Month: August 2018

3:00 AM ET England 357 for 6 (Woakes 120*, Bairstow 93, Shami 3-74) lead India 107 by 250 runs The third day nearly produced 90 overs, and India nearly came back into the game, but the honours belonged, literally, to Chris Woakes. With his unbeaten 120, Woakes became the tenth player to make both the batting and bowling honours boards at Lord’s, and in combination with a mature Jonny Bairstow,…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Loughborough Lightning 137 for 1 (Jones 66*) beat Lancashire Thunder 136 for 7 (Satterthwaite 47) by nine wicketsScorecard Loughborough Lightning booked their place at finals day in the third Women’s Kia Super League with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Lancashire Thunder, knocking off a target of 137 with 33 balls to spare. England’s Amy Jones led with the way with a sparkling unbeaten 66…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Southern Vipers 62 for 2 v Western Storm – Match abandonedScorecard Western Storm confirmed their place at Kia Super League finals day, despite their match against arch rivals Southern Vipers being rained off in Bristol. Put into bat beneath leaden skies, Vipers advanced to 62 for 2 at the end of the eighth over before bad weather moved in. Following an inspection, umpires Rob…

10:38 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Danushka Gunathilaka, Jeffrey Vandersay and Lasith Malinga – three players currently out of favour with the cricket establishment – could all find their way back into the Sri Lanka team. So says coach Chandika Hathurusingha who, albeit not a selector, exerts substantial influence in selection decisions. Like captain Angelo Mathews and batting coach Thilan Samaraweera, Hathurusingha believes Sri Lanka are yet to identify the…

3:00 AM ET South Africa A 219 for 3 (Hamza 93, Erwee 57, Chahal 2-55) trail India A 345 (Vihari 148, Bawne 80, Olivier 6-63) by 126 runs India A were expected to consolidate their position against South Africa A on Saturday, but their middle and lower order crumbled in the opening hour as the last six wickets fell for only eight runs. The wrecker-in-chief was fast bowler Duanne Olivier,…

You can’t be too harsh on yourself – Rahane (1:29) India’s Ajinkya Rahane says the team can’t afford to dwell on a poor first innings with the match still up for grabs (1:29) 8:17 AM ET Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the team management’s decision to drop opener Shikhar Dhawan for the second Test against England at Lord’s. Gavaskar asked what the “criteria” for dropping Dhawan were, when…

3:00 AM ET Big Picture So, at last, it happened. Six matches in, the tour finally produced a close match. Vital as the three-run victory at Pallekele was for an ailing Sri Lanka, though, it would barely have bothered the opposition. The hosts are chuffed to have broken their 11-match losing streak against South Africa in the 50-over format, but the visitors might justifiably reason that the match was so…

1:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Guyana Amazon Warriors fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has been fined 15% of his match fee for making an obscene gesture during his team’s home game against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Thursday. Tanvir accepted the sanction handed to him by match referee Denavon Hayles. The incident occurred during the 17th over of the Patriots innings, when Tanvir dismissed Australian Ben Cutting with a yorker…

3:00 AM ET Jamaica Tallawahs 225 for 6 (Russell 121*, Lewis 51, Ali Khan 3-24) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 223 for 6 (Munro 61, McCullum 56, Russell 3-38) by four wickets Andre Russell gears up to play a shot Cricket Australia When Ali Khan took three wickets inside the first three overs to reduce Jamaica Tallawahs to 15 for 3 in a chase of 224, the USA seamer was matching his…