Elliott retires from all forms of cricket

12:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Allrounder Grant Elliott, who starred in New Zealand’s historic win in the 2015 World Cup semi-final, has quit all forms of cricket after finishing his stint as the captain of Birmingham Bears in the Vitality Blast in England. After finishing sixth in the North Group in the T20 tournament and not being able to qualify for the quarter-finals, Elliott announced his retirement on his Instagram…

August 22, 2018
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SuperSport withdraws T20 league equity partnership with CSA

Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League  12:30 AM ET Pay-television network SuperSport have pulled out of their equity partnership with Cricket South Africa for a new twenty-over league, leaving the organisation without an outside shareholder for the tournament. In a statement released on Tuesday night, SuperSport claimed the discussions for an agreement terminated on July 23, more than four…

August 22, 2018
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Sheldon Cottrell, spinners knock over Stars for 69

August 22, 2018

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 70 for 3 (Thomas 38*, Hodge 1-1) beat St Lucia Stars 69 (Ahmad 24, Cottrell 3-14, Lamichhane 2-13) by seven wickets © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty After shellacking 226 – the highest total in the CPL – and snapping their 14-match losing streak on Friday, St Lucia Stars returned to their old ways, folding for 69 in 12.3 overs against St Kitts…

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Lancashire dig deep to leave tantalising final day on offer

3:00 AM ET Lancashire 247 (Vilas 61, Bohannon 52) and 177 for 5 (Jones 48, Virdi 3-61) need 94 more runs to beat Surrey 211 and 306 (Burns 70)Scorecard The absorbing qualities of four-day cricket were to the fore at The Oval as Surrey and Lancashire left an engaged and, thanks to the beer festival, larger crowd bereft of the finish that looked inevitable when Amar Virdi picked up his…

August 21, 2018
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Jos Buttler ranks maiden Test century above his white-ball success

It was important to show we’re not going to roll over – Buttler (1:10) Jos Buttler was delighted to prove his worth to the England Test side with a century against India at Trent Bridge (1:10) 4:41 PM ET Jos Buttler has described his maiden Test century as the “proudest moment” of his England career. Although this is Buttler’s 23rd Test, it is only the fifth match of his second…

August 21, 2018
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Moeen Ali's all-round masterclass condemns Yorkshire

3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 216 (Williamson 80, Pennington 4-53, Barnard 3-32) and 140 for 6 (Williamson 61, Moeen 4-35) trail Worcestershire 572 for 7 dec (Moeen 219, Mitchell 178) lead by 216 runsScorecard Occasionally during this day a match between 22 professional cricketers resembled a school game which is dominated by one prodigiously talented player. It was tempting, albeit mistaken, to overlook Daryl Mitchell‘s 433-minute 178 and find one’s eye…

August 21, 2018
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Hampshire push for victory to aid relegation fight

August 21, 2018

Tom Alsop dominated a strong opening stand © Getty Images Nottinghamshire 166 (Edwards 6-50) and 128 for 4 require a further 383 runs to beat Hampshire 277 (Vince 74, Dawson 72, Abbott 60*) and 399 for 7 (Vince 149, Alsop 99, Footitt 3-69)Scorecard Liam Dawson took two of four Nottinghamshire second innings wickets as Hampshire were held up in their quest for their second Specsavers County Championship victory of the…

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Nick Browne and Tom Westley give Essex chance to control own destiny

3:00 AM ET Matt Roller at Taunton Essex 191 (ten Doeschate 73, J Overton 3-40) and 147 for 1 (Browne 75*) need 189 more runs to beat Somerset 324 (Trescothick 95, Abell 70, Siddle 5-80) and 202 (Harmer 4-69) by 165 runsScorecard It is no exaggeration to say that the final innings of this game may prove season-defining for both Somerset and Essex. Surrey will stay at least 16 points…

August 21, 2018
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