6:32 PM ET Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the first part of the five-match England Test series, starting on August 1. ESPNcricnfo understands that Bumrah has still not recovered from the thumb injury he suffered during India’s first match of the UK tour, their opening T20 against Ireland in June. Bumrah is likely to be left out of the Test squad, which will be released by…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 184 for 5 (Latham 98*, Clark 33) beat Nottinghamshire 150 (Wessels 42, Collingwood 3-25) by 34 runsScorecard Durham skipper Tom Latham led from the front to steer his side to an impressive 34-run win over Notts Outlaws in their Vitality Blast meeting at Trent Bridge. This was Durham’s second shock on an away ground in 48 hours, following their 18-run victory against another…
Fisher proud of Lions wickets after injury struggles (1:50) Matthew Fisher looks back on taking two key wickets for the England Lions on day two against India A (1:50) 3:00 AM ET India A 144 for 4 (Shaw 62, Pant 37*) trail England Lions 423 (Cook 180, Gubbins 73, Malan 74) by 279 runsScorecard Prithvi Shaw provided further notice of his outstanding talent with an eye-catching innings at New Road….
3:00 AM ET Gloucestershire 303 for 8 (Hammond 103, Dent 65, Archer 3-45) lead Sussex 286 by 17 runsScorecard In the 1930s, an era of a National Government and the hated Means Test, a Hammond century at Cheltenham engendered pleasure but little surprise. In the age of Brexit and very different uncertainties a maiden hundred by a different Hammond was greeted with a mighty roar of joyous acclamation on the…
Morne Morkel accepts a special award from CSA acting chief executive Thabang Moroe after his last international Test 11:26 AM ET Minimising losses in the 2019-2022 cycle, and delivering a successful domestic twenty-over competition are top of the agenda for new Cricket South Africa CEO Thabang Moroe as he begins a three-year term. Moroe, who had been served in an acting capacity since September last year, was confirmed in a…
9:46 AM ET India will announce their Test squad on Wednesday, for the Test series in England. Keeping in mind the rigorous schedule – five matches played across six weeks – India will most likely have an 18-man squad, as was the case during the 2014 tour which also had five Tests. It is not clear whether the selectors will pick the squad for the five Tests at one go,…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pace bowlers Khaled Ahmed and Shoriful Islam managed to get Bangladesh A over the line with a two-run win against Sri Lanka A in Sylhet. Khaled took four wickets, including that of Shehan Madushanka off the last ball, with the visitors needing three runs to win. Madushanka had already struck three sixes in his 12-ball 21, which nearly took Sri Lanka to victory at the…
9:02 AM ET It may not happen in time to give South Africa’s batsman tips ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday, but Cricket South Africa are hoping to secure the services of retired great AB de Villiers in the near future. De Villiers walked away from all international cricket in June, but will continue to be available for the IPL and his domestic franchise,…
Ingram (extreme left) was part of the victorious Adelaide Strikers team in the 2017-18 Big Bash League 8:26 AM ET A vastly expanded Big Bash League will be in direct competition with a Test for the first time in a sign of how tightly Cricket Australia has been forced to squeeze in the season in order to fit in a full home and away schedule. The 2018 season will be…
8:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dashing South African allrounder Saait Magiet, whose career was adversely affected by apartheid in South Africa during the prime years of his career, died on holiday in Malaysia yesterday of a heart attack. He was 66. An opening bowler and middle-order batsman, Maajiet played for – and captained – the Western Province Cricket Board, and was chosen for the South African Cricket Board national teams….