Month: August 2018

10:30 AM ET Danyal Rasool Najam Sethi’s departure from his role as PCB chairman is all but confirmed after he formally submitted his resignation on Monday. There had been intense speculation surrounding Sethi’s future in the PCB ever since Imran Khan was elected Pakistan’s prime minister; the former Pakistan captain and Sethi had a famously poor relationship. With the prime minister allowed – according to the PCB constitution – to…

9:36 AM ET Jonny Bairstow gave England an unwelcome injury scare, sustaining a fractured finger before lunch on the third day at Trent Bridge as England desperately tried to make inroads into India. Bairstow was struck on the left hand in the 44th over after Cheteshwar Pujara left a James Anderson ball that swerved significantly. The blow clearly left the wicketkeeper in intense pain as he rolled on the ground,…

Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League  5:55 AM ET Cricket South Africa has run into more trouble in their efforts to get a T20 league up and running. The country’s minster for spots, Tokozile Xasa, has been asked to consider issuing a moratorium on the board, preventing them from making any announcements regarding the tournament until they appear before…

3:00 AM ET Trinbago Knight Riders 184 for 6 (Munro 67, Darren Bravo 50, Imad 2-17) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 182 for 5 (Phillips 80, Miller 72*, Pierre 2-19) by four wickets Glenn Phillips crouches down to ramp a six over the wicketkeeper Peter Della Penna The Lauderhill House of Horrors continued for the Jamaica Tallawahs for a second straight night as Colin Munro teamed with both Bravos in a pair of…

Time for England to eradicate collapses – Buttler (1:17) Jos Buttler says England need to get over their tendency to fold if they are to achieve greater things (1:17) 5:36 PM ET Jos Buttler was at a loss to explain yet another batting collapse after a dismal day for England at Trent Bridge. England were bowled out in the space of a session – after a promising start by Alastair…

‘Let me be Hardik Pandya, I’m good at being Hardik Pandya’ (0:47) The India allrounder says he doesn’t want to be compared to any other cricketers (0:47) 5:09 PM ET Hardik Pandya wants to be Hardik Pandya. He wants to stop being compared to the India’s greatest allrounder, Kapil Dev. Pandya took his maiden five-wicket haul within 29 balls on the second day at Trent Bridge, breaking England’s spine as…

3:00 AM ET Lancashire 134 for 6 (Vilas 61) trail Surrey 211 (Finch 43, Curran 40, Bailey 5-53) by 77 runsScorecard At around 2.30pm, Surrey and England’s Sam Curran strode to the crease at The Oval with his side in some disarray on 51 for 4. Batting one place higher than he normally would owing to the absence of Ollie Pope, he coincidentally emerged shortly after Pope himself was out…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 75 for 0 (Lees 53*) trail Glamorgan154 by 79 runsScorecard After they were dismissed for 88 and 85 in their previous championship game at Hove, Glamorgan’s batting woes continued at Sophia Gardens on the opening day of their game against Durham. They were dismissed for 154 from 49 .1 overs with tail ender Rory Smith top scoring with 36. Durham had no problems…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 39 for 4 (Edwards 3-9) trail Hampshire 277 (Vince 74, Dawson 72, Abbott 60*) by 238 runsScorecard Fidel Edwards produced a blistering evening six-over spell of 3 for 9 to complete an action-packed first day of Hampshire’s Specsavers County Championship fixture with Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire were forced to negotiate 15 evening overs having bowled Hampshire out for 277. And Edwards, who now boasts 20…