10:06 AM ET Arun Venugopal When Ravindra Jadeja was left out of the ODI squad earlier this year, he slammed a double-century in his first Ranji Trophy innings of the season. Now, with the Sri Lanka limited-overs series ongoing, Jadeja – who has struck three first-class triple-centuries, the most by an Indian – stuck to the destructive pattern and struck six sixes in an over en route to a blistering…
9:36 AM ET Arun Venugopal India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja struck six sixes in one over en route to a blistering century on the opening day of the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) inter-district T20 tournament. Jadeja smashed a 69-ball 154 as Jamnagar brushed aside Amreli by 121 runs in their opening game at the Saurashtra Cricket Association ‘B’ ground in Rajkot. The win gave last year’s semi-finalists Jamnagar four points. Opening…
8:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rory Burns and Jade Dernbach will share the captaincy duties at Surrey next season, after Gareth Batty decided to step down from the role after three seasons in charge. Burns will take over the role in Championship and 50-over cricket, with Dernbach appointed to lead the side in the NatWest T20 Blast. “It has been a great honour to have served the club as captain,”…
© Associated Press Lasith Malinga has been “rested” from Sri Lanka’s T20 squad, one week after he had left the Bangladesh Premier League early due to personal reasons. Suranga Lakmal has also been omitted. In the squad, however are slew of allrounders: left-arm spinners Sachith Pathirana and Chaturanga de Silva included. Akila Dananjaya is the lone specialist spinner. Malinga’s exit from the BPL had been vexing – he returned to…
Bairstow rekindles the headbutt (1:18) Jonny Bairstow says his celebration was a bit of lighthearted fun after making his maiden Ashes century in Perth. (1:18) 8:11 AM ET George Dobell in Perth Jonny Bairstow ensured he had the last laugh after completing a maiden Ashes century. On the first night of this tour, Bairstow ventured to the Avenue bar in the suburbs of Perth and greeted Cameron Bancroft with a…
8:01 AM ET England let slip a golden opportunity on the second day at the WACA, as they lost their last six wickets for 35 runs to squander the gains made in a 237-run stand between Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow. It was not, however, an unheard-of turn of events. ESPNcricinfo recalls five other memorable Ashes collapses Bruce Reid appeals for an lbw against Alec Stewart Getty Images 8 for 47…
5:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Marlon Samuels, Sunil Narine and Alzarri Joseph have been ruled out of West Indies’ limited-overs leg of New Zealand. While Samuels was pulled out due to an injured right hand and Joseph a back strain, Narine – only in the T20 squad – made himself unavailable for personal reasons. Sunil Ambris, who took a blow to his left arm in the second Test against New…
Brettig: Overton has bounce, trajectory and accuracy (0:42) Dan Brettig digs into Craig Overton’s impressive spell, which accounted for David Warner and Cameron Bancroft and rattled Steven Smith (0:42) 3:00 AM ET Australia 3 for 203 (Smith 92*, S Marsh 7*) trail England 403 (Malan 140, Bairstow 119, Stoneman 56, Starc 4-91, Hazlewood 3-92) by 200 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Four years ago this week, Steven Smith spontaneously changed his…
Dobell: Malan’s wicket precipitated England’s collapse (1:12) George Dobell looks back at how England went from 4 for 368 to 403 all out in the first session on day two at the WACA (1:12) 3:00 AM ET Tea Australia 2 for 88 (Smith 24*, Khawaja 14*) trail England 403 (Malan 140, Bairstow 119, Stoneman 56, Starc 4-91, Hazlewood 3-92) by 315 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Craig Overton removed both…
3:00 AM ET Kerala Kings won the first match of the T10 League against the Bengal Tigers, but the opening night of the new tournament belonged to Pakhtoons’ Shahid Afridi. He took a hat-trick with the first three balls he bowled in the format as his franchise beat a Maratha Arabians side captained by Virender Sehwag by 25 runs. Sehwag was the third victim of Afridi’s hat-trick, trapped in front…