Month: June 2018

5:23 AM ET George Dobell Derbyshire has signed New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson for this summer’s Vitality Blast competition. Ferguson, who has been timed at 95mph, will form part of an impressive – if far from local – pace attack at Derby alongside fellow overseas signing Wahab Riaz, as well as Hardus Viljoen and Ravi Rampaul. He has played 16 ODIs and one T20I for New Zealand – he…

2:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ahead of their five-Test tour of England, India have their “most complete” pace attack in a long time, according to Sachin Tendulkar. He is particularly enthused by the variety within the fast-bowling group. “This is the most complete fast-bowling attack that India have had in many many years. In my assessment, this attack would go as one of the best,” Tendulkar told PTI. “We have…

1:38 AM ET Australia’s coach Justin Langer has conceded that the marginalisation of the domestic 50-over tournament to a pre-season carnival played over three weeks “is something we have to look at” after he watched the national team get thumped 5-0 by England in a series played precisely a year away from the 2019 World Cup. Less than a week after Cricket Australia confirmed the tournament would stay in the…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 138 for 2 (Steel 51*, Latham 50) trail Warwickshire 424 (Trott 170*, Rushworth 4-101, Salisbury 4-111) by 286 runsScorecard Durham put forward a resilient response to Warwickshire’s total of 424 leaving their Specsavers County Championship Division Two contest in the balance after day two at Emirates Riverside. Jonathan Trott continued his fine form from the opening day to remain unbeaten on 170 as…

3:00 AM ET Middlesex 56 (Stewart 6-22) and 22 for 2 require a further 445 runs to beat Kent 241 (Fuller 4-86) and 281 (Stewart 103, Kuhn 57)Scorecard If yesterday was Grant Stewart‘s perfect day, today was his nirvana. Going into this match, Stewart’s highest first-class was a gritty 31 against Sussex. His best effort with the ball was 2 for 52 on debut, in which he removed two Glamorgan…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 245 and 43 for 3 trail Leicestershire 297 (Horton 88, Palladino 4-64) by nine runsScorecard Tony Palladino led a Derbyshire fightback before Leicestershire’s bowlers regained control at the end of the second day of the day/night Division Two match at Derby. The experienced seamer, who will be 35 on Friday, took 4 for 62 as Leicestershire slipped from 168 for 1 to 297…

3:00 AM ET Surrey 219 for 7 (Burns 59, Bresnan 3-57) trail Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70, Ballance 54, Dernbach 4-104) by 123 runsScorecard Mist. Mist everywhere. Mist wreathing the sightscreens and the umpires’ coats. Mist masking the terraces around the ground and the refreshment stalls inside it. Mist crippling Surrey’s batsmen as they crept to 219 for 7 in reply to Yorkshire’s 342. Mist halting play nine times and for…

3:23 PM ET Annesha Ghosh A year after missing out on playing for Surrey Stars due to injuries sustained during the World Cup, India T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur is set to play for Lancashire Thunder in the 2018 edition of the Kia Super league. While the announcement is yet to be made public, ESPNcricinfo understands Harmanpreet has signed a contract with Lancashire and is set is depart for the UK…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 281 and 169 for 0 (Duckett 111*, Procter 50*) lead Glamorgan 254 (Khawaja 103, Sanderson 3-30) by 196 runsScorecard Usman Khawaja made history on the second day of Glamorgan’s Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. But there was also a century for Northamptonshire’s opening batsman Ben Duckett, as he guided the visitors to 169 for 0…