3:00 AM ET New Zealand 278 and 42 for 0 (Raval 17*, Latham 25*) need another 340 runs to beat England 307 and 352 for 9 dec (Vince 76, Stoneman 60)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details England’s hopes of ending a long and arduous campaign with their first overseas Test victory in 13 attempts were blunted by an obdurate opening stand from New Zealand’s Tom Latham and Jeet Raval, as well…
3:00 AM ET New Zealand 278 and 42 for 0 (Raval 17*, Latham 25*) need another 340 runs to beat England 307 and 352 for 9 dec (Vince 76, Stoneman 60)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details England’s hopes of ending a long and arduous campaign with their first overseas Test victory in 13 attempts were blunted by an obdurate opening stand from New Zealand’s Tom Latham and Jeet Raval, as well…
3:00 AM ET Innings break England 307 and 352 for 9 dec (Vince 76, Stoneman 60) lead New Zealand 278 by 382 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England’s lower order picked up the tempo, and shed a few quick wickets in the process, as Joe Root eventually declared an hour into the fourth afternoon to set New Zealand a daunting 382 for victory in the second Test, or four-and-a-half sessions…
3:00 AM ET Innings break England 307 and 352 for 9 dec (Vince 76, Stoneman 60) lead New Zealand 278 by 382 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England’s lower order picked up the tempo, and shed a few quick wickets in the process, as Joe Root eventually declared an hour into the fourth afternoon to set New Zealand a daunting 382 for victory in the second Test, or four-and-a-half sessions…
Joe Root has had plenty on his plate as Test captain over the last five months. He has remained consistent with the bat but continued to fall short of a century – seven times failing to convert a half-century against Australia and New Zealand Joe Root gets stuck into a drive © Getty Images lbw b Hazlewood 51 40.6 OUT, he won’t go further than fifty! Full, straight, nips back…
3:00 AM ET England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) and 278 for 5 (Stokes 12*, Bairstow 2*) lead New Zealand 278 (Watling 85, Broad 6-54) by 307 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Joe Root and Dawid Malan fell in quick succession after bringing up half-centuries, as England’s serene morning of accumulation encountered a brief spell of turbulence in the final half-hour before lunch at Hagley Oval. By…
7:26 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has been “frustrated” by his back injury in New Zealand but has also been heartened by the pace he has been able to achieve off a shortened run-up. Stokes picked up a back problem during the one-day series, which was his return to international cricket after missing the Ashes and one-day series in Australia, and was unable to bowl in the first Test…
3:00 AM ET This might have been billed as the day international cricket came back to Karachi, but take that with a pinch of salt. A whole tablespoon, rather. The team Pakistan played against today – and beat by 143 runs – was in no universe international standard. Thirteen individuals cobbled together whose only unifying characteristic was their willingness to travel to Pakistan, they were never a match for the…
3:00 AM ET In pleasant, breezy conditions at the National Stadium in Karachi, Jason Mohammed, the West Indies captain on this tour, put Pakistan in to bat in the first of three T20Is. Of the 13-man squad named by the West Indies, the two who sit out the game are the uncapped Odean Smith and Andre McCarthy. West Indies’ XI contains two debutants – the fast bowler Keemo Paul and…
11:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia swing bowler Megan Schutt has become the top-ranked bowler in the ICC’s T20I rankings for women after emerging as the highest wicket-taker in the recent T20 tri-series in India. Australia clinched the title by by beating England in the final in Mumbai, where Schutt was named Player of the Series for her nine wickets from five matches, and the best economy rate in the…