Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha speaks to Angelo Mathews during a training session 3:00 AM ET Big Picture The last time these two sides met in bilateral ODIs, South Africa stomped to a 5-0 victory. Sri Lanka were at the start of their shambolic 2017, and South Africa still had AB de Villiers, while Imran Tahir only needed to stare at a Sri Lanka batsman in order to get his…
3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 226 for 8 (Kohler-Cadmore 73, Lyth 40) beat Birmingham 176 for 4 (Hose 43, Bell 43, de Grandhomme 37*) by 31 runs (D/L method)Scorecard Speculation that Adil Rashid would never play for Yorkshire again proved to be wide of the mark as Headingley opted instead for a display of harmony. Barely 24 hours after he ended his self-imposed red-ball retirement to answer England’s call for the…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 150 for 4 (Godleman 57*) beat Leicestershire 149 for 5 (Cosgrove 65) by six wicketsScorecard A half-century from Billy Godleman underpinned by some explosive hitting by Hardus Viljoen helped Derbyshire Falcons maintain their current mini-revival by overhauling a modest total by Leicestershire Foxes, who have so far lost all four of their home fixtures in the Vitality T20 Blast while winning their three…
Botham backs Rashid’s Test call (2:08) Former England allrounder Ian Botham defends Adil Rashid’s place in the side, and denies it’s time to phase out Broad and Anderson (2:08) 5:30 PM ET George Dobell Ian Botham has welcomed the Test recall of Adil Rashid and suggested he will try to persuade him to join Durham for the 2019 season. Botham, the former England allrounder who now acts as chairman of…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 196 for 9 (Libby 44, Lester 3-33) beat Lancashire 139 for 8 (Brown 49, Sodhi 2-17) by 16 runs (DLS method)Scorecard Notts Outlaws regained their winning touch to down North Group leaders Lancashire Lightning in their rain-interrupted Vitality Blast match at Trent Bridge. Lancashire, off the back of five straight victories, had been challenged to score 156 from 15 overs but could only…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey 102 for 1 (Finch 43*) beat Somerset 99 for 6 (Gregory 50*, Curran 2-16) by nine wicketsScorecard Aaron Finch and Jason Roy, their top-order master blasters, hurried Surrey to a nine-wicket Vitality Blast win against Somerset with a spectacular opening partnership of 69 in just 3.5 overs at the Kia Oval. Finch’s 43 not out from just 21 balls included three sixes and…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 189 for 1 (Guptill 102, Clarke 61*) beat Northamptonshire 187 for 9 (Levi 39, Brown 3-31) by nine wicketsScorecard Martin Guptill struck 102 from only 38 balls as Worcestershire demolished Northamptonshire at Wantage Road, chasing 188 to win by nine wickets with 6.5 overs to spare. Guptill’s fourth domestic T20 century – from 35 balls, joint-fourth fastest of all time – and Joe…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire Thunder 134 for 4 (Satterthwaite 57*, Threlkeld 53*) beat Yorkshire Diamonds 101 (Ecclestone 3-11, Hartley 3-19) by 33 runsScorecard An unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 109 between Amy Satterthwaite and Ellie Threlkeld was the second-highest partnership in KSL history and helped Lancashire Thunder secure a notable 33-run win in the Roses match at Emerald Headingley. The Thunder recovered from 25 for 4 to post…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Captain Jason Holder, who had given away nearly seven runs an over until then in the game, defended seven runs in the last over to hand West Indies a come-from-behind win over Bangladesh in the second ODI. While West Indies are riding high after the series-levelling contest, there are quite a few concerns that could possibly deny them their first bilateral ODI series win since…
12:56 PM ET Melinda FarrellCricinfo While some England players are raring to pick up a bat or a red ball against the No.1 Test team, Jonny Bairstow can’t wait to get his mitts on, well, the mitts. Having relinquished the wicketkeeping duties to Jos Buttler during the limited-overs leg of England’s summer, the Test gloveman will be back behind the stumps for the first match of the series at Edgbaston….