Live Report: Worcestershire v Gloucestershire

3:00 AM ET The Live Report by Matt Roller Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to our live coverage of the Vitality Blast quarter-final between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Stick around for updates, stats and colour from the game. If you don’t see the blog immediately, please refresh the page Source: ESPN Crickinfo

August 25, 2018
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Head's all-round brilliance knocks South Africa A out

3:00 AM ET Australia A 322 for 5 (Head 110, Labuschagne 65; Magala 2-59) beat South Africa A 290 (Zondo 117, Cloete 50, Swepson 3-40, Head 2-25) by 32 runs Travis Head gets forward to drive Getty Images Travis Head‘s sixth List A hundred and two wickets helped Australia A clinch a 32-run victory over South Africa A in the seventh game of the Quadrangular A series. Head led from the…

August 25, 2018
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Mayank Agarwal century steers India B into final

3:00 AM ET India B 218 for 3 (Agarwal 124, Gill 42) beat India A 216 (Rayudu 48, Gowtham 35, Prasidh 4-50) by seven wickets Mayank Agarwal celebrates his hundred Getty Images For all the seriousness of this being a List A fixture, there was a sense that the result was just academic. It was, after all, a contest between 22 players picked by Rahul Dravid, the India A coach, and…

August 25, 2018
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Jake Ball ruled out for remainder of the season

6:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jake Ball, the Nottinghamshire and England pace bowler, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due to a back problem Ball picked up the problem in the T20 Blast against Derbyshire at the beginning of August and has not been able to play since. Nottinghamshire face Somerset in the final T20 Blast quarter-final on Sunday and are currently third in Division One…

August 25, 2018
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Pollard blitz keeps Stars playoffs hopes alive

Aug 23, 2018 St Lucia Stars (Fletcher 45, Pollard 41, Permaul 2-20) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors (Delport 25, McCoy 2-23) by six wickets Kieron Pollard exults after bringing up his maiden T20 hundred Getty Images Captain Kieron Pollard ensured St Lucia Stars’ playoff hopes aren’t snuffed out as the Stars bounced back from Tuesday night’s abysmal effort of 69 all-out to trip up CPL table-toppers Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets…

August 25, 2018
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CSA could postpone T20 league again

August 24, 2018

A view of the Wanderers Stadium © BCCI Cricket South Africa will decide by the middle of September if it will host a T20 league, and has strongly indicated that a second postponement is possible if the financial viability of the event is not secure. In its first public statement on the league since CEO Thabang Moroe confirmed a six-team tournament on July 31, CSA explained it will not pursue…

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Live Report: Durham v Sussex

3:00 AM ET Welcome to our live coverage of the Vitality Blast quarter-final between Durham and Sussex. Stick around for updates, stats and colour from the game, alongside our usual ball-by-ball coverage. If you don’t see the blog immediately, please refresh the page Source: ESPN Crickinfo

August 24, 2018
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Series finale abandoned due to wet outfield

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland v Afghanistan, match abandoned Heavy overnight rain and a wet outfield forced the abandonment of the third T20I between Ireland and Afghanistan in Bready, without a ball being bowled. The match referee called off the game at 15.45 local time, 15 minutes after the scheduled toss time. With Afghanistan already having sealed the series 2-0, Ireland were going into the game looking to salvage…

August 24, 2018
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Yorkshire bring in Mathew Pillans from Surrey

10:37 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Yorkshire have signed Mathew Pillans on a three-year contract from Surrey, with the South Africa-born fast bowler moving on loan for the rest of the season. Pillans joined Surrey in 2016, arriving in the UK on an ancestral visa, but has found his opportunities limited. His chief contributions at The Oval came in T20, while he also enjoyed a successful loan spell at Leicestershire last…

August 24, 2018
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Lalchand Rajput confirmed as Zimbabwe head coach

8:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe have confirmed Lalchand Rajput‘s appointment as permanent head coach of the men’s national side, three months after hiring him in interim capacity. Rajput replaces Heath Streak, who was sacked alongside his entire support staff following the failed 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign, and remains in legal dispute with Zimbabwe Cricket. ZC did not provide details on Rajput’s contract term, with a spokesperson only describing…

August 24, 2018
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