Month: July 2018

3:00 AM ET David Hopps at Lord’s Middlesex 236 (Fuller 71, Sidebottom 3-34) and 242 (Eskinazi 73, Patel 5-56) beat Warwickshire 276 (Rhodes 118, Harris 4-84, Murtagh 3-43) and 184 (Murtagh 4-54, Fuller 3-40) by 18 runsScorecard Middlesex threw the Division Two promotion race wide open, and maintained interest in their own season in the process, with a hard-won 18-run victory against the leaders Warwickshire at Lord’s. Pre-season punditry imagined…

1:15 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India and Pakistan, the 2017 Champions Trophy finalists, are set to meet for the first time since that lopsided contest, with the announcement of the Asia Cup schedule confirming the date and venue of the clash. The two play each other on September 19 in Dubai, the first time they will face off in the UAE since 2006. It will also mark the first time…

12:40 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe Cricket will renege on its promise to clear all outstanding player and support staff salaries by July 25, because of the financial lifeline given to it at the ICC’s annual conference in June. While that sounds contradictory, the ICC’s controlled spending plan, given to ZC at the June meeting, has resulted in what ZC called a “slowed down release of expected funds”, which means…

12:23 PM ET Virat Kohli stood in his position. Hunched over. Hands relaxed. He was practising slip-catching to a right-hand batsman. R Sridhar, the India fielding coach, nicked one off the outside edge. The ball zipped low to Kohli’s left. Kohli leaned to his left before picking a one-handed catch. It was a beauty. Ajinkya Rahane, India’s vice-captain, standing about 20 yards behind Kohli, acknowledged the captain’s attempt. “Catch,” exclaimed…

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Bangladesh have a chance to wrap up the three-match ODI series with a win in the second game at the Providence Stadium, just as West Indies will be looking to level it. The visitors’ first good day in nearly a month in the Caribbean has suddenly livened up the tour. Tamim Iqbal scored a century, Shakib Al Hasan came within three runs of a century,…

Joe Root finished with four wickets – including that of James Anderson to seal the win  3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 192 (Lyth 70, Clark 5-58) and 239 (Bairstow 82, Brook 55, Onions 3-44) beat Lancashire 109 (Davies 51, Coad 3-28) and 204 (Buttler 59, Root 4-5) by 118 runsScorecard As it turned out, the resistance was not so much plucky as supine. Rather than go down with their magazines empty,…

9:05 AM ET Jonathan Trott, the former England batsman, has been added to the ECB’s new scouting network. Trott, who is playing out his final county season with Warwickshire, has replaced Steve Rhodes, who last month took up the role of coach of Bangladesh. In May, six former England internationals were named as scouts: James Taylor, Marcus Trescothick, Chris Read, Glen Chapple, Richard Dawson and Rhodes. Since then, as well…

Yasir Jan: Left arm, right arm, fast (1:53) Umar Farooq Kalson catches up with Pakistan’s ambidextrous pacer who has been taken under Aaqib Javed’s wing to find out more about this latest sensation. (1:53) 6:55 AM ET Sreshth Shah With Australia in the midst of world domination in the 2000s, then coach John Buchanan was still looking for ways to add an extra dimension – or an extra arm. “I…

Burns leads way as leaders Surrey take control (2:30) Catch up with the latest from the County Championship, as Surrey’s Rory Burns scores his third Championship hundred of the season against Notts (2:30) Jul 23, 2018 Nottinghamshire 210 and 37 for 1 trail Surrey 592 (Burns 153, Clarke 111, S Curran 70) by 325 runsScorecard For an hour or so during the morning session, Nottinghamshire seemed to have it in…