Will England arrest their poor Test form? (2:12) Mark Butcher look at the problems facing an England Test team struggling for results, ahead of their second Test against New Zealand (2:12) 3:00 AM ET New Zealand win the toss and bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jack Leach, the Somerset left-arm spinner, has been presented with his cap by Graeme Swann and will make his Test debut at Christchurch,…
4:44 PM ET Danyal Rasool Jason Mohammed will captain a notably weakened West Indies side set to tour Pakistan for a three-match T20I series. With less than 72 hours to the first ball being bowled, there was increasing concern over the fate of the tour, but the announcement of the 13-man squad will come as a relief to the Pakistan Cricket Board, who had already begun to sell tickets for…
© ICC/Getty Images Karachi is set to become the second Pakistani city to play host to a major cricketing nation in recent times, with West Indies playing a series of three T20Is there starting on April 1. High-profile cricket is becoming slightly more commonplace in the country, something head coach Mickey Arthur believes is “very special”. West Indies are set to land in Karachi on Saturday to play three back-to-back-to-back…
10:34 AM ET Somerset have pulled out of their deal to sign Cameron Bancroft as an overseas player this season in the wake of the global outcry that has followed his involvement in Australia’s ball-tampering calamity. Bancoft has been suspended for nine months in an episode that has also seen captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and, most recently, coach Darren Lehmann all lose their posts. Smith and warner have…
© Getty Images From a “real, deep, place” in his heart, Faf du Plessis has sent his former opposite number Steven Smith a sympathetic text message following the ball-tampering saga that saw Smith reduced to tears on his arrival in Sydney. “I feel for the guy,” du Plessis said, on the eve of the fourth Test in Johannesburg. “You don’t want to see guys going through that and it’s going…
3:00 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Shahriar Nafees‘ second hundred in this season’s Dhaka Premier League trumped Mohammad Ashraful‘s fourth as Agrani Bank beat Kalabagan Krira Chakra by six wickets in their relegation play-off match. Batting first, Kalabagan reached 246 for 5 in 50 overs. Ashraful made 103 off 137 balls with eight fours and two sixes. He added 163 runs for the fourth wicket with Taibur Rahman who struck 10…
Play 02:02 Lehmann’s long history of confrontations Steven Smith’s anguished arrival was the final straw. A day after vowing to stay on and drive cultural renewal, Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann bowed to the inevitable on Thursday and chose to resign at the conclusion of the Wanderers Test match after five years at the helm of the national team, saying the former captain’s tears had convinced him it was the only…
9:06 AM ET Sidharth Monga As the ICC grapples with the problem of poor player behaviour, a roadblock it keeps hitting is a lack of deterrents. As the code of conduct stands now, poor in-game behaviour is punished only with post-game sanctions, which leaves the door open for litigations and reviews. These penalties usually stand less than a favourable chance of sticking in a court of law, which means the…
3:00 AM ET India 108 for 2 (Mandhana 62*, Hazell 2-17) beat England 107 (Wyatt 31, Anuja 3-21) by eight wickets Smriti Mandhana guides the ball on the off side BCCI India’s six-match winless streak came to an end in the final league match of the tri-series courtesy Smriti Mandhana‘s unbeaten 62 and Anuja Patil‘s 3 for 21. The duo helped the hosts register an eight-wicket victory – their first in…
Play 02:02 Lehmann’s long history of confrontations Darren Lehmann has announced that the Johannesburg Test will be his last as Australia coach, as the ball-tampering scandal that occurred in the Cape Town Test continues to take its toll on Australian cricket. “As many who sit in this room will know, life on the road means a lot of time away from loved ones and after speaking to my family, it…