Month: August 2018

Root pleased to see Moeen’s double-hundred (0:28) England captain says it is good to have guys in the fringes playing well after Moeen’s 219 and 8-wicket performance in county cricket (0:28) 6:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have added James Vince to a 14-man squad for the fourth Test against India, starting at the Ageas Bowl next Thursday. Vince will provide cover for Jonny Bairstow, who sustained a fractured finger…

5:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India women pacer Jhulan Goswami has retired from T20Is, calling time on a career that began 12 years ago with the first ever T20I for India women in August 2006. The announcement comes with the Women’s World T20 – to be played in the West Indies – less than three months away. In a statement released by the BCCI, Goswami thanked the board and her…

4:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli moved back to the top of the ICC Test rankings for batsmen after his Man of the Match performance in Trent Bridge. He has amassed a career-best 937 rating points and is one point shy of breaking into the top 10 batsmen in rankings history. Donald Bradman is No. 1 having achieved a rating of 961 points in February 1948 followed…

3:02 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna West Indies are planning to host India in Florida next July, immediately after the 2019 World Cup, as part of a long-term strategy to play a…

Aug 21, 2018 Barbados Tridents 156 for 6 (Smith 63, Hope 43, Russell 2-32) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 154 for 3 (Charles 42, Smith 2-19) by two runs Steven Smith made a half-century before getting out in bizarre fashion Peter Della Penna Jamaica Tallawahs can’t wait to get on the first plane out of Fort Lauderdale after their disastrous three-game ‘home’ stretch in Florida ended with yet another defeat. Steven Smith was…

Monank Patel drives a straight six during an 80-ball century at USA selection trials  1:29 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Former Gujarat Under-19 batsman Monank Patel is in line to make his…

3:00 AM ET Surrey 211 (Bailey 5-53) and 306 (Burns 70) beat Lancashire 247 (Vilas 61, Bohannon 52) and 264 (Morkel 6-57) by six runsScorecard An astounding one-handed reflex catch by Will Jacks at short leg broke Lancashire’s resistance and gave Surrey victory by just six runs in a match for the ages at The Oval. The victory preserves Surrey’s unbeaten run in the County Championship and keeps them 32…

3:00 AM ET Matt Roller at Taunton Somerset 324 (Trescothick 95, Abell 70, Siddle 5-80) and 202 (Harmer 4-69) beat Essex 191 (ten Doeschate 73, J Overton 3-40) and 290 (Browne 88, Westley 56, ten Doeschate 50, Leach 8-85) by 45 runsScorecard Jack Leach looked every bit an England player as he bowled unchanged from the River End for the entirety of the final day at Taunton for career-best figures…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 187 (Buck 4-51) and 374 (Holden 94, Harris 79*, Robson 72, Kleinveldt 4-69) beat Northamptonshire 346 (Vasconcelos 140, Harris 7-83) and 184 (Vasconcelos 52, Murtagh 5-38) by 31 runs Tim Murtagh took his second five-wicket haul of the season to bowl Middlesex to an extraordinary win at Wantage Road to keep alive their hopes of promotion from Division Two of the Specsavers County…