Month: June 2018

1:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Darren Sammy has asked the media to move on from the Newlands ball-tampering controversy and get off Steven Smith‘s back. Sammy is set to captain Smith on Thursday night, when they team up for Toronto Nationals against Vancouver Knights in the inaugural match of Global T20 Canada. Deposed Australia captain Smith and his erstwhile deputy David Warner are serving 12-month suspensions from international and state…

6:23 PM ET The Australian squad may be leaving England without a win but Justin Langer believes they won’t be carrying any mental baggage either, despite a disappointing tour. After the 22-run loss in the standalone T20I at Edgbaston, Langer said he believes the tough lessons learned will benefit the younger players in the squad. “Light at the end of the tunnel, there’s no doubt about that,” said Langer. “We…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 424 and 152 for 5 (Trott 53, Salisbury 3-48) lead Durham 297 (Steel 51, Latham 50, Hannon-Dalby 4-61) by 279 runsScorecard Warwickshire are in command of their Division Two clash against Durham heading into the final day of action at Emirates Riverside. The home side were unable to kick on from their promising start at the end of day two. Early wickets held…

3:00 AM ET Dan Norcross Essex 517 for 5 (ten Doeschate 173, Bopara 118, Cook 96) and 17 for 2 lead Somerset 407 (Hildreth 78) by 127 runsScorecard The best days at cricket are comprised of numerous moments. Singular moments, such as a wicket taken or a pleasingly creamed cover drive, and extended, even occasionally tantric moments; a battle royale, for example, between batsman and bowler, such as that enjoyed…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 287 (Whiteley 76, Gurney 4-97) and 43 for 0 trail need 419 more runs to beat Nottinghamshire 499 for 9 dec and 249 for 4 dec (Libby 100*, Patel 71, Wessels 57)Scorecard Worcestershire face a tough challenge on the final day if they are to avoid defeat against Nottinghamshire in their day-night pink ball Specsavers County Championship match at Trent Bridge. Set to…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 297 (Horton 88, Palladino 4-64) and 133 for 4 beat Derbyshire 245 (Madsen 80, Parkinson 3-50) and 184 (Critchley 86, Abbas 6-54) by six wicketsScorecard The international class of Mohammad Abbas was too much for Derbyshire despite a rousing innings from Matt Critchley as Leicestershire celebrated a six wicket victory on day three of the floodlit Division Two match at Derby. The Pakistan…

3:00 AM ET Surrey 267 (Pope 69*, Burns 59, Coad 5-53) and 89 for 0 (Burns 55*, Stoneman 32*) require a further 139 runs to beat Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70, Bresnan 54, Dernbach 4-104) and 152 (Morkel 5-39)Scorecard “Roll up, roll up, roll up and see the Mighty Morkel! He’s 6ft 5ins tall, he bowls at 85mph, he eats Tykes for breakfast.” Well, yes, in the era of furled brollies…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 254 (Khawaja 103, Sanderson 3-30) and 121 for 4 require a further 313 runs to beat Northamptonshire 281 and 406 for 9 dec (Duckett 133, Vasconcelos 79, Crook 73, Procter 70)Scorecard Northants are well placed to win their second consecutive championship game and move off the bottom of the table after outplaying Glamorgan on the third day at Sophia Gardens. After the visitors…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 451 ( Rossouw 120*, Vince 103, Onions 5-96) and 66 for 2 lead Lancashire 411 (Vilas 134, Davies 115, Clark 82) by 106 runsScorecard Division One strugglers Lancashire and Hampshire look destined to play out a high-scoring Specsavers County Championship draw at Emirates Old Trafford. Despite centuries from Alex Davies and Dane Vilas the hosts could not overtake Hampshire’s first innings total of…

2:25 PM ET Umar Farooq Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed wants to continue batting at No. 4 in limited-overs cricket. Sarfraz kicked off his T20 career in 2010 batting at No. 8, and had floated around the middle order without much success; his first 400-odd runs came at an average of about 25. It didn’t take much for head coach Mickey Arthur to convince him to bat higher up earlier this…