Mar 16, 2018 Alastair Cook knows a bit about being under pressure in Test cricket. He has come through it to the tune of over 12,000 runs but is aware that some team-mates will be playing for their futures in the two Tests against New Zealand which start next week. As recently as two matches ago, Cook had to dig deep into his resolve to overcome “dark times” in Australia,…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Netherlands189 for 9 (De Leede 39, Kami 4-24) beat Nepal 144 (Kami 36, Van der Merwe 4-20) by 45 runs Roelof van der Merwe roars after an appeal is upheld Peter Della Penna Roelof van der Merwe‘s 4 for 20 and 25 with the bat trumped Sompal Kami‘s 4 for 24 and 36 – the second-highest score in a low-scorer – and helped Netherlands defend 189…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture From being a one-sided affair, the India-Bangladesh clash has become a more tightly fought contest. Having won three of their four matches in the Nidahas Trophy, India go into the final as favourites. This despite the absence of several key players, including captain Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. India, however, will have to be wary of Bangladesh’s ‘tenacity’, as wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik said on the…
11:51 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi The BCCI has asked the Committee of Administrators (CoA) to take the final call on India playing their inaugural day-night Test in the two-match series at home against West Indies next season. Rajkot and Hyderabad will host the two Tests, which will be played this October. That is so far the only Test series India are scheduled to play during the 2018-19 home season before…
10:17 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN With just over 24 hours to go before their fifth multi-nation tournament final in limited-overs matches, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said he wants his side to remain as relaxed as he had seen them throughout the day. It encouraged him to hope that the rest of the players would keep out the mental blocks and treat the final like just another game. It is…
3:00 AM ET Papua New Guinea 200 (Ura 49, Shah 4-11) beat Hong Kong 142 (Hayat 37, Vanua 4-24, Amini 4-27) by 58 runsScorecard Papua New Guinea legspinner Charles Amini in his delivery stride Getty Images Papua New Guinea surged to a 58-run win over Hong Kong in their ninth place playoff match against at Old Hararians, with fast bowler Norman Vanua and legspinning allrounder Charles Amini taking four wickets apiece….
Mar 16, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Rest of India 236 for 6 (Vihari 81*, Jayant 62*, Gurbani 4-46) trail Vidarbha 800 for 7 dec (Jaffer 286, Wankhade 157*, Kaul 2-91) by 564 runs Rajneesh Gurbani launches an appeal PTI After Vidarbha declared at 800 for 7 – the highest total in the Irani Cup – seamer Rajneesh Gurbani sliced through Rest of India’s batting line-up to help his side take a step…
7:18 AM ET Bangladesh may have come a great distance over the past few years. They may have orchestrated two excellent chases in the Nidahas Trophy to dump the hosts out of their own party. But for India, a loss to them is still cause for mild embarrassment. So said wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on the eve of the final. The teams have played seven T20Is against each other, India victorious…
5:54 AM ET Vishal DikshitESPN The India women’s team is set to get a fixtures boost, with the BCCI planning to schedule more ODIs and T20Is for them in coming years. As part of the BCCI’s plans, India will play ODI bilateral series outside the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) and a few extra T20Is leading into the next two Women’s World T20s in November 2018 in the West Indies and…
I need to remain calm next time – Shakib (1:56) Shakib al Hasan said his excitement got the better of him towards the end of Bangladesh’s closely contested Nidahas Trophy tri-series win over Sri Lanka (1:56) 5:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and reserve player Nurul Hasan have both been fined 25 per cent of their match fees for separate incidents during the T20I against Sri…