Month: December 2017

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A low-scoring contest between two teams at the farthest ends of the points table produced a thriller on the final day at Providence Stadium as table-leaders Guyana tied with Windward Islands, with Shane Shillingford trapping Anthony Bramble in front after scores had been levelled at 164. With six runs to defend, Shillingford sniped out the last three Guyana wickets in the space of seven balls…

3:00 AM ET Rangpur Riders 55 for 1 (Charles 46*) v Comilla VictoriansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball updates The BPL’s second qualifier between Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders will now continue on Monday, after chaos – stemming from a rain delay of almost two hours – nearly produced a major organisational disaster in Mirpur. The final decision, of playing the game on the following day, came after both Tamim Iqbal and…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Delhi 405 and 8 for 0 (Chandela 4*, Tokas 4*) need 209 runs to beat Madhya Pradesh 338 and 283 (Harpreet 78, Datey 60, Mishra 4-59, Tokas 3-64) Devendra Bundela walks back ESPNcricinfo Ltd A combined seven wickets from left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra and bowling allrounder Vikas Tokas set Delhi up for a 217-run chase on the final day with 10 wickets in hand, after restricting…

Agarkar: Pandya isn’t quite ready to be the third seamer yet (0:58) Ajit Agarkar’s take on how Hardik Pandya has developed in the seam-bowling allrounder’s role (0:58) 9:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff At 29 for 7, India were in danger of plummeting to the all-time lowest ODI total. While they managed to avoid the ignominy thanks to MS Dhoni’s stubbornness down the order, a total of 112 proved woefully inadequate…

9:02 AM ET George Dobell in Perth Ben Duckett has been suspended from all remaining fixtures on England Lions’ tour of Australia and given a final written warning over his conduct. He was also fined the maximum allowable amount for an England Lions player, which ESPNcricinfo understands is close to 1,500. But Duckett, the 23-year-old who played four Tests for England towards the end of 2016, escaped being sent home…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bengal 354 and 483 for 4 (Chatterjee 213*, Easwaran 114, Chaudhary 2-70) lead Gujarat 224 (Merai 67, Dinda 3-48, Amit 3-53, Porel 3-64) by 613 runsScorecard Abhimanyu Easwaran struck a match-winning ton PTI Writtick Chatterjee’s unbeaten double-century and Abhimanyu Easwaran‘s second century of the match meant Bengal amassed 483 for 4 by stumps and have all but sealed the game against defending champions Gujarat. By virtue…

7:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shakib Al Hasan has been named the new Test captain for Bangladesh and the upcoming Sri Lanka tour will be his first assignment. Mahmudullah will be the vice-captain and the BCB has not named a new coach yet. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

3:00 AM ET Comilla Victorians chose to bowl v Rangpur Riders Comilla Victorians captain Tamim Iqbal chose to bowl first against Rangpur Riders in the second qualifier. Both teams made one change each. Rangpur brought in seamer Isuru Udana in place of Lasith Malinga, who returned to Sri Lanka for personal reasons. Comilla picked Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer in place of allrounder Dwayne Bravo. Rangpur Riders: 1 Chris Gayle, 2…

3:00 AM ET Cricket Australia XI 4 for 151 (Wood 2-25) and 8 for 269 (Dean 100, Bosisto 50, Leach 4-104, Curran 3-28) drew with England XI 9 for 314 dec (Jennings 80, Curran 77*) and 3 for 130 dec (Moeen 47)Scorecard Mark Wood struck twice in the morning Getty Images Mark Wood looks set to remain with the England squad for the rest of the Ashes tour after impressing in…