3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand 134 for 7 (Bates 52*, Devine 41) beat West Indies 133 for 7 (Aguilleira 38*, Kasperek 3-31, Peterson 2-25) by one run Anna Peterson is congratulated after one of her three wickets Cricket Australia/Getty Images Just the way they had welcomed West Indies on their shores – with a one-run win in the first ODI – New Zealand sealed the T20 series in similar…
WATCH: Taylor’s stroke-filled 138 powers Zimbabwe (1:57) Brendan Taylor counter-attacked his way to possibly the innings of the tournament to give Zimbabwe a strong chance of securing a World Cup berth (1:57) 12:22 AM ET Liam Brickhill in Harare Brendan Taylor has blamed Zimbabwe’s lapses in the field for their four-wicket defeat to West Indies in their Super Six match at the Harare Sports Club. Taylor became the first Zimbabwean…
Play 02:06 HIGHLIGHTS – West Indies come out trumps against Zimbabwe An upbeat West Indies coach Stuart Law was full of praise for both teams after a hard-fought battle with Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. Law singled out Brendan Taylor for particular praise, while also calling Jason Holder‘s 4 for 35 “outstanding”, bigging up his middle order, and even finding time to tip his hat to the ground staff…
3:50 PM ET Colin Benjamin Cricket West Indies (CWI) is offering its contracted and non-contracted players major pay hikes as an incentive to play the series of three T20 internationals in Pakistan next month. West Indies will announce a 13-man touring squad to tour Pakistan when the ongoing World Cup Qualifier concludes. CWI did not confirm or deny the amount but it is being suggested that the touring squad are…
1:58 PM ET A tour to New Zealand kick-started Stuart Broad’s career. Now another one may see its reinvention. It was in Wellington on the 2008 visit that he and James Anderson were brought in as a pair for the first time when Michael Vaughan made the call to drop Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard. It was the start of an alliance that, barring a few glitches along the way,…
1:47 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Nottinghamshire’s delight in pulling off one of the transfer coups of the season when they signed the Durham allrounder Paul Coughlin has been marred by the news that he will miss much of his debut season because of a shoulder injury. Coughlin will have an operation on Wednesday in Manchester to repair the right shoulder – his bowling shoulder – that he damaged while on…
1:24 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Asghar Stanikzai, Afghanistan’s captain, will return to action, having been cleared fit after a bout of appendicitis that kept him out of his side’s World Cup Qualifier campaign till now. He comes into the squad in place of Afsar Zazai, who has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury picked up during training over the weekend. Stanikzai was forced to undergo surgery for appendicitis…
WATCH: Taylor’s stroke-filled 138 powers Zimbabwe (1:57) Brendan Taylor counter-attacked his way to possibly the innings of the tournament to give Zimbabwe a strong chance of securing a World Cup berth (1:57) 3:00 AM ET West Indies 290 for 6 (Samuels 86, Hope 76, Muzarabani 2-36) beat Zimbabwe 289 all out (Taylor 138, Mire 45, Holder 4-35, Roach 3-55) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Clinching close matches and playing…
9:51 AM ET The two things Dean Elgar has enjoyed most about the last seven days is the silence and the chance to reflect on two highly competitive games of cricket, away from the sideshows that have surrounded them. “There’s been so much noise that people have actually forgotten there is such a great Test series happening between two strong and competitive teams. The backroom noise is hindering what has…
7:25 AM ET Australia’s spearhead Mitchell Starc will need to bowl at the touring team’s main training session on Tuesday to prove his fitness for the pivotal third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. He was a notable absentee from centre wicket net practice as Australia resumed preparations at Newlands following a week’s break. While Mitchell Marsh did bowl a couple of overs at half-pace as he continued his…