3:00 AM ET Karnataka 253 (Agarwal 90, Makvana 4-34) beat Saurashtra 212 (Pujara 94, Gowtham 3-27, Prasidh 3-37) by 41 runs play 0:59 It’s been a season to remember for Mayank Agarwal, who has collected runs and smashed records across formats in the domestic circuit Mayank Agarwal‘s rollicking form continued in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Saurashtra, as his 79-ball 90 set up Karnataka’s 41-run victory at Feroz Shah…
8:39 AM ET Daniel Brettig in Durban Nathan Lyon is preparing to play a more central role in the forthcoming Test series than on either of his past two visits to South Africa – not only because he has grown enormously as a bowler since then, but also because the hosts have requested slower surfaces that take some turn to counter the spectre of Australia’s “big three” quicks. As a…
7:16 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Richard Halsall, Bangladesh’s assistant coach, will miss the Nidahas Trophy since he has been given extended leave by the BCB. Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the board chairman, has said Halsall is likely to return to work for training camps later this year, ahead of series against West Indies and Afghanistan. The BCB’s decision on Halsall is part of a shake-up in Bangladesh’s coaching staff. After Courtney Walsh…
6:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sukanya Parida, the 24-year old seam-bowling allrounder who last played for India in November 2016, has found her way back into the ODI side to face Australia from March 12. However, India will miss fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, who suffered a heel injury soon after becoming the first to take 200 wickets in women’s ODIs. She is expected to be out for six weeks* and…
5:00 AM ET Not only is David Warner intent on captaining Australia at every opportunity, the opening batsman has also flagged the possibility of a career in politics once he retires. Warner has been known to interact a little more often with political leaders than most members of the Australian side, famously fronting then Prime Minister Tony Abbott to commit federal government funding for the redevelopment of Heffron Park, near…
Play 03:18 Angelo Mathews‘ ongoing hamstring troubles have ruled him out of the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation series, which begins next week. Though nominally Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain, he has led in only one ODI since his reinstatement in early January. Sri Lanka were led by Dinesh Chandimal in the six remaining limited-overs games on the tour of Bangladesh, and it is Chandimal again who is expected to take the reins…
4:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sukanya Parida, the 24-year old seam-bowling allrounder who last played for India in November 2016, has found her way back into the ODI side to face Australia from March 12. Mithali Raj (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-capt), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Sushma Verma (wk), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma In: Sukanya…
4:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who had worked with Billy Stanlake as the team’s assistant coach in the Trans-Tasman T20 tri-series, believes that the quick could be one of the “all-time great fast bowlers.” “I just love the look of what he’s got,” Ponting told the Cricket Australia website. “He’s almost seven feet tall, bowls close to 150 kilometres an hour, he can swing the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 342 and 8 for 285 dec (Labuschagne 62, Peirson 51*, Winter 3-55) lead South Australia 162 & 4 for 82 (Weatherald 28, Dalton 23, Doggett 4-32) by 384 runs Queensland is on the verge of going a game clear on top of the Sheffield Shield table after the Bulls quicks dismantled South Australia’s top order in the Redbacks unlikely pursuit of 466 for victory….
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 8 for 449 dec (Henriques 131*, Larkin 85, Rogers 4-88) drew with Tasmania 4 for 489 dec (Webster 136, Wade 108*, O’Keefe 2-80)Scorecard New South Wales and Tasmania shared a point each in a rain-affected draw but not before Matthew Wade scored his second consecutive century on the final day at the SCG. The Tigers started the day 209 runs behind on…