Month: August 2018

10:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bhuvneshwar Kumar has regained full fitness and will be part of India A’s squad for their third-place game against South Africa A in the ongoing A team Quadrangular Series. The BCCI confirmed the development with a tweet on Monday evening. Bhuvneshwar had been undoing intense rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the last four weeks, after being ruled out of the first…

Mustafizur Rahman hurls a throw during a training session on Monday where Bangladesh players wore kits without a logo  8:37 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Robi Axiata, the telecom company, has ended its title sponsorship deal with the BCB. The board has expressed surprise over the decision, stating it had been in the process of getting players to terminate individual endorsement deals with rival brands – the reason behind Robi pulling…

7:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The reputation of some of New Zealand’s most well-known cricketers will be on the line in January when they take on a side comprising current and former All Blacks, led by captain Kieran Read, in a charity T20 match in Christchurch. Billed as the Black Clash, the game will take place on January 25 at Hagley Oval with funds raised for the benevolent funds of…

3:00 AM ET Toss Ireland chose to bowl v AfghanistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Shahzad mows one to the leg side AFP After being crushed by Afghanistan’s bowling might in the preceding T20I series, which they lost 2-0, Ireland captain William Porterfield decided that having a clear target in sight would be the way to go, as he opted to field in the first ODI against Afghanistan. Porterfield’s decision was…

12:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Seven wickets is all that separates James Anderson from becoming the most successful fast bowler in Test history. And the man who currently owns that record can’t be any happier to give it up. Glenn McGrath, who ended his career for Australia in 2007, is at the top of the pile with 563 wickets. But he expects to be dethroned in a few days when…

3:00 AM ET Trinbago Knight Riders 130 for 6 (McCullum 66, Irfan 2-24) beat Barbados Tridents 128 for 8 (Hope 42, Fawad 2-13, Bravo 2-23, Pierre 2-29) by four wickets Brendon McCullum brings out his unorthodoxy Getty Images Trinbago Knight Riders joined Jamaica Tallawahs at the top of the table on eight points after a dominant display in a four-wicket win over Barbados Tridents. The final margin painted the Tridents in…

2:14 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Gopal Bose, the former India batsman and Bengal captain, died aged 71, in Birmingham on Sunday. RIP Gopal Sir.Saddened by the news of his passing away. My condolences to the family and relatives. pic.twitter.com/1fyOt3LnQ8 — Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) August 26, 2018 Bose represented Bengal in 78 first-class games from 1968 to 1978, scoring 3757 runs at 30.79 with eight hundreds. He also took 72 wickets…

Rehab mates: Harmanpreet and Mandhana, captain and vice-captain of India’s T20I team, spent quality time with each other while recovering from injuries at NCA  1:22 PM ET Annesha Ghosh In her maiden Kia Super League season, Smriti Mandhana smacked 421 runs in nine innings. That is the most runs by a player in a women’s T20 league anywhere in the world. The next-best tally belongs to Australia captain Meg Lanning,…

12:55 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN The BCB are considering appointing a batting coach specifically for Test cricket. Neil McKenzie‘s availability being limited only to white-ball cricket has prompted the board to look for a specialised coach, according to the BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury. “Neil is a white ball batting coach up to the 2019 World Cup but we need someone for red-ball cricket,” Chowdhury told ESPNcricinfo. “We preferred Neil…

12:29 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Vitality Blast quarter-final between Somerset and Nottinghamshire will be played on Monday after heavy rain resulted in a washout at Taunton. The forecast had been poor for Sunday’s fixture and the rain rarely relented before the umpires, Neil Mallender and Steve O’Shaughnessy, called off any attempts to get in a shortened match after their 4pm inspection. The game will instead start at 1pm on…