3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Southern Vipers 145 for 3 (Beaumont 62*) beat Surrey Stars 141 for 9 (Dunkley 66) by seven wicketsScorecard Southern Vipers’ bid to repeat their success of 2016 in the Kia Super League began with an impressive seven-wicket win over Surrey Stars at Guildford. Tammy Beaumont, making her Vipers debut after switching from Surrey during the winter, led her side to victory with an unbeaten…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Storm 166 for 3 (Knight 97, Mandhana 48) beat Yorkshire Diamonds 162 for 5 (Kimmince 55, Winfield 41) by seven wicketsScorecard Heather Knight posted a superb match-winning 97 as defending Kia Super League champions Western Storm defeated Yorkshire Diamonds by seven wickets in a high-scoring contest at Taunton. Australia’s Delissa Kimmince posted an unbeaten 55 in her maiden KSL innings as Diamonds registered a…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Loughborough Lightning 74 for 4 beat Lancashire Thunder 72 (Gunn 3-10) by six wicketsScorecard Loughborough Lightning opened their 2018 Kia Super League campaign with a six-wicket win over Lancashire Thunder at Southport. In a low-scoring contest, a 29-run partnership between Georgia Adams and Georgia Elwiss guided the visitors to the victory over a Thunder side who were winless in the 2017 season. Jenny Gunn…
11:52 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Dimuth Karunaratne‘s outstanding run over the past 18 months is down largely to his experience. So said Angelo Mathews, of a batsman he has known since high school. He and Karunaratne played together for St. Joseph’s College in Colombo, for a team in which Mathews was the star captain. But Mathews, like everyone else, has been lavishly outscored by Karunaratne in bowler-friendly series. Karunaratne’s…
11:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct’, pending inquiry. The board will also withhold Gunathilaka’s match fee for the ongoing Test against South Africa, in addition to the suspension that will come into effect immediately after the match at SSC. Without divulging more details, an SLC release said, “the…
11:08 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Yes, Sri Lanka have “outplayed” and “outclassed” South Africa in the series, opener Dean Elgar said, but he believes the hosts have also been “street-smart” in denying the visitors preparation on pitches that were similar to those they would encounter in the Test series. South Africa played a two-day warm-up at the P Sara Oval in the approach to the series, but Elgar’s contention…
3:00 AM ET TossWon by Bangladesh, who chose to batLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Anamul Haque was bowled off an inside edge Associated Press Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza chose to bat first against West Indies in the first ODI in Providence, Guyana. Given the dryness on the pitch, the home side went in with both their spinners, Devendra Bishoo and Ashley Nurse, leaving out Kieran Powell and Keemo Paul from their…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rain had the final say in the one-day series between Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A as the third match met an early end in Sylhet. The series ended tied at 1-1 after the umpires called off the match at 4:20pm after play was stopped at 2:55pm due to heavy rain. Sri Lanka A reached 240 for 9 in 45 overs, with the innings being…
3:00 AM ET Toss: Pakistan chose to bat v Zimbabwe Mohammad Amir takes flight after picking up a wicket Getty Images In the final game of the series, Pakistan have decided to set a target for Zimbabwe, much as they had done in the record-breaking fourth ODI. The visitors made three changes to their side, with Mohammad Nawaz, the only bowler yet to play a match in this series, coming into…
3:10 AM ET Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has earned plaudits for his flamboyant batting in the shorter formats, but India A coach Rahul Dravid believes he has the “temperament and skills to bat differently” in the longer formats too. Pant earned his maiden call-up to the Indian Test side riding on impressive knocks for India A during the recently concluded tour of the UK, where he hit crucial half-centuries in four-day…