3:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff James Faulkner has signed a two-year T20 deal with Lancashire. The Australia allrounder will return to county cricket next season, having played a vital role in Lancashire’s 2015 NatWest Blast triumph. Faulkner, 27, has played 94 times for his country, predominately in the white-ball formats, and was Man of the Match during the 2015 World Cup final. His stock of left-arm seam and slower balls…
Nov 29, 2017 New Zealand 85 for 2 (Raval 29*, Taylor 12*) trail West Indies 134 (Powell 42, Wagner 7-39, Boult 2-36) by 49 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner had Shimron Hetmyer caught off a short ball Getty Images Neil Wagner‘s role in New Zealand’s set-up is unambiguous. In an attack with world-class swing bowlers, Wagner is tasked with pushing batsmen back by enforcing with a hard length. When West…
We played the game in good spirit – Smith (2:18) Australia captain responds to comments made by England captain Joe Root and James Anderson about his side’s sledging during the first Ashes Test. (2:18) 11:49 PM ET Big Picture A pink ball? Ashes cricket at night time, under lights? What would Ivo Bligh and Billy Murdoch think? The inaugural Ashes captains would probably be just as bewildered by this development…
We played the game in good spirit – Smith (2:18) Australia captain responds to comments made by England captain Joe Root and James Anderson about his side’s sledging during the first Ashes Test. (2:18) 11:37 PM ET Australia’s captain, Steven Smith, has denied his team veered into inappropriate personal territory during their first Test sledging of England’s players, and also questioned how James Anderson could refer to his team as…
Switch Hit: England must keep their heads, butt can they do it? (45:34) Mark Butcher joins Andrew McGlashan in the studio while Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon and Daniel Brettig are in Adelaide to look ahead to the second Test (45:34) 10:43 PM ET Concerns over Moeen Ali‘s fitness continue to cloud England’s preparations ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide. While the England captain, Joe Root, confirmed that Moeen would…
Nov 29, 2017 Innings West Indies 134 (Powell 42, Wagner 7-39, Boult 2-36) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner had Shimron Hetmyer caught off a short ball Getty Images Neil Wagner’s role in New Zealand’s set-up is unambiguous. In an attack with world-class swing bowlers, Wagner is tasked with enforcing with a hard length. When West Indies’ openers put on a display of impeccable defensive technique, New Zealand…
Nov 29, 2017 Lunch West Indies 79 for 3 (Hope 0*, Wagner 2-23) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kraigg Brathwaite avoids a bouncer Getty Images Openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell began West Indies’ tour of New Zealand with a display of impeccable defensive technique, solidly weathering the first hour after they were put in on a grassy pitch at the Basin Reserve. That forced New Zealand to switch…