3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 197 for 6 (Klinger 77*) beat Glamorgan 167 for 9 by 30 runsScorecard Michael Klinger summoned a superb unbeaten half-century to guide Gloucestershire to a 30-run Vitality Blast win over neighbours Glamorgan at Cheltenham. The veteran Australian batsman hit 77 not out as the hosts posted an imposing 197 for 6 in front of a sell-out crowd at the College Ground. Overseas signing…
India 395 (Karthik 82, Kohli 68, Walter 4-113) and 89 for 2 (Rahul 36*, Rahane 19*) drew with Essex 359 for 8 dec (Walter 75, Pepper 68, Umesh 4-35, Ishant 3-59)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details © BCCI Do India know their top order? That is the pressing question that will nag the Indians as they check out of their only warm-up match, against Essex, and check in to Edgbaston, the venue…
5:51 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando South Africa’s batsmen had a rough time in the Tests, but when it comes to ODIs, there are few places better to be right now than Sri Lanka. That is what batting coach Dale Benkenstein is hoping anyway, and his thinking is this: with several top teams fielding wristspinners in their ODI attacks right now, South Africa’s batsmen need to be primed against high-quality…
3:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka Cricket has suspended batsman Danushka Gunathilaka from six international matches for breaching the board’s Player Code of Conduct and Contractual Obligation. The offence was understood to be a breach of curfew during the second Test against South Africa in Colombo, and a relation to an alleged sexual assault that is said to have occurred at the team hotel on the night of July…
3:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid has shot back at critics, in particular former England and Yorkshire captain Michael Vaughan and the Yorkshire county, after his selection in England’s Test team drew flak. He thinks Vaughan’s comments are “stupid” and “do not matter”, and he is hurt by Yorkshire’s expression of disappointment, which might lead him “to think about the future in terms of which county I play for”….
2:07 AM ET Plagued by injuries over the last couple of years, South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn is aiming to retire from limited-overs formats after the 2019 World Cup in England. “I will be trying to get to that World Cup [in England]. But after the World Cup I don’t see myself playing white-ball cricket for South Africa. By the time the next World Cup comes, I will be…
1:15 AM ET In the wake of his dropping from the Australian team midway through last summer’s Ashes, middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb looked down the barrel of the camera and insisted there was nothing wrong with his unorthodox technique. “It’s funny that,” he said. “I was doing exactly the same thing last year but I was making runs, so my technique was okay then.” Seven months later, though, and it…
Tim Paine chats with Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer © Getty Images Australia’s selection panel has been formally shaved down to three members, with the new coach Justin Langer to take primary responsibility for the Twenty20 format after the resignation of Mark Waugh. Langer will act as “chair” in discussion around T20I squads, while the national selector Trevor Hohns and national talent manager Greg Chappell will be more focused on…
5:01 PM ET The hottest day yet of an abnormally sweltering English summer claimed a notable etiquette casualty on Thursday evening, as Marylebone Cricket Club announced a relaxation of its strict dress code for members entering the Pavilion at Lord’s. Spectators attending Middlesex’s Vitality Blast match against Hampshire were informed prior to the start of the match, at 6.15pm, that there was no longer a requirement for them to wear…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 165 for 8 (Stirling 60) beat Hampshire 143 (Munro 58, Agar 3-17, Finn 3-21) by 22 runsScorecard Ashton Agar and Steven Finn took three wickets apiece as Middlesex staged an astonishing comeback to beat Hampshire by 22 runs at Lord’s in the Vitality Blast. Hampshire appeared to be coasting at 89 for 1, chasing a modest target of 166 for victory, but they…