3:00 AM ET Innings: England 58 (Boult 6-32, Southee 4-25) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details The look on a fast bowler’s face when he demolishes the stumps of a top batsman Getty Images In any conditions, facing swing bowling has its challenges. Against a swing bowler with pace, accuracy and mastery over his craft, that task gets exponentially harder. Trent Boult is usually in the mid-130kmph range, but his…
3:00 AM ET Toss: New Zealand chose to bowl v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes made his return to Tests, albeit primarily as a specialist batsman amid concerns regarding his workload and fitness for the longer format. He missed the Ashes, which England lost 4-0, due to an impending investigation after his alleged street brawl in Bristol. England captain Joe Root also confirmed he will move up to…
3:00 AM ET 1:40 Kamran’s Carnage Peshawar Zalmi 170 for 7 (Akmal 77, Fletcher 34, Bopara 3-35, Mills 2-23) beat Karachi Kings 157 for 2 (Denly 79*, Azam 63) by 13 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details In a nutshell Powered by Kamran Akmal’s 27-ball 77, Peshawar Zalmi waltzed their way to their second consecutive PSL final, after suppressing a steady surge from Karachi Kings with the heft of their total. After…
2:14 PM ET Nagraj Gollapudi In its eleventh season, the IPL will finally feature the Decision Review System (DRS). From the 2018 season-opener on April 7, each team will get one review per innings, and the third umpire will have access to both ball-tracking and Ultra Edge. The Pakistan Super League (PSL) became the first T20 tournament to use the DRS, when it did so during the play-off stages of…
‘It has been a strong collective effort’ – Holder (1:20) The West Indies captain felt his team had posted a fighting total on a ‘tacky’ pitch at the halfway stage of their Super Six match against Scotland (1:20) 2:14 PM ET Liam Brickhill in Harare As has been pointed out, the margin between success and failure for Associate nations is incredibly small. On a rainy afternoon in Harare, the margin…
1:55 PM ET A bad round of golf didn’t seem so frustrating for Somerset left-arm spinner Jack Leach when his phone rang last week. It was the call that told him to get on a plane to New Zealand after Mason Crane had been diagnosed with a stress fracture of his lower back. “We’d had a couple of days’ golf and I’d just played the worst round of my life,”…
Women’s cricket has become a lot more exciting – Perry (5:58) Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry lays out her thoughts on the 3-0 ODI series victory against India, women’s cricket being on the upswing and her expectations from the T20I tri-series (5:58) 1:07 PM ET Put a camera in front of Ellyse Perry and a breezy sales pitch for women’s cricket is guaranteed. You can tell she loves her day job…
11:12 AM ET Concussion Replacements will be available for the first time in all four professional domestic competitions in England this summer as the ECB has acceded to requests from the counties to put the safety of players ahead of initial fears that the system might be misused. The change of policy is one of several significant changes to the Playing Conditions affecting the Specsavers County Championship, Royal London One-Day…
Faf du Plessis congratulates Lungi Ngidi upon picking up his maiden Test wicket 11:08 AM ET On the face of it, South Africa would seem to have two normal selection debates on their hands ahead of the third Test against Australia. They are deciding between Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma in the No. 6 spot and between Lungi Ngidi and Morne Morkel as the third seamer, and there are…
3:00 AM ET West Indies 198 (Lewis 66, Samuels 51, Sharif 3-27, Wheal 3-34) beat Scotland 125 for 5 in 35.2 overs (Berrington 33, Munsey 32*, Roach 2-20, Nurse 2-35) by 5 runs (DLS method) Jason Holder exults after picking up a wicket Getty Images It usually rains on around 191 days a year in Edinburgh, where Scotland play much of their international cricket. Harare Sports Club sees, by comparison, around…