Uganda captain Roger Mukasa sprints off after taking the final wicket to secure victory 8:55 AM ET After two matches on Saturday – Jersey v Uganda and Bermuda v Malaysia – were forced to be replayed due to rain, here’s how the dramatic last day unfolded to decide which teams would be promoted to WCL Division Four. Uganda What they needed for promotion Uganda were in the strongest position at…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 50 (S Cook 5-28, Siddle 4-7) and 329 (Brooks 124, Bairstow 50, Siddle 4-65) beat Essex 142 and 146 (Patterson 6-40) by 91 runsScorecard Steve Patterson, who claimed a career-best, and Ben Coad tore out four Essex wickets for no runs in the space of 23 balls to set up one of the most incredible comeback victories in County Championship history. Essex had…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 439 (Lamb 79, Trott 76, Wright 72, Rhodes 50) and 89 for 2 (Bell 34*, Trott 35*) beat Derbyshire 318 (Madsen 144, Brookes 4-63, Patel 4-94) and 209 (Slater 68, Patel 6-76, Brookes 4-56) by eight wicketsScorecard Warwickshire strengthened their position at the top of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two table by completing an eight-wicket win over Derbyshire before lunch on the…
3:00 AM ET Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Mumbai Indians play 4:32 Shaun Tait suggests Mumbai make one change for a possibly make-or-break game against Kolkata Knight Riders: Mustafizur Rahman for Mitchell McClenaghan Dinesh Karthik, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, has chosen to bowl first in the afternoon match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. The pitch had a tinge of grass on it before the…
Steven Smith was adjudged the player of the series while David Warner collected the player-of-the-match award 4:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Darren Lehmann, the former Australia coach, keeps in touch with and worries about the trio of players banned for ball tampering. Former captain Steven Smith, former vice-captain David Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft are “bloody good human beings”, and Lehmann hopes they’ll be forgiven their cricketing transgressions by everyone…
2:19 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Being physically fit is very important to India captain Virat Kohli. He has said as much in the past: “When you become fit, you feel you can do anything.” Now, in an interview with the Times of India, Kohli has once again gone over the links he finds between being fit and feeling good. Also, what was day one like in the Indian dressing room?…
Dhoni is the key on and off the field – Hussey (2:14) CSK batting coach Michael Hussey talks about Dhoni’s influence, Ravindra Jadeja’s role and a lot more after their six-wicket win over RCB (2:14) 12:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Last year, on the eve of the IPL auction, MS Dhoni was cut as Rising Pune Supergiant captain following the team’s poor showing in 2016. In IPL 2017, he went…
Harry’s Game for Yorkshire and Sussex (1:32) Both Harry Brook and Harry Finch scored centuries for Yorkshire and Sussex respectively whilst Jeetan Patel took six wickets against Derbyshire (1:32) 3:00 AM ET Essex 142 (Bresnan 3-26, Coad 3-27, Brooks 3-63, Lawrence 48, Harmer 36) and 97 for 4 require a further 141 runs to beat Yorkshire 50 (Cook 5-28, Siddle 4-7) and 329 (Brook 124, Bairstow 50, Siddle 4-65)Scorecard A…
3:00 AM ET Pakistan 357 for 7 (Shafiq 135*, Sohail 79, Keogh 3-83) lead Northamptonshire 259 (Rossington 90, Shadab 6-77) by 98 runs Asad Shafiq keeps an eye on the movement of the ball Getty Images After so little first-class cricket in the past 12 months, batting practise is what Pakistan are most in need of before the opening Test of their UK tour that begins on Friday. They were handed…
3:00 AM ET Lancashire217 for 2 (Jennings 91*, Vilas 83*) trail Somerset 429 (Bartlett 110, Trescothick 100, Abell 99, Parkinson 3-80, Mennie 3-82) by 212 runsScorecard “You will enjoy the fruit of your labour,” reads one translation of Psalm 128, and perhaps it will be so with Keaton Jennings. Most certainly the Lancashire opener expended plenty of sweat in making the 91 unbeaten runs he accumulated in 269 minutes this…