Month: July 2018

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 187 for 5 (Williamson 77, Kohler-Cadmore 53) beat Leicestershire 127 for 9 (Brooks 3-23) by 60 runsScorecard New Zealand captain Kane Williamson hit a superb 77 and showed why he was this season’s leading run-scorer in the IPL as Yorkshire brushed Leicestershire aside by 60 runs at Headingley to get their Vitality Blast campaign back on track. The Vikings had lost their last…

12:16 PM ET Jos Buttler‘s promotion to the vice-captaincy of the England Test team sustains his remarkable resurgence over recent weeks. Heading into this English season, Buttler’s best hopes of a Test recall were in scoring heavily for Lancashire in the final weeks of the county season. But that hurdle was skipped. Instead, he was recalled for the early-summer Test series against Pakistan on the back of some excellent form…

12:17 PM ET Cricket South Africa and the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) have signed a new four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), four months after the expiration of their previous agreement. The last MoU came to its conclusion on April 30 but an interim arrangement has been in place since then while the final document was negotiated. Both parties are satisfied with the new agreement. The MOU consists of three…

12:00 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN It will take at least one more year for Bangladesh to consider playing day-night Tests, according to BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury. The process will begin at home when they can host day-night first-class matches with some regularity. Only after that will the BCB approve playing day-night Tests, starting with home matches. On Tuesday, New Zealand Cricket said the BCB hadn’t agreed to play a day-night…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Western Storm 93 for 1 (Mandhana 43*) beat Southern Vipers 91 (McGlashan 31) by nine wicketsScorecard Smriti Mandhana continued her glittering start to the Kia Super League as she smashed 43 not out to hand Western Storm a bonus point victory over Southern Vipers. In a re-match of both the 2016 and 2017 finals, Vipers were blown away by the Storm having been bowled…

Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League  11:44 AM ET Cricket South Africa’s yet-to-be-named flagship T20 tournament will consist of six teams, two fewer than the Global T20 League (GLT20) was due to have, and the same as the current number of domestic franchises. CSA’s board approved the number of teams on Saturday, CEO Thabang Moroe revealed, but it has…

‘Being favourites or underdogs doesn’t matter’ – Kohli (1:13) Virat Kohli spoke about India’s approach ahead of their opening Test against England at Edgbaston (1:13) 10:27 AM ET 134 runs, 10 Test innings, average 13.40. Tell those numbers to a genuine cricket fan and they will let you know they are from Virat Kohli‘s only Test series in England, in 2014. To be known as one of the best in…