© PA Photos June 16, 2019. Mark the date. Exactly two years after clashing in the Champions Trophy final, India and Pakistan will meet at Old Trafford in the marquee contest of the 2019 World Cup. England will clash with South Africa to unveil the most prestigious event in cricket at the Oval on May 30. The 10-team event will be played at 11 venues across England and Wales with…
2:43 PM ET South Africa’s middle-order Test batsman Temba Bavuma has moved from Cape Cobras to the Highveld Lions ahead of the upcoming domestic season. Bavuma, originally from the Western Province, spent his entire professional career upcountry but moved back to the Cobras for the 2017-18 summer, even though he rarely played for the side owing to international commitments. “I made the decision to ply my trade for Cape Cobras…
2:05 PM ET Colin Benjamin Some of West Indies’ best-known players are claiming they were “denied the opportunity . to help Caribbean people” by being omitted from the teams involved in the Hurricane Relief game at Lord’s. The charity T20 match between West Indies and a World XI is being staged on May 31 to raise funds to repair five major cricket venues damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. West…
1:53 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Roshen Silva‘s extended his stretch of outstanding batting form, hitting 168 and a 112-ball 89 for Galle in the third and final round of Sri Lanka’s Super Fours Provincial first-class tournament. Those runs, against Kandy, brought his tournament tally to 535 from five innings. He finished 220 run clear of the next best batsman, Niroshan Dickwella. As Sri Lanka begin preparations next month for their…
Alastair Cook plays cricket with schoolkids during a Chance to Shine / Yorkshire Tea event 1:00 PM ET Alastair Cook has said that England’s cricketers suspected Australia of ball-tampering during their 4-0 Ashes defeat this winter, but admits that the extra pace of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins could well have been the decisive factor in obtaining the degrees of reverse swing that England’s own bowlers failed to…
Manjrekar: Sunrisers batting looks fragile and over-dependent on Williamson (4:16) James Faulkner believes chasing at Wankhede Stadium will be the better idea for whoever wins the toss on Tuesday (4:16) 3:00 AM ET Toss Mumbai Indians opt to bowl v Sunrisers HyderabadLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Unchanged Mumbai Indians opted to bowl at the Wankhede Stadium in their quest for just their second win this season. Injuries to Billy Stanlake…
9:39 AM ET George Dobell Jamie Overton, the Somerset fast bowler, is expected to miss up to a month of cricket having been diagnosed with a minor muscle tear. Overton felt pain while bowling for Somerset’s 2nd XI last week and, while he hoped the injury was nothing serious, was sent for a scan which revealed the injury in his side. The news is a blow not just to Overton,…
3:00 AM ET Big picture Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. The two usual suspects have been the ones making the runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore, with the rest struggling to find any kind of form. While Kohli’s efforts have come in defeats, de Villiers bailed RCB out in two tense situations – smashing an unbeaten 90 in their previous match and a 57 against Kings XI Punjab. Their opponents…
8:19 AM ET George Dobell Joe Root has welcomed the ECB’s plans for their new-team competition in 2020, suggesting it will appeal to a “completely new audience”. The controversial plans, announced last week, will see teams contest 100-balls-a-side games featuring 15 six-ball overs and one ten-ball over. It also emerged the ECB was considering abandoning lbw dismissals for the format and potentially allowing more than one bowler to deliver the…
Morne Morkel accepts a special award from CSA acting chief executive Thabang Moroe after his last international Test 6:54 AM ET CSA and the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) will have an urgent meeting on Wednesday to try and reach common ground on player contracts, which SACA hopes will in place by May 1. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CSA and SACA, which expires on April 30, is likely…