been the foundation of his career, Ian Bell chose the day an uninspiring Ashes squad was announced to offer a reminder that while his star may be on the wane it…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Red 187 for 7 (Indrajith 59, Sundar 42*, Bhatt 3-75) and 483 lead India Blue 299 (Easwaran 127, Unadkat 83, Sundar 5-94, Gohil 5-121) by 371 runs At 17 years and 199 days, Washington Sundar had become the IPL’s third-youngest debutant BCCI India Red strengthened their position in the Duleep Trophy final after taking a first-innings lead of 184 after both teams played our their…
12:16 PM ET George Dobell Division One survival will not be enough to save Matthew Maynard‘s position as director of cricket at Somerset. ESPNcricinfo understands that Maynard, the former England and Glamorgan batsman, will leave the club immediately after the final game of the season. He has spent three years at the club and had another two years remaining on his contract. While Somerset have endured a tough season in…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 229 and 192 for 5 (Selman 70) beat Kent 302 (Denly 152, Hogan 4-44) and 115 (Rouse 44, Hogan 6-43) by five wickets Glamorgan chalked up their third win of the Specsavers County Championship campaign with more than a day to spare after reaching 192 for five in Canterbury to inflict a first home defeat of the season by five wickets upon a…
11:25 AM ET Shashank Kishore Parthiv Patel has been called-up to the India A squad ahead of the second unofficial Test against New Zealand A in Vijayawada. He’s been brought in as cover for Rishabh Pant, who has a fever. Pant has been advised rest, but his illness isn’t very serious, according to a BCCI official, and the decision to have reinforcement was precautionary, considering there was no other full-time…