3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 136 for 3 (Clark 64, Collingwood 40*) beat Nottinghamshire 132 for 7 (Patel 32) by seven wicketsScorecard Durham Jets secured their fourth win on the bounce in the Vitality Blast, cantering to a comfortable win over Nottingham Outlaws by seven wickets at Emirates Riverside. Graham Clark played the pivotal role with the bat, scoring his second half-century in the tournament. He and Paul…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 170 for 5 (Godleman 71) beat Yorkshire 166 for 8 (Willey 55, Rampaul 4-19) by five wicketsScorecard Matt Critchley smashed 22 off the final over from Tim Bresnan to give Derbyshire Falcons a dramatic five-wicket win over Yorkshire Vikings with one ball to spare in the Vitality Blast game at a wet and blustery Chesterfield. The Vikings were favourites going into the last…
Jul 27, 2018 Melinda FarrellCricinfo Jos Buttler believes friendships formed between England and India players during the IPL will be “forgotten” on the field during the Specsavers Test series. Virat Kohli, who captained Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes at Royal Challengers Bangalore earlier this season has spoken of improved relations with English players because of time spent in the IPL but, while Buttler agrees there is now more familiarity off…
12:36 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Sylhet is set to become Bangladesh’s eighth Test venue. The BCB has announced that the north-eastern city will host the first Test of the Bangladesh-Zimbabwe series later this year, from November 3 to 7. It will also host its first ODI, between Bangladesh and West Indies, on December 14. The venue so far has staged seven T20I games, six of them during the 2014 World…
12:15 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mustafizur Rahman will stay on with the Bangladesh squad for the three T20Is starting July 31 in St Kitts. Abul Hasan, who had replaced the left-arm fast bowler for the series against Afghanistan in June, has been left out. Hasan was Mustafizur’s replacement after the left-arm fast bowler missed the series because of a toe injury he sustained during the IPL. Mustafizur’s workload and injury…
9:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC has confirmed the release of funds to Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to enable the board to pay outstanding dues owed to its players and staff, including the players’ match fees. This payment, announced via a ZC release on Saturday, is part of the ICC’s package of measures to help the debt-stricken board get back on its feet. ZC and the ICC are still working…
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v West Indies Sheldon Cottrell salutes after taking a wicket AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss for the third successive occasion, this time choosing to bat first against West Indies in the third ODI in Basseterre, St Kitts. The home side have picked Kieran Powell and Sheldon Cottrell in place of the misfiring Alzarri Joseph and Jason Mohammed. The visitors selected…
Reece Topley at the Hampshire photocall © Getty Images Reece Topley is to undergo surgery on his back on Monday. Topley, who was diagnosed with a recurrence of a stress fracture earlier this month, will have a pin inserted in his lower back during the procedure at Wellington Hospital, just next to Lord’s. If his rehabilitation progresses well, he hopes to be fit to play not long after the start…
Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha speaks to Angelo Mathews during a training session 5:50 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka’s ODI captain Angelo Mathews has delivered a stern rebuke to Danushka Gunathilaka, who is the latest player to be sanctioned for misconduct during a series. Gunathilaka was officially reprimanded for breaching curfew on the second night of the recent Colombo Test against South Africa. What has especially irked Sri…
5:27 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The BCB will investigate Sabbir Rahman for allegedly abusing and threatening two fans on social media after Bangladesh’s second ODI in Guyana on Wednesday. The incident comes while he is serving a punishment for physically assaulting a child during a first-class game in December 2017. BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said the board would take “appropriate action” after looking into the possible breach in conduct….