6:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Plenty has gone right for Steven Smith so far in the Ashes, but he endured a frustrating evening in Adelaide as the series came to life amid magnificent tension. Missed an early breakthrough Alastair Cook was facing Josh Hazlewood at the start of the fourth over of England’s chase with just a run on the board. He was pinned on the pads and the Australians…
‘Lyon is the one bowler who doesn’t need the lights to make him more dangerous’ (0:46) Dan Brettig has been enjoying watching Nathan Lyon bowl as he took the key wicket of Alastair Cook before dinner on Day 4. (0:46) 3:00 AM ET England 227 and 4 for 176 (Root 67*) need another 178 runs to beat Australia 8 for 442 dec and 138 (Anderson 5-43)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Momentum…
3:00 AM ET Khulna Titans 174 for 6 (Shanto 37, Ariful 35, Al-Amin 3-52) beat Comilla Victorians 160 for 7 (Tamim 36, Malik 36, Howell 2-32, Jayed 2-35) by 14 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Nazmul Hossain Shanto set an early template for Khulna’s belligerence with the bat Raton Gomes/BCB Khulna Titans jumped to second spot after their 14-run win over table-toppers Comilla Victorians, who can still extend their lead as they…
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 373 (Chandimal 164, Mathews 111, Ashwin 3-90, Ishant 3-98) and 31 for 3 (Jadeja 2-5) need another 379 runs to beat India 536 for 7 dec. and 246 for 5 dec. (Dhawan 67, Rohit 50*, Kohli 50, Pujara 49)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Dimuth Karunaratne ducks under a bouncer BCCI Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja ripped through Sri Lanka’s top order after India set them 410 to…
6:02 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Nine cricketers of Sri Lanka’s ODI squad were asked to disembark a flight to India on Monday after the country’s sports minister, Dayasiri Jayasekera, stepped in and reprimanded the players and the board for failing to get his approval on the squad. Sri Lanka’s three-match ODI series in India begins from December 10. The unprecedented action was justified citing the country’s sports law – which…
3:00 AM ET Innings: India 536 for 7 dec. and 246 for 5 dec. (Dhawan 67, Rohit 50*, Kohli 50, Pujara 49) lead Sri Lanka 373 (Chandimal 164, Mathews 111, Ashwin 3-90, Ishant 3-98) by 409 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A masked Lakshan Sandakan pouches the catch of Ajinkya Rahane near the boundary BCCI India have set Sri Lanka a target of 410 to win the Delhi Test, or survive…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia 485 and 2 for 59 (Ferguson 25*, Rimmington 2-29) lead Queensland 5 for 389 dec (Burns 202*, Peirson 82*, Zampa 2-138) by 155 runsScorecard Eyes on the ball: Joe Burns launches one straight Cricket Australia/Getty Images Joe Burns scored the first double-century of his first-class career as Queensland fought back into their match against South Australia on the third day in Cairns. Queensland declared…
© Getty Images AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Chris Morris will move closer to their Test returns when they play for the South African Invitation XI against Zimbabwe in a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Boxing Day Test. Temba Bavuma is the other Test player who has been included in the squad. De Villiers and Steyn are expected to make their comebacks to the Test team this summer,…
Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League Dec 4, 2017 Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) have agreed on a 60% payout deal for South African players and a 50% payment to foreign players following the postponement of the T20 Global League. The tournament was due to take place in November-December this year after CSA,…
3:00 AM ET Tea: India 536 for 7 dec. and 192 for 4 (Rohit 28*, Kohli 25*) lead Sri Lanka 373 (Chandimal 164, Mathews 111, Ashwin 3-90, Ishant 3-98) by 355 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan steadied India’s innings after the loss of two early wickets BCCI A half-century from Shikhar Dhawan and a breezy 49 from Cheteshwar Pujara led India’s drive for quick second-innings runs…