Month: July 2018

Jul 17, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Venky Mysore, the chief executive officer of the Kolkata Knight Riders, said that emerging Indian players ought to be allowed to participate in domestic Twenty20 leagues overseas. Mysore also felt that it was time to replace the IPL auction with a player draft. Mysore said the IPL had done wonders for young Indian players over the past decade, but things would only get better if…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 146 for 2 (Davies 51*, Jennings 37*) beat Leicestershire 142 (Livingstone 4-17) by eight wicketsScorecard Lancashire Lightning notched a fourth straight win to go top of the North Division of the Vitality T20 Blast after crushing Leicestershire Foxes at Grace Road. After a bright start, the Foxes collapsed from 88-1 in the 10th over to be all out for a disappointing 142 in…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network England U-19s 133 (Molefe 3-33) and 170 for 6 beat South Africa U-19s 209 (Qeshile 47, de Klerk 47, Finch 4-47) and 90 (Finch 4-22)Scorecard England Under-19s produced a brilliant performance to clinch their series against South Africa by winning the second unofficial Test by four wickets at Emirates Riverside. The home side were bowled out for 133 in their first innings, trailing the…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network India A 197 (Shaw 62, Pant 58, Curran 5-43) and 11 for 3 need a further 410 to beat England Lions 423 and 194 for 5 (Malan 56, Pope 50*)Scorecard Surrey team-mates Sam Curran and Ollie Pope shared the individual honours with Dawid Malan and Chris Woakes as England Lions drove home their advantage on the third day against India A in Worcester. Curran…

3:00 AM ET Gloucestershire 306 (ahmmond 103, Dent 65, Archer 4-62) and 30 for 2 require a further 246 runs to beat Sussex 286 and 295 (Finch 98, Payne 4-69)Scorecard This day began with the completion of a domestic collapse fit to rank with that of Overend, Gurney and Company in 1866, six years before the Cheltenham Festival began. It ended with Gloucestershire batting again and seeking to atone for…

Overcoming challenges a good World Cup preparation – Morgan (0:48) England captain says the side’s ability to adapt to new challenges bodes well for their World Cup campaign (0:48) 1:15 PM ET For a batsman as gifted as Joe Root, scoring a first century of the English summer in mid-July must constitute an unusually long wait. After 18 unsuccessful attempts across all formats, Root finally registered three figures in an…

12:13 PM ET The “aggravation” of Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s lower-back injury during the third ODI has left BCCI officials back in India infuriated. Bhuvneshwar had missed the first two ODIs with a stiff back, but was selected for the series-decider during which he aggravated his condition and was not named in the squad for the first three Tests in England. The selection meeting for the Tests took place the day after…