© Getty Images Kemar Roach is enjoying his return to West Indies’ Test side. After 11 wickets at 29.81 in his comeback series against England, Roach has responded well to the need to alter his lines and lengths on the slower and drier pitches in Bulawayo as West Indies’ senior seamer. His control with the ball was vital to their success in the first Test, and he was equally disciplined…
1:11 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Westley has committed to the County Champions, Essex, for another season, after signing a one-year contract extension which keeps him at the club until the end of the 2019 season. Westley, who is a graduate of Essex’s Academy, played a key role in the club’s County Championship triumph and also earned his maiden England call-up, playing in five Tests against South Africa and West…
1:08 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India’s ODI captain Mithali Raj superseded Meg Lanning to claim the top spot on the ICC rankings for batsmen in women’s ODIs. Lanning missed out on the ODI leg of the ongoing multi-format Women’s Ashes as part of her rehabilitation plan following her shoulder surgery and slipped from first to fourth position. After the conclusion of the World Cup, Raj trailed Lanning by 10 points…
12:59 PM ET On Sunday, Tendai Chisoro became the 103rd Zimbabwean to play Test cricket. It marked a remarkable renaissance for the man had switched from being a fast bowler to a spinner only two years ago and even now is often pigeon-holed as a limited-overs specialist. Though he struggled to make an impact with either bat or ball in his first day on the field as a Test cricketer,…
Virat Kohli is visibly pleased after Ravindra Jadeja took a wicket off the day’s last ball 11:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The impact of Virat Kohli‘s in-your-face persona on young, impressionable cricketers is a cause for concern for Rahul Dravid. The former India captain feared aping Kohli’s aggressive words and approach might lead to youngsters not being authentic to themselves. While Dravid admitted to cringing at some “outrageous” things Kohli…
3:00 AM ET Stumps West Indies 78 for 1 (Powell 43*, Bishoo 0*) trail Zimbabwe 326 (Masakadza 147, Raza 80, Roach 3-44) by 248 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza shined with the bat on the second day at Queens, but incisive bowling and attritional batting from West Indies ensured the honours were shared at stumps. Masakadza and Raza did enough…
3:00 AM ET Tea West Indies 25 for 0 (Brathwaite 13*, Powell 10*) trail Zimbabwe 326 (Masakadza 147, Raza 80, Roach 3-44) by 301 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza extended Zimbabwe’s total to 326 but West Indies struck regularly on the second day at Queens Sports Club to keep the match finely balanced. Masakadza, on 101 not out overnight, fell…
10:37 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: Champions, with 10 wins in 14 matches. Big picture Only five overseas players can fit into an XI so who among Dhaka Dynamites’ superstars will have to sit out? Shahid Afridi? Evin Lewis? Sunil Narine? Kumar Sangakkara? Or Shane Watson? Problems of plenty, though, are easy to handle and a simple policy of rotation should do the trick. Besides, high-quality back-ups will come…
9:37 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: Knocked out in the second qualifier, finishing with seven wins in 14 games. Big picture By many accounts, Khulna Titans had a fairly limited squad last year and yet they fell only one step short of making the final. In 2017, they have increased their bench strength with the signings of in-form players such as Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan…
AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn are expected to be back for the Tests during the upcoming home summer © Getty Images AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn should walk back into South Africa’s Test team as soon as form and fitness allow. That was the word from new head coach Ottis Gibson on completion of his first assignment in charge – a historic clean-sweep over Bangladesh across formats –…