7:59 AM ET South Africa need to rethink their approach to touring the subcontinent, after a second successive series defeat in Asia, according to captain Faf du Plessis. After being defeated 3-0 in India in late 2015 and now 2-0 in Sri Lanka, du Plessis acknowledged that South Africa need to address both their attitude to using spin bowlers and their ability to play spin if they hope to be…
7:00 AM ET In the hours and days following the Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland’s resignation announcement in early June, a host of names were thrown around as possible successors. Cricket Australia chief operating officer Kevin Roberts? Former New South Wales chairman and Westfield executive John Warn? Western Australia Cricket Association’s chief executive Christina Matthews? ICC operations chief Geoff Allardice? Cricket Australia game development executive Belinda Clark? Even…
4:55 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando While stating that opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka is not himself under police investigation, Sri Lanka Police has confirmed that his suspension from all forms of cricket relates to an alleged sexual assault that is said to have occurred at the team hotel on the night of July 21. Sri Lanka Cricket will carry out its own disciplinary inquiry into Gunathilaka’s conduct, and had issued…
Jul 22, 2018 South Africa 124 and 246 for 7 (de Bruyn 85*,Bavuma Herath 4-75) need another 244 runs to beat Sri Lanka 338 and 275 for 5 dec Temba Bavuma hugs Theunis de Bruyn after the latter’s first Test half-century Associated Press Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma shared in South Africa’s first century stand of the series, and became the only two players in their line-up to bring up…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 327 (Wells 71, Hogan 4-39, Lawlor 3-59) vs GlamorganScorecard Sussex, attempting to boost their promotion ambitions with a third straight win against bottom of the table Glamorgan, needed a spirited last wicket partnership between Jofra Archer and Danny Briggs to gain the upper hand on the opening day of their day-night Specsavers County Championship Division Two fixture at Hove. Sussex had the better…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 149 for 6 (Eckersley 45*) lead Kent 104 (Chappell 3-14) by 45 runsScorecard Leicestershire’s Ned Eckersley took five catches and top-scored on an attritional but fascinating opening day of Specsavers County Championship cricket against title-chasing Kent in Canterbury. On a day when 16 wickets fell, Leicestershire went in at stumps on 149 for 6 with Eckersley unbeaten with 45 as the Foxes, after…
3:00 AM ET David Hopps at Lord’s Warwickshire 152 for 4 (Rhodes 53*, Trott 47) trail Middlesex 236 (Fuller 71, Holden 48, Hannon-Dalby 3-41, Sidebottom 3-34, Wright 3-48) by 84 runsScorecard It’s mid-season, the Championship is back, and it’s time for cricketers the length and breadth of the country to change their identity. On Friday night they are Twenty20 cricketers, brash smart alecks the lot of them; on Sunday morning…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northants 74 for 3 trail Derbyshire 260 (Wilson 66, Hosein 58) by 186 runsScorecard Gary Wilson made his highest score in the County Championship for 14 months as Derbyshire fought back against Northamptonshire on the opening day of the Division Two match at Chesterfield. Wilson made 66 after Harvey Hosein with 58 started a recovery that lifted Derbyshire to 250 after Ben Sanderson had…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 324 for x9(Davies 72, Hildreth 57) v WorcestershireScorecard Steven Davies top-scored against his former county as Somerset twice fought back from testing situations on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship Division One clash with bottom-placed Worcestershire at Blackfinch New Road. The wicketkeeper batsman hit a fluent 72 and there were also half centuries from Tom Abell and James Hildreth as Somerset…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 315 for 7 (Higgins 105, Roderick 67) v DurhamScorecard A maiden first-class century from Ryan Higgins put Gloucestershire in a decent position on the opening day of the Specasavers County Championship match with Durham at Cheltenham. The 23-year-old former Middlesex all-rounder was out in the last over of the day for 105 as his side ran up 315 for seven after winning the…