5:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have retained Jake Ball with the T20 squad for their triangular series with Australia and New Zealand as cover for fellow fast bowlers Liam Plunkett and Chris Jordan. Plunkett suffered a hamstring strain during the third ODI against Australia, missing the last two games as England won the series 4-1. Jordan had been playing T20 in New Zealand’s Burger King Super Smash competition but…
3:00 AM ET Tea Bangladesh 250 for 2 (Mominul 107*, Mushfiqur 47*)v Sri Lanka Tamim Iqbal brought up his 25th Test half-century Associated Press Mominul Haque – free and flowing – sailed to a rapid hundred in the second session, while Sri Lanka toiled – wayward, wicketless, and already struggling in the Test. Even in the periods in which Sri Lanka bowled well to Mominul, he made precise adjustments with his…
3:00 AM ET Lunch Bangladesh 120 for 2 (Tamim 52, Kayes 40, Mominul 26*)v Sri Lanka Tamim Iqbal brought up his 25th Test half-century Associated Press Tamim Iqbal hurtled to fifty and Mominul Haque made a fluent start to the series, but two spin-bowling strikes kept Bangladesh in check, after they had threatened to run away with the session. At lunch, Bangladesh were 120 for 2 – Imrul Kayes‘ dismissal heralding…
3:00 AM ET Lunch Bangladesh 120 for 2 (Tamim 52, Kayes 40, Mominul 26*) v Sri Lanka Tamim Iqbal brought up his 25th Test half-century Associated Press Tamim Iqbal hurtled to fifty and Mominul Haque made a fluent start to the series, but two spin-bowling strikes kept Bangladesh in check, after they had threatened to run away with the session. At lunch, Bangladesh were 120 for 2 – Imrul Kayes‘ dismissal…
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh chose to bat v Sri Lanka Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first on a Chittagong track expected to take plenty of turn as the game wears on. In the absence of the injured Shakib Al Hasan, 28-year-old left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam makes his Test debut, entering the XI ahead of the likes of Abdur Razzak. There were no major surprises in the…
Ronnie Flanagan, head of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit, speaks to reporters in Lahore 1:00 PM ET Umar Farooq A private cricket league in Ajman, UAE, has come under the spotlight for suspected ‘irregular activities’, as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) launched an investigation. The tournament, named the All-time Ajman league, had to be called off on its second day after local cricket authorities refused to allow them…
12:30 PM ET Sidharth Monga in Durban Rohit Sharma is ready to put behind him the Test series in which he was preferred to Ajinkya Rahane for the first two Tests and then dropped. Rahane made a crucial contribution in the Test that India won. Rohit is a genius ODI batsman, and that confidence just shows vis-a-vis when he is playing Tests and still looking to establish himself. In ODIs,…
3:00 AM ET Big picture Bangladesh have picked six specialist spinners in their 16-man squad. It tells you what you need to know about the Chittagong pitch for the first Test against Sri Lanka. Spin is set to dominate proceedings as the two sides renew a growing rivalry following years of one-sided Tests. In the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh have gone as far as picking Nayeem Hasan from…
8:51 AM ET Ab de Villiers has been ruled out of the first three ODIs against India with a finger injury. The selectors will not name a replacement, so the squad has been trimmed to 14 players, with the likelihood of Khaya Zondo being handed a debut now higher. De Villiers sustained the injury to his right index finger during the third Test against India and will need two weeks…
3:00 AM ET Big picture Bangladesh have picked six specialist spinners in their 16-man squad. It tells you what you need to know about the Chittagong pitch for the first Test against Sri Lanka. Spin is set to dominate proceedings as the two sides renew a growing rivalry following years of one-sided Tests. In the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh have gone as far as picking Nayeem Hasan from…