3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 337 and 44 for 0 lead Worcestershire 257 (Wood 65*, J Overton 4-61, Davey 4-68) by 127 runsScorecard Jamie Overton and Josh Davey shared eight wickets to give Somerset the upper hand despite staunch resistance from Luke Wood and the Worcestershire lower order on day two of the Specsavers County Championship match at Blackfinch New Road. Jamie Overton picked up his first Championship…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 219 for 5 (Latham 120*) trail Gloucestershire 362 (Stokes 5-52) by 143 runsScorecard Tom Latham‘s battling century frustrated Gloucestershire’s bid to take control of their Specsavers County Championship match with Durham on the second day at Cheltenham. The visitors’ stand-in skipper hit an unbeaten 120, off 239 balls with 19 fours, remaining rock solid as his side slipped to 105 for 4 in…
12:49 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The way Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan batted in the first ODI against West Indies was how the team wanted them to, according to captain Mashrafe Mortaza. There has been some criticism for how slowly they changed gears from the 40th to 45th overs, particularly as the period coincided with both batting in their 90s, but Bangladesh eventually won by 48 runs, a huge…
12:43 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Rippon returned to the Netherlands squad as the KNCB named 13-man contingents for the T20 triangular series involving the Marylebone Cricket Club and Nepal at Lord’s, as well as the two-match ODI series against Nepal, who will be making their debut in the format. Rippon had missed Netherlands’ World Cup Qualifier campaign owing to commitments with Otago in the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s domestic…
11:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Responding to Virat Kohli‘s claim that team success was more important than his own performances in England, James Anderson has suggested the India captain will be “desperate to score runs” during the upcoming five-match Test series. Anderson, England’s attack leader and the world’s No. 2-ranked Test bowler, is once again ready to duel with the world’s No. 2-ranked Test batsman, Kohli – a contest Anderson…
10:00 AM ET Saurabh Somani In June, the BCCI imposed a retrospective doping ban on Punjab wicketkeeper-batsman Abhishek Gupta, having confirmed he had tested positive for a prohibited substance during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in January. Gupta’s eight-month ban is set to expire on September 14. On Monday, Gupta was included in the India Red squad for the forthcoming Duleep Trophy, which is scheduled to be played between August…
9:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India spinner R Ashwin will extend his stay in England after the upcoming Test series after signing for Worcestershire. Ashwin, who had his first taste of county cricket with Worcestershire last season, will return for their final two Championship games in 2018. Ashwin, the fastest bowler to 300 Test wickets, is likely to start as India’s lead spinner for the five-match series with England, while…
8:49 AM ET For most of this series, it appeared as if no South Africa batsman would bat for 100 balls in an innings, let alone score a century. Even getting to triple figures as a team seemed difficult enough. On the last day of the series, though, two relatively new batsmen saved some face for the visitors. Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma put on 123 together – South…
© BCCI Shreyas Iyer will lead the India A squad for the two four-day games against South Africa A in the first half of August. Both matches will take place in Bengaluru, and be preceded by a three-day practice game in the city. Iyer will also lead one of the Indian teams in the quadrangular series that will follow, with Manish Pandey named captain of India B. In the quadrangular…
8:01 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Until South Africa finally located their batting backbone in the last innings of the series, Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne had outscored their entire team in the series. Karunaratne’s aggregate of 356 runs at an average of 118.66 and a strike rate in the mid-sixties is staggering enough in a bowling-dominated series. But, that he was so prolific – passing 50 in each of…