Tendulkar an ‘inspiration’ for Ollie Pope (1:01) New England batsman Ollie Pope looks ahead to a potential Test debut against India at the age of 20. (1:01) 12:35 PM ET As far as inspiration for a young batsman on the cusp of an international Test career goes, Sachin Tendulkar isn’t a bad shout. After all, Tendulkar was just 16 years old when he made his Test debut against Pakistan at…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey Stars 167 for 8 (Lee 70, Taylor 51) beat Lancashire Thunder 112 (Jones 40, van Niekerk 3-20) by 55 runsScorecard Half-centuries for Lizelle Lee and Sarah Taylor set Surrey Stars on their way to a crucial Kia Super League win over Lancashire Thunder at Emirates Old Trafford. The Stars posted 167 for 8 and defended it comfortably to win for the second time…
12:06 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka are in a little bit of a muddle. So woeful have they been in ODIs lately, that it is difficult to say who exactly forms the core of their team, let alone what those individual players’ roles are. So right now, they are trying to experiment, and yet are trying to strike a balance – they also want to give prospective players…
3:00 AM ET India A 584 for 8 dec (Agarwal 220, Shaw 136, Hendricks 3-98) beat South Africa A 246 (Second 94, Siraj 5-56) and 308 (Second 94, Hamza 63, Siraj 5-73) by an innings and 30 runs Mohammed Siraj wheels away in celebration PTI South Africa A wicketkeeper-batsman Rudi Second wore down India A’s attack for the second time in the game and threatened to hold them off to a…
10:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Johann Myburgh, the Somerset batsman, has announced he will retire at the end of the season. He initially joined the club on a one-year deal in 2014 but was then retained. Last week he struck his maiden T20 century, off 42 balls, against Essex. He wrote an open letter to the Somerset team and the supporters thanking them for his time at the club. “What…
‘Kohli should let his heart guide the way’ – Tendulkar (1:37) Sachin Tendulkar urges India captain Virat Kohli to block out the criticism and build on his brilliant batting form from the first Test against England at Edgbaston. (1:37) 10:33 AM ET Virat Kohli has been urged by Sachin Tendulkar to keep his focus and let his “heart guide the way”, after his brilliant batting display in last week’s first…
9:38 AM ET Danyal Rasool Much of what the PCB does, and what it took to get to that stage, is full of mystery, and guaranteed to remain that way until someone writes a tell-all book, or Younis Khan finds out and hastily summons a press conference to explain what happened and why it was a personal affront to him. The same mystery applies to the way the PCB determines…
9:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Warwickshire have signed Liam Norwell, the Gloucestershire pace bowler, on a three-year contract. Norwell, 26, was ruled out of the remainder of the 2018 season with a hamstring injury picked up at the beginning of the T20 Blast, which was a recurrence of a problem from earlier in the summer which limited to one County Championship match, but enjoyed an impressive 2017 Championship campaign with…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Two Tests and three ODIs into the tour, there has been depressingly little competitive cricket between these teams. South Africa were wiped the floor with in the Tests, unable to muster competence with the bat until the final innings of the series. Since then, Sri Lanka have been woeful in the ODIs, their batting, fielding and bowling taking it in turns to fail in the…
8:33 AM ET George Dobell Ben Stokes has been described as “mocking” a gay couple and speaking with “a spiteful” and “angry tone” by a witness in his trial in Bristol. Andrew Cunningham, a 37-year-old door supervisor at the Mbargo nightclub in the city, alleged that Stokes abused him and a gay couple having been refused entry to the club in the early hours of the morning on September 25…