10:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Alastair Cook‘s long-time mentor, Graham Gooch, is worried the England opener “is flat-lining” as the debate grows about whether he is fighting to save his career. Cook fell for 17 in England’s disappointing first innings at the Ageas Bowl to continue a lean summer where he has only passed fifty once. It is part of a longer theme in Cook’s recent career where the occasional…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey 375 (Stoneman 144, Foakes 48, Jacks 48) beat Nottinghamshire 101 (T Curran 5-28, McKerr 3-21) and 149 (Brathwaite 60, McKerr 4-26) by an innings and 125 runsScorecard Giant fast bowlers Conor McKerr and Morne Morkel led the way as Surrey completed an innings and 125-run thrashing of Nottinghamshire at the Kia Oval by dismissing them for 149 three overs after lunch on the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Ireland opt to bat v Afghanistan Tim Murtagh celebrates a wicket Getty Images Ireland won the toss in the series decider against Afghanistan at Belfast and opted to bat for the first time this tour. The hosts picked an unchanged side, while Afghanistan have left out Hazratullah Zazai – their top run-getter in the T20I series – for Ihsanullah, a right-handed top-order batsman, playing his…
4:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Two days after it was reported that unusual betting patterns in the Karnataka Premier League in India had caused concerns for bookmakers in England, the Karnataka State Cricket Association, which runs the T20 league, confirmed that some players had reported approaches made to them to the Anti-Corruption Unit. “Yes, there have been people from Rajasthan who have approached players in the league, but then the…
Morna Nielsen celebrates the wicket of Hayley Matthews © Getty Images/ICC Four shy of a 100 limited-overs internationals, New Zealand and Otago Sparks left-arm spinner Morna Nielsen has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket. Having last played both formats in November 2016, the 28-year old has shifted all of her focus into her day job as a structural engineer. “Looking back on my career, it was awesome to…
I tried to play freely, like I do for Surrey – Curran (1:00) Sam Curran says he had no point to prove despite being dropped in the previous Test match (1:00) 4:42 PM ET As Sam Curran walked into the press conference at the end of the first day’s play, a band was entertaining the remaining fans. It would, perhaps, be harsh to say the band’s name – Davy Jones’…
3:42 PM ET Jon Culley The former Zimbabwe Test batsman Dave Houghton is returning to Derbyshire as the county’s new head of cricket from the end of the current season. Houghton, 61, who still lives in Derby, has spent two previous spells with the county, the first as director of cricket between 2004 and 2007, the second as batting coach from 2011 to 2013, the role he currently occupies at…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 445 for 8 (Bell 204, Hain 61) lead Glamorgan 203 (Meschede 53*, Stone 4-28) by 242 runsScorecard While England’s batsmen were floundering at The Ageas Bowl, the batsman who many would have selected for the fourth Test, was scoring his third championship century of the season- this time a double hundred -against Glamorgan, exceeding 20,000 first class runs, and guiding his team to…
3:00 AM ET Matt Roller Middlesex 169 and 210 for 5 (Malan 69*, Eskinazi 60) lead Sussex 171 (Harris 4-61) by 208 runsScorecard Not all fifties are created equal, and Dawid Malan knows that better than most Six weeks ago, he struck two of the more facile half-centuries of his first-class career in the England Lions win against India A on a lifeless New Road ahead of the first Test…
3:00 AM ET Nottinghamshire 101 (T Curran 5-28, McKerr 3-21) and 83 for 2 trail Surrey 375 (Stoneman 144, Foakes 48, Jacks 48) by 191 runsScorecard While his younger brother was leading England’s flimsy resistance at the Ageas Bowl, Tom Curran added to the impression that Surrey are champions elect as his 5 for 28 forced Nottinghamshire to follow on at the Kia Oval. Nottinghamshire were bowled out in some…