‘England have bigger things to worry about than our depth’ – Starc (1:33) Mitchell Starc responded to England bowler James Anderson’s criticism of Australia’s pace attack ahead of the fourth Ashes Test. (1:33) 10:12 PM ET Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the Boxing Day Test with a stinging message for England: why question our depth when you haven’t taken 20 Australian wickets all Ashes series? Having confirmed that a bruised…
1:00 PM ET George Dobell Ben Stokes looks set to play the entire IPL season but might not feature for England again before the end of 2018 if he is charged in connection with events outside a Bristol bar in September. While Stokes was recently named in England’s ODI squad for the matches in Australia, he will not appear for the team – or travel on tour – until a…
1:00 PM ET George Dobell The Ashes may have gone and the possibility of a second successive whitewash is growing but the game in England and Wales is “in extremely good shape” according to the ECB’s chief executive, Tom Harrison. While accepting the Ashes result was “disappointing”, Harrison believes that progress made elsewhere showed the ECB was doing good work. As a result, he said there would be no “knee-jerk…
11:42 AM ET While cricket lovers gear up to watch AB de Villiers in Test whites for the first time since January 2016, they may be interested, and anxious, to hear that his long-standing back problem is not entirely a thing of the past. De Villiers was withdrawn from the South African Invitation XI to play the touring Zimbabweans in Paarl earlier this week after “struggling with lower back stiffness,”…
8:43 AM ET Umar Farooq Sarfraz Ahmed (capt&wk), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Rumman Raees In: Azhar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir Out: Ahmed Shehzad, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad has been dropped for the five-ODI series in New Zealand next…
Seamers Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Shami have been recalled to the Indian ODI squad that has been picked for the six-match ODI series in South Africa. Virat Kohli, who who was rested from the team’s most recent limited-overs assignment against Sri Lanka, returns as captain. Kedar Jadhav, who suffered a hamstring injury in early December and has not played any cricket since, has also been picked. India ODI squad: Virat…
3:00 AM ET Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 141 for 4 (Ifthikar 55*, Rizwan 54*, Maqsood 2-21) and 259 lead Water and Power Development Authority 271 for 5 (K Akmal 67, Raees 65, Abbas 4-57) by 129 runsScorecard Azhar Ali reaches out to defend AFP The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final still remained tantalisingly poised at the end of the third day. It was a day of two halves, with WAPDA initially appearing…
Dasgupta: India should look to give youngsters a chance (1:37) Deep Dasgupta believes that the third T20I could be a good stage to try out Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi, Washington Sundar or Deepak Hooda (1:37) 7:46 AM ET Big picture Sri Lanka keep offering gifts this festive season, and India keep lapping it up. Their bowlers regularly send down half-volleys and half-trackers, wrapped up in ribbons. Their batting line-up continues…
7:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Rumman Raees In: Azhar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir Out: Ahmed Shehzad, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan A knee injury has ruled the Pakistan allrounder Imad Wasim out of contention for the five-match…
6:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff 2:25 Trent Boult’s career-best 7 for 34 set the record for the best ODI returns by a New Zealand bowler against West Indies. Trent Boult said he didn’t feel like it was one of those days when the ball “comes out of the hand well” but that didn’t stop him from wrecking West Indies with a career-best 7 for 34 to set up a 204-run…