5:03 AM ET India’s limited-overs run-machine Rohit Sharma says there is no point fretting over his start-stop Test career as “half” of his playing days are over. Rohit now just wants to enjoy the remainder of his playing career. “There’s limited time you have as a player and I have finished almost half of it. There’s no point in spending the remaining half thinking whether I’ll be picked or not….
© ICC/Getty Images Afghanistan have picked three spinners – fingerspinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman and wristspinners Rashid Khan and Zahir Khan – in their 15-man squad for their inaugural Test, against India in Bengaluru from June 14. While Mujeeb and Rashid are coming off successful IPL stints with Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively, left-arm wristspinner Zahir is returning from a finger injury that ruled him out from an IPL…
3:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha is set to be monitored by the BCCI’s medical team for a finger injury that he picked up during the IPL Qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 25. This raises a question mark over his availability for Afghanistan’s inaugural Test in Bengaluru from June 14. The BCCI will wait for a fresh assessment on the injury before taking a final call…
1:59 AM ET Repair work on a damaging breakdown in the largest component of Australian cricket’s talent conveyor belt is now the responsibility of Phil Jaques, after the former Test opener was unveiled as the new coach of New South Wales on a three-year deal. Jaques was left as the only candidate for the role after his former Australia team-mate Brad Haddin withdrew from the running late last week, with…
David Warner drives through the covers © Getty Images Banned Australian batsmen David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will commence their returns to cricket after their part in the Newlands ball tampering scandal with appearances at the Northern Territory limited-overs Strike League in July. Both players had been approached by Cricket NT to take part in the tournament, which takes in both T20 and one-day fixtures. Warner has committed to playing…
4:21 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mustafizur Rahman will miss Bangladesh’s three-match T20 series against Afghanistan due to a toe injury. Debashish Chowdhury, the BCB doctor, said that a scan revealed that it will take Mustafizur up to three weeks to recover. As a result, Bangladesh are leaving Dhaka for Dehradun on Tuesday morning without their main pace bowler. “Mustafizur damaged his left toe during the IPL, and would not be…
Play 03:11 Kimber: There are serious problems within English cricket England suffered their sixth defeat in eight Tests with the nine-wicket loss to Pakistan at Lord’s. After the match, coach Trevor Bayliss admitted his frustration, particularly at the batting and field, when speaking to television then expanding on his thoughts in a subsequent interview with questions starting to mount over his position The results and performances suggest England are getting…
1:03 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dom Bess had England fans daydreaming about an unlikely escape during the Lord’s Test against Pakistan, becoming the third-youngest Englishman to score a fifty on debut during a stand with Jos Buttler that took the game into the fourth day, but he knows that “a good performance with the ball” at Headingley later this week will be more important when it comes to staying in…
9:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India allrounder Hardik Pandya has pulled out of the Hurricane Relief T20 between West Indies and a World XI at Lord’s on Thursday because of a viral illness, with Mohammed Shami taking his place. Adil Rashid, the England legspinner, has also been added to the squad. Rashid brings the number of players the World XI can pick from up to 12, with four legspinners included…
9:24 AM ET News of AB de Villiers’ retirement came as a “shock” to South Africa’s coach Ottis Gibson, who still believes that he has enough time to plan for the World Cup without the marquee batsman. The tournament is 12 months and 23 ODIs away for South Africa and Gibson has opened the door to all South Africa’s franchise cricketers to try and stake a claim in the national…