1:11 AM ET Australia’s spearhead Mitchell Starc has no chance of playing the Boxing Day Test if the example raised by his fellow fast bowler Pat Cummins is any indication. Starc has a bruised heel on his right foot, the same injury Cummins suffered during his November 2011 Test debut and which then dogged him throughout the following summer – he did not play again for Australia until mid-2012. While…
‘Targeting tail-end a genuine tactical ploy’ – Bird (1:32) Jackson Bird and Pat Cummins both said that using the pace attack on opposing tail-enders is a tactic they have to dish, and face themselves (1:32) 12:28 AM ET James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has given the Test team’s fast bowlers the green light to carry on their concerted short-pitched attack on England’s tail, leaving it up to the…
‘Targeting tail-end a genuine tactical ploy’ – Bird (1:32) Jackson Bird and Pat Cummins both said that using the pace attack on opposing tail-enders is a tactic they have to dish, and face themselves (1:32) 12:22 AM ET James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has given the Test team’s fast bowlers the green light to carry on their concerted short-pitched attack on England’s tail, leaving it up to the…
11:58 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka Cricket has asked 23 ODI cricketers to take part in a special training programme ahead of the Bangladesh tour, so new coach Chandika Hathurusingha can have “quality time” with the preliminary squad. Those cricketers, as a result, will not play in the ongoing domestic tournaments. “The players were asked not to play domestic cricket following a request made by the head coach…
Dec 21, 2017 Innings New Zealand 325 for 6 (Nicholls 83*, Worker 58, Taylor 57, Cottrell 3-62) v West Indies Henry Nicholls displays the full face of the bat Getty Images A sixth-wicket stand that began as a recovery finished in a hail of boundaries, as clean striking from Henry Nicholls and Todd Astle propelled New Zealand to 325 for 6. The pair’s 130-run stand came off 98 balls – starting…
11:31 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Angelo Mathews will be out of action for at least two weeks with the hamstring tear he sustained on Friday – another chapter in his long-standing woes with leg injuries. Mathews pulled up injured as he ran in to deliver the third ball of his third over in the T20 in Indore. He left the field without completing that over, and did not return to…
‘We’re in good hands in terms of security’ – Sutherland (2:00) Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland and Victoria Police assistant commissioner Stephen Leane address the security plans ahead of the fourth Ashes Test, which starts in Melbourne from Boxing Day (2:00) 10:17 PM ET A world record Test match crowd of more than 91,000 spectators is still expected to roll up to the MCG on Boxing Day in the wake…
Dec 21, 2017 Innings New Zealand 325 for 6 (Nicholls 83*, Worker 58, Taylor 57, Cottrell 3-62) v West Indies Henry Nicholls displays the full face of the bat Getty Images A sixth-wicket stand that began as a recovery finished in a hail of boundaries, as clean striking from Henry Nicholls and Todd Astle propelled New Zealand to 325 for 6. The pair’s 130-run stand came off 98 balls – starting…
3:00 AM ET West Indies opt to bowl v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Doug Bracewell found Chris Gayle’s outside edge off his first ball Getty Images West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl on a Hagley Oval track they believed would characteristically favour seam bowling. The big news from their camp, however, is that Chris Gayle is unavailable for this match, after having failed to recover sufficiently…
1:01 PM ET The scheduling of the county season is making it “tough” for young spinners to develop, according to Mason Crane. A day after Dawid Malan warned against overbowling fast bowlers, Crane has suggested there is “more opportunity” for young spinners in Australia. While Crane, the second spinner in the England squad, is grateful for the support he’s received from the ECB as a young player, he has gently…