8:42 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has been picked in West Indies’ 13-man squad for the second Test against Bangladesh starting Thursday, returning after a long lay-off. Kemar Roach, who picked a hamstring strain in the first innings of the first Test which the hosts won by an innings and 219 runs, has been ordered to rest. Joseph, who last played a Test in August 2017, recently…
7:39 AM ET Liam Brickhill The Pakistan team touring Zimbabwe had to delay plans to travel from Harare to Bulawayo after it emerged that they wouldn’t have a hotel to stay in. The team is in Harare at the moment, having triumphed in a T20I tri-series in which they beat the hosts and Australia to the title. They are scheduled to play a five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo,…
7:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to our live blog for the second women’s ODI between England and New Zealand at Derby. We will be bringing you updates, stats and colour from the day, as England look to seal the series with a game to spare. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
7:00 AM ET Umar Farooq The PCB has confirmed that opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad is the player who tested positive in a recent dope test. Shehzad has been issued a notice of charge. The issuance of the notice comes over two months after the test but Shehzad now has 14 days to respond. Shehzad originally underwent a random dope test in Faisalabad during the 50-over Pakistan Cup in the last…
AB de Villiers steps down the pitch and punches straight © BCCI When AB de Villiers announced his surprise retirement from international cricket in May, he left the question of playing overseas in any form vague. De Villiers has now confirmed that the IPL will be part of his post-international retirement plans, while reiterating that he also hopes to play for his domestic franchise, Titans, for a while. “I will…
12:34 AM ET Respected commentators Alison Mitchell and Tim Lane will join a Seven broadcasting team including Mel McLaughlin, James Brayshaw and Bruce McAvaney on the network’s roster for the forthcoming Australian summer, after Cricket Australia took free-to-air rights away from Channel Nine for the first time in 40 years. The additions of Mitchell, a longtime radio caller for the BCC and part of BT Sport’s Ashes coverage last summer,…
‘Dropping Root wasn’t easy’ – Morgan (1:26) England’s T20 captain Eoin Morgan insisted dropping Joe Root wasn’t easy but felt his offspin wouldn’t have fared well in their defeat to India (1:26) 1:00 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Paul Farbrace, England’s interim coach, has backed Joe Root to bounce back strongly after being dropped for the series-deciding T20I against India at Bristol on Sunday, but reiterated that “runs are the currency”…
10:51 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Zimbabwe’s tour of Bangladesh, originally slated for January 2019, will be brought forward to October this year. The BCB and Zimbabwe Cricket are in discussion for a new schedule of two Tests and three ODIs. As things stand, Zimbabwe will be in South Africa until at least mid-October, but the BCB are looking at a time soon afterwards to host the series. “A reschedule is…
10:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Club cricket up and down the country took a back seat to World Cup football at the weekend, with England’s 3pm quarter-final against Sweden on Saturday causing postponements up and down the country as captains struggled to rally their teams. One man who had more reason than most to take his eyes off the events in Russia, however, was England’s former World Cup goalkeeper Joe…
10:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff On Sunday Rohit Sharma made his fifth hundred in T20 cricket, the most by an Asian batsman, his unbeaten 100 helping India seal a 2-1 series win against England. It was also Rohit’s third century in T20Is – New Zealand batsman Colin Munro is the only other player with as many. Rohit could have achieved the feat a week earlier, but fell short by three…