1:01 PM ET David Willey is considering abandoning attempts to play Test cricket for England to concentrate instead on a career as a limited-overs specialist. Willey made the admission in Perth where he is about to begin a third season in the Big Bash League with Perth Scorchers. “I think over the past couple of years, the way the scheduling is now it’s difficult to play enough four-day cricket to…
Play 07:23 Dasgupta: Rohit makes batting look easy India 260 for 5 (Rohit 118, Rahul 89, Thisara 2-49) beat v Sri Lanka 172 (Kusal 77, Tharanga 47, Chahal 4-52, Kuldeep 3-52) by 88 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Rohit Sharma headlined a match that saw 31 sixes and a slew of records being broken, battering a 35-ball century, the joint-fastest in T20Is, in a ground whose short boundaries were purportedly the…
12:07 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Microsoft, the US technology giant, has included plans for a cricket facility at the heart of a multi-million dollar expansion of their company headquarters near Seattle. The blueprint for the 2.5 million square-foot expansion of Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington, was unveiled on November 28, and is thought to be the first time that a recreational cricket ground has been included as part of a…
9:50 AM ET Ottis Gibson enjoyed a dream start as South Africa’s coach – with a clean-sweep over Bangladesh a couple of months ago – and if he could have it his way, he won’t be waking up anytime soon. Though South Africa’s assignments get tougher over the next three months, starting with the four-day, day-night Test followed by series against India and Australia, they are well resourced for the…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul swivels and pulls © BCCI Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera won yet another toss, and elected to bowl in the second T20I against India in Indore. Thisara said he felt the short boundaries at the Holkar Stadium would lend better to a chase. After suffering a 93-run loss in the previous game, Sri Lanka opted to…
3:00 AM ET Water and Power Development Authority 171 for 5 (Raees 65, Abbas 2-26) trail Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 259 (Iftikhar 73, Wahab 4-61, Maqsood 3-51) by 88 runsScorecard Mohammad Abbas was in a celebratory mood Francois Nel/Getty Images Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Sui Northern Gas Piplelines Limited (SNGPL) finished the second day just as evenly matched as they had been when they began it. Two…
8:16 AM ET Australia’s wicketkeeper Tim Paine has not travelled to Melbourne as planned on Friday and instead remained in Tasmania for personal reasons. His father-in-law is reportedly unwell, although Paine is currently still expected to play in the fourth Ashes Test. “Tim Paine has not travelled with the squad to Melbourne due to personal reasons,” a Crocket Australia spokesperson said. “An update on his travel plans will be provided…
Toss Sri Lanka elected to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details KL Rahul swivels and pulls © BCCI Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera won yet another toss, and elected to bowl in the second T20I against India in Indore. Perera said he felt the short boundaries at the Holkar Stadium would lend better to a chase. In fact, Sri Lanka’s line-up itself seemed to be designed for a chase…
Cameron Bancroft gives his take on being at the receiving end of a headbutt from Jonny Bairstow 7:38 AM ET Cameron Bancroft will return to county cricket with Somerset in 2018 as he seeks to build on his new Test status by finally proving his mettle in the English game. Bancroft makes the switch from Somerset’s West Country neighbours, Gloucestershire, were he has spent two relatively undistinguished seasons considering that…
3:00 AM ET Adelaide Strikers 6 for 163 (Carey 44, Head 36, Nair 3-36, McClenaghan 2-37) beat Sydney Thunder 110 (Patterson 48, Laughlin 4-26, Rashid 2-22) by 53 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details The new-look Adelaide Strikers were a bit of mystery coming into this year’s tournament. But their rejuvenated line-up, with the help of mystery legspinner Rashid Khan, delivered a dominant win over the Sydney Thunder to get their campaign…