Nov 30, 2017 Lunch New Zealand 181 for 3 (Taylor 66*, Nicholls 24*) lead West Indies 134 by 47 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ross Taylor sets off for a run Getty Images Over the last year across formats, Ross Taylor has often consumed too many deliveries to kick his innings into gear. He had made 12 off 32 after weathering a testing first evening, but in favourable batting conditions on…
3:00 AM ET United Arab Emirates 197 (Anwar 85*, Zahir 3-30, Rashid 3-69) and 201 for 3 (Suri 81, Mustafa 68) trail Afghanistan 510 for 9 dec (Ihsanullah 124, Stanikzai 114, Rahmat 103, Raza 5-148, Naveed 3-112) by 112 runs Chirag Suri pulls through midwicket Peter Della Penna Afghanistan’s coronation as kings of the Associates’ four-day competition will have to wait another day as UAE captain Rohan Mustafa and Chirag Suri…
9:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies coach Stuart Law admitted that the peculiar nature of Neil Wagner‘s short ball shook up West Indies, but refused to use that as an excuse after their batting collapse on the opening day of the Wellington Test. Wagner ripped through West Indies for career-best returns of 7 for 39 and sent them hurtling to 134 all out. Six of his wickets came with…
Arnold: This SL squad needs a little bit of a spark (4:34) Russel Arnold says Sri Lanka’s top order batsmen need to show more maturity in shot selection, and suggests the team should look at Lakshan Sandakan to replace Rangana Herath for the third Test (4:34) 8:40 AM ET Big picture There will be – at least physically – two teams taking the field in Delhi for the deciding match…
Delhi wicket nothing like South Africa – Chandimal (1:07) The SL captain says that while the Kolkata wicket did resemble South African pitches, the surfaces in Nagpur, and now Delhi, look far from it (1:07) 8:01 AM ET Sidharth Monga in Delhi This has been a tough year for Sri Lanka, and numbers will not hide that. The seven Tests they have lost this year is the joint-most they have…
#QuickFacts: ICC Under-19 WORLD CUP (1:13) An explainer of the Under-19 World Cup, the latest edition of which will begin in New Zealand on January 13 (1:13) 7:48 AM ET George Dobell Jonathan Trott is to be named among the England coaching staff at the U19 World Cup, as the ECB rejig their plans after Steve Rhodes was stood down as head coach. Trott, a former ICC player of the…
Play 01:07 Delhi wicket nothing like South Afican pitches – Chandimal This has been a tough year for Sri Lanka, and numbers will not hide that. The seven Tests they have lost this year is the joint-most they have lost in any year. Given how the contests between these two sides have gone over the rest of the year, they are odds-on favourites to hold the ignominy exclusively. To make…
6:36 AM ET George Dobell Jonathan Trott is to be named among the England coaching staff at the U19 World Cup, as the ECB rejig their plans after Steve Rhodes was stood down as head coach. Trott, a former ICC player of the year, will be the batting coach for the squad. Although he is still on the playing staff at Warwickshire, he impressed when working with the England Lions…
Does Cook deserve more time? (2:05) Melinda Farrell and George Dobell discuss the latest team news ahead of the 2nd Test in Adelaide. (2:05) 6:12 AM ET Craig Overton appears to be winning the selection race ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide, and looks set to make his debut in place of Jake Ball in the England side. While the final decision will be left to Joe Root, the…
5:28 AM ET Border batsman Marco Marais earned himself a slice of cricketing history at East London last week, by crashing his way to the fastest first-class triple-century, for Border against Eastern Province. “I don’t think anyone actually thinks they are going to get 300,” Marais told The Daily Dispatch after making an unbeaten 300 off 191 balls. “Before the season started I was targeting over 500 first-class runs and…