2:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, two of Australia’s premier quicks, will not be available to the team during their Tests against Pakistan in October. Both men are undergoing rehabilitation for back injuries and, according to physiotherapist David Beakley, will not recover in time to play the two-Test series in the UAE. “Pat and Josh are progressing well from their lumbar bone stress injuries but are…
1:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Supreme Court of India has approved new constitution of the BCCI that was drawn up by the CoA based on the Lodha Committee’s recommendations to restructure the board, but set aside some measures that would have radically altered cricket administration in the country. Among the Lodha recommendations that have not been accepted in the board’s new constitution are the one-state-one-vote policy, and the cooling-off…
12:43 AM ET Groups of spectators have helped collect rubbish discarded in the stadium following both Sri Lanka-South Africa ODIs at Pallekele – the same venue where play had to be stopped last year when spectators threw empty bottles onto the ground as India closed in on victory. A group of students from the island’s South Eastern University is believed to have begun the cleaning initiative after the third ODI…
Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali and Babar Azam were among the big winners at the Pakistan Cricket Board’s annual awards night in Karachi on Wednesday. Abbas was named the Test Cricketer of the Year, while Hasan and Babar walked away with the corresponding honour in ODIs and T20Is. © CricInfo Abbas had a phenomenal introduction to Test cricket in April 2017, and in the five Tests that Pakistan played over the…
Trinbago Knight Riders 195 for 6 (Munro 68, Ramdin 50*, Pollard 2-22, Kesrick 2-28) beat St Lucia Stars 95 (Fletcher 19, Bravo 3-11, Fawad 3-19) by 100 runs © Getty Images Colin Munro and Denesh Ramdin bookended the Powerplay and end of the innings with half-centuries on the way to the highest ever total at Queen’s Park Oval in the CPL’s six-year history. This helped defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders…
11:40 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando With six overs left in the rain-hit fourth ODI, the ball was wet, and South Africa were ahead of the game, with 43 runs to get, and five wickets in hand. So what did Sri Lanka do? They bowled as if they were playing a Test. It sounds like an odd move, but in the situation, it turned out to be an inspired one….
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northants 179 for 3 (Cobb 73*, Duckett 41) beat Derbyshire 177 for 6 (Godleman 77) by seven wicketsScorecard Another brilliant display of power hitting by Josh Cobb gave the Northants Steelbacks a first Vitality Blast win and dented Derbyshire Falcons quarter-final hopes at Derby. Cobb followed his century against the Birmingham Bears with an explosive unbeaten 73, including seven sixes, off 37 balls as…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 130 for 4 (Myburgh 54*) beat Hampshire 129 for 8 (Northeast 30, Taylor 3-39) by six wicketsScorecard Johann Myburgh started his long farewell from professional cricket by thumping an unbeaten 54 to keep Somerset top of the South Group of the Vitality Blast. Opening batsman Myburgh, who began his county career at Hampshire, announced he would retire from the sport at the end…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Durham 156 for 6 (Latham 52) beat Leicestershire 142 for 6 (Ackermann 74, Eckersley 39*) by 14 runsScorecard Durham Jets moved back to the top of the Vitality Blast North Group courtesy of a 14-run win over the Leicestershire Foxes at Emirates Riverside. The Jets battled their way to a total of 156 from their 20 overs on a slow wicket thanks to a half-century…
3:03 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A prolific season with Warwickshire and Birmingham Bears has renewed Ian Bell‘s hunger for the game to the extent that he has entertained the possibility of reviving his England career. Bell, 36, played the last of his 118 Tests against Pakistan in late 2015, but this season is averaging 55.41 in the County Championship and is currently the second-highest run-scorer in the Vitality Blast with…