9:35 AM ET George Dobell Michael Vaughan has suggested Stuart Broad feels he is beyond criticism after his comments at the end of the first day’s play in Leeds. Vaughan, the former England captain who has moved into the media, suggested in the run-up to the Test that England should consider dropping Broad (or, to a lesser extent, James Anderson) in order to “ruffle some feathers”. But Broad hit back…
‘Mujeeb takes pressure off me’ – Rashid Khan (1:44) Rashid Khan speaks to ESPNcricinfo about the IPL and Afghanistan’s first Test against India (1:44) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture In two weeks, Afghanistan’s players will take part in possibly the most important game of their lives – their first ever Test match – and on Sunday, they will be preparing for it by going crash, bang, wallop in a T20I…
Play 01:41 Dasgupta: Karthik the best option to replace Saha Wriddhiman Saha has been ruled out of Afghanistan’s inaugural Test, which starts on June 14 in Bengaluru, after sustaining a thumb injury in the IPL. Dinesh Karthik has been picked ahead of Parthiv Parthiv as Saha’s replacement. Having been struck on his right thumb by a Shivam Mavi bouncer during the IPL Qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 25,…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 300 for 5 (Bell 145*, Trott 100) beat Durham 299 for 8 (Smith 119, Richardson 111, Patel 3-51) by five wicketsScorecard Ian Bell scored a brilliant unbeaten century to guide Warwickshire to a five-wicket win over Durham in their Royal London One-Day Cup match at Emirates Riverside. Bell was outstanding with fellow former England man Jonathan Trott, who also scored a hundred, as…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 265 for 2 (Godleman 125*, Slater 94) beat Northamptonshire 214 (Duckett 57, Olivier 3-31, Rampaul 3-36) by 51 runsScorecard Billy Godleman‘s second hundred in this year’s Royal London Cup led Derbyshire to a 51-run win at Northamptonshire to keep them firmly in the hunt for a place in the knockout stage. It was an impressive all-round display from Derbyshire, led by Godleman, who…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 281 for 4 beat Sussex 277 for 8 by six wicketsScorecard A partnership of 98 from only 10 overs between Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson saw Glamorgan win their first game in the competition, against as a strong Sussex team, who included Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer for the first time this season. This defeat and two abandoned games last week, has probably…
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 384 for 8 (Kuhn 117, Denly 78, Blake 59, T Curran 4-75) beat Surrey 164 (Roy 68, Stevens 6-25) by 220 runsScorecard Kent swept aside neighbours Surrey by 220 runs to land a fourth successive Royal London One-day Cup victory with almost 20 overs in hand on a flat pitch in Beckenham. Heino Kuhn‘s century helped Kent post 384 for 8 – their…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 202 (Wessels 50, Moeen 4-33) beat Worcestershire 164 (Mitchell 62, Fletcher 4-20) by 38 runsScorecard Nottinghamshire held their nerve to defeat Worcestershire at Trent Bridge and keep alive their hopes of retaining the Royal London One-Day Cup. Defending a sub-par total of 202, the home side bowled out Worcestershire for only 164, to pull off an unlikely victory by 38 runs. Luke Fletcher…
12:09 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It is not uncommon to see bowlers get a talking-to from the umpires for running on the protected area of the pitch… but batsmen? Less so. That is what Keaton Jennings was warned about as he resumed his Test career, against Pakistan at Headingley. After two balls from Mohammad Abbas, umpires Rod Tucker and Bruce Oxenford came over to discuss where Jennings was taking guard….