3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mayank Agarwal racked up his fifth century of the season and went past 1000 first-class runs in November alone after Karnataka took the first-innings lead against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi. Railways’ overnight pair of Arindam Ghosh and Mahesh Rawat saw off the first hour or so, but they fell apart quickly after the 201-run fifth-wicket stand was broken by legspinner…
Swann: England batsmen need to learn from Smith (0:46) Former England spinner Graeme Swann looks at what England can learn from the first Test, and makes some confident predictions for the rest of the series (0:46) 8:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England need to avoid any sense of “doom and gloom” after their ten-wicket defeat in Brisbane and focus on trying to level the series in Adelaide, according to former…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 414 (Marsh 141, Wildermuth 3-69, Doggett 3-89, Feldman 3-104) and 8 for 306 dec (Turner 101*, Swepson 4-131) drew with Queensland 424 (Wildermuth 95, Labuschagne 92, Burns 81, Mackin 3-106) and 290 for 7 (Burns 103, Labuschagne 72, Hemphrey 60, Kelly 5-60) Joe Burns celebrates his 12th first-class hundred Getty Images Queensland fell just seven runs short of their target of 297, with three…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Basil Thampi enjoyed a fine day out in Lahli. It began with his walking out as a nightwatchman, without a single run to his name. It ended with him scoring a maiden first-class half-century and picking up two vital wickets to reduce Haryana to 83 for 5. On the back of that effort, Kerala retained a lead of 98 runs and appear well placed to…
7:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jeetan Patel, the former New Zealand offspinner, has been named as Warwickshire’s new first-class and one-day captain, with Grant Elliott continuing to lead Birmingham Bears in the NatWest T20 Blast. Patel, 37, joined the club in 2009 and has been their overseas player across all formats since 2012, during which time he has played a part in three domestic trophies, including the County Championship in…
7:18 AM ET The margin of Sri Lanka’s defeat to India in Nagpur – an innings and 239 runs – was the worst in their Test-match history. The defeat was also the most recent in a sequence of chastening results against India. In July-August, Sri Lanka suffered a 3-0 home defeat to India, and lost each of the Tests by a big margin: 304 runs, an innings and 53 runs,…
3:00 AM ET Rajshahi Kings chose to bowl v Khulna Titans Kesrick Williams adds another name in the book Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty Rajshahi Kings captain Darren Sammy decided to bowl against Khulna Titans and made two changes in the XI. Rony Talukdar and Kesrick Williams returned in place of Dwayne Smith and Hossain Ali. Khulna also made two changes – Kyle Abbott and Shafiul Islam coming in…
Virat Kohli has been rested from the ODI series against Sri Lanka, which follows the third Test in Delhi from December 2. Rohit Sharma will lead the ODI side in Kohli’s absence. India squad for the third Test: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar…
5:36 AM ET At the VCA Stadium on February 6, 2010, Rohit Sharma injured his ankle during a practice session on the morning of what was to be his Test debut. Rohit himself had come into India’s squad as cover for the injured VVS Laxman. Now he too had been ruled out. He would have to wait until November 2013 to make his Test debut. Now, more than seven years…
3:00 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Dhaka Dynamites 191 for 3 (Lewis 75, Denly 44) beat Chittagong Vikings 187 for 5 (Anamul 73, Ronchi 59) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Evin Lewis creams one over the off side Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / Getty Dhaka Dynamites scaled their biggest chase in the BPL to beat hosts Chittagong Vikings by seven wickets. They chased down 187 with seven balls to spare,…