Jon Lewis in action for Surrey © Getty Images Jon Lewis and Gary Palmer have been added to the England Lions coaching team ahead of their trip to Australia. Lewis, who played one Test and 15 limited-overs matches for England, will replace Chris Silverwood as bowling coach on the tour and will continue to fulfil the role when the squad travels to the Caribbean in the new year. Silverwood will…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand women 148 for 3 (Devine 62, Bates 33) beat Pakistan women 147 (Nahida 39, Mir 31, Kerr 3-35) by seven wicketsScorecard Amelia Kerr bowled Nahida Khan around her legs Getty Images New Zealand’s spinners, led by legspinner Amelia Kerr‘s 3 for 35, helped topple Pakistan over for 147 in the second ODI in Sharjah. The batsmen then had little trouble in hunting down the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cheteshwar Pujara now holds the record for the most double-hundreds by an Indian in first-class cricket. He made his 12th on Thursday to go past the tally of Vijay Merchant, and in the process also regain some form in the lead-up to India’s next Test assignment against Sri Lanka in November. Pujara began the day on 125 and made smooth progress to finish on 205…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka A 181 for 8 (Asalanka 33, Cottrell 4-44, Cornwall 2-31) beat West Indies A 176 (Hodge 54, Kumara 3-26, Aponso 3-34) by two wicketsScorecard Amila Aponso and Dhananjaya de Silva walk with their batting equipment AFP Sri Lanka A’s lower order, led by Shehan Jayasuriya, rallied from 83 for 5 to secure a low-scorer, despite fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell‘s career-best 4 for 44. Jayasuriya…
6:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsman Chamari Atapattu‘s record-breaking year assumed greater significance as she became the first Sri Lanka player to be roped in by a Women’s Big Bash League franchise. She has been signed by Melbourne Renegades for the third edition of the WBBL, starting December 9, and will join the New Zealand pair of allrounder Amy Satterthwaite and medium-pacer Lea Tahuhu as the side’s overseas recruits. “I…
3:00 AM ET Lunch Zimbabwe 199 for 6 (Raza 85*, Chakabva 11*) and 326 lead West Indies 448 by 77 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP Sikandar Raza gritted his way through the first session of the final day in Bulawayo, but two wickets at the other end dented Zimbabwe’s hopes of saving this Test. Raza went to lunch on 85 not out, and with a…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Canterbury’s 21-year-old left-arm wristspinner Blake Coburn took 7 for 64 to help his side defend 245 and clinch a thrilling eight-run win over Northern Districts in Rangiora. Playing only his second first-class match, the 21-year-old Coburn broke two important partnerships in Northern Districts’ chase, first dismissing Bharat Popli to end an 80-run second-wicket partnership and then getting the wicket of Tim Seifert to break a…
4:07 AM ET Osman Samiuddin The man who helped correct Sunil Narine’s action is confident that tests will find Mohammad Hafeez‘s action to be legal. Match officials reported Hafeez for a potentially suspect action after the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. The most-recent instance amounted to the third time in three years that Hafeez has been reported in international cricket. On Wednesday, in Loughborough, he underwent the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jesse Ryder‘s twin centuries powered Central Districts to their first victory in the Plunket Shield this season, handing Auckland a 256-run drubbing in Nelson. Ryder’s 237-ball 175 in the first innings, his 24th first-class hundred, rescued Central Districts from a precarious 51 for 4. He stitched two century stands to rally the side: 149 with Dane Cleaver (56) for the fifth wicket and152 with Doug…
3:23 AM ET Osman Samiuddin The man who helped correct Sunil Narine’s action is confident that tests will find Mohammad Hafeez‘s action to be legal. Match officials reported Hafeez for a potentially suspect action after the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. The most-recent instance amounted to the third time in three years that Hafeez has been reported in international cricket. On Wednesday, in Loughborough, he underwent the…