3:37 AM ET Osman Samiuddin Pakistan will not have to wait long to be reunited with Mohammad Amir, after the fast bowler’s UK visa was issued on Tuesday. The PCB confirmed that Amir will fly out to join the rest of the squad – who flew earlier this week – on Wednesday morning. That should place him in contention to play Pakistan’s first game on the tour, a four-day game…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 526 for 9 dec (Lloyd 119, Marsh 111) and 85 for 4 beat Gloucestershire 236 (de Lange 5-62) and 372 (Bracey 120*, Higgins 61, Worrall 50, Carey 4-105) by six wicketsScorecard James Bracey‘s second Specsavers County Championship century was not enough to save Gloucestershire from a six-wicket defeat by Glamorgan at Bristol. Bracey, the 20-year-old left-hander, battled away for seven hours and 28…
Amar Virdi celebrates a wicket © Getty Images Surrey 211 (Dawson 4-30, Edwards 4-38) and 407 for 9 (Pope 145, Foakes 81, Borthwick 74, beat Hampshire 147 (Amla 55, S Curran 4-39, Clarke 4-39) and 332 (Northeast 129, Virdi 4-79) by 139 runsScorecard “The truth is that if old Gareth Batty hadn’t suffered a back spasm, Virdi would never have played in that match at all.” In such a fashion…
3:00 AM ET David Hopps at Derby Derbyshire 265 (Viljoen 60*, Harris 4-68) and 333 for 3 dec (Reece 157*, Slater 99) beat Middlesex 157 (Olivier 4-26) and 340 (Harris 64*, Helm 52, Olivier 4-82) by 101 runsScorecard At the 24th time of asking Derbyshire have finally won a Championship match at home. When the run was broken, it came in the most unlikely circumstances: Middlesex, the big boys from…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Mumbai Indians are in an interesting position: they have only one win from five matches but they also have a positive net run rate that’s better than at least three other teams. That means they are primed to do what they do best: beat teams late in the competition and edge them out. Mumbai Indians: lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets, beat Royal Challengers…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 438 for 8 dec and 241 for 4 dec (Wells 102*) drew with Leicestershire 422 for 9 dec (Ackerman 186, Cosgrove 64, Wells 4-81) by 27 runsScorecard Opener Luke Wells scored an unbeaten century as Sussex batted out for a draw in their Specsavers County Championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground. After taking 70 minutes to add to his overnight…
A crisp Hashim Amla cover drive © Associated Press Hashim Amla has become the first cricketer in 10 years to receive South Africa’s Order of Ikhamanga, a national award given out to recognise achievements of those in the fields of arts‚ culture‚ literature‚ music‚ journalism and sport. Amla was named as a silver award recipient by the Chancellor of National Orders, Dr Cassius Lubisi, who explained Amla is being honoured,…
Faulkner: Morris has to come up the order for Delhi (3:35) Shaun Tait and James Faulkner lay out their thoughts on the issues plaguing Delhi Daredevils and what their bowlers need to do to neutralise the Chris Gayle and KL Rahul threats (3:35) 3:00 AM ET Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bowl v Kings XI PunjabLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Gautam Gambhir called correctly and opted to chase at Feroz…
8:13 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN The long-delayed decentralisation of Bangladesh cricket is closer to reality. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced plans to start running academies outside Dhaka by the middle of this year. The academies are part of an expansive board plan to form regional cricket associations; a model has always existed only in theory for the past 18 years, but has been included in the board’s constitution…
7:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan’s team took off for their tour of Ireland and England on Monday morning without one essential member of the squad: Mohammad Amir. The pace spearhead’s departure has been held back because of a delay in his visa, but the PCB are confident that he should be granted a visa this week. Amir is the most experienced member of an inexperienced pace attack, ahead of…