Lad, Rasool and Nadeem take India Red to Duleep Trophy final

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Red 316 (Lad 88, R Sanjay 72, Saurabh 3-75, Wakhare 3-76) and 255 (Lad 68, Abhinav 50, Saurabh 4-79, Wakhare 4-110) drew with India Blue 293 (Shorey 97, Rasool 4-107) and 128 for 8 (Shorey 45, Nadeem 5-53, Rasool 3-59) Jharkhand’s Shahbaz Nadeem claimed 4 for 77 ESPNcricinfo Ltd India Red qualified for the final of Duleep Trophy 2018-19 after gaining three points at the…

August 26, 2018
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Live Report: Somerset v Notts

3:00 AM ET The Live Report by Matt Roller Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to our live coverage of the Vitality Blast quarter-final between Somerset and Nottinghamshire. Stick around for updates, stats and colour from the game. If you don’t see the blog immediately, please refresh the page Source: ESPN Crickinfo

August 26, 2018
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SA born Labuschagne makes the most of his Australia A debut

6:11 AM ET Shashank KishoreESPN Marnus Labuschagne‘s Australia A debut was memorable for two reasons. One: he could understand every little sledge South Africa A’s players dished out. Two: he struck a half-century and forged a formidable association with Travis Head, the captain, to set up their first win on tour in the Quadrangular series in Bengaluru. Labuschagne grew up in Klerksdorp, 130 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg, before moving to…

August 26, 2018
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How Basil Thampi braved the Kerala floods to make it to the cricket

Volunteers transport flood-relief supplies at Pandanad in Chengannur Taluk in Alappuzha on August 19  4:32 AM ET Deivarayan Muthu Kerala quick Basil Thampi enjoyed a two-week stint at the National Cricket Academy in Brisbane in July, as part of an exchange programme between Cricket Australia and the MRF Pace Foundation based in Chennai. He and Tamil Nadu seamer K Vignesh had the opportunity to work with Ryan Harris, Greg Chappell,…

August 26, 2018
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Powell fifty propels Tallawahs atop the table

Aug 24, 2018 Jamaica Tallawahs 204 for 5 (Powell 64, Williams 3-34) beat St Lucia Stars 183 for 8 (Pollard 46, Simmons 45, Russell 2-15) by 21 runs Rovman Powell muscles one over the on side CWI After ending their three-game Florida ‘home’ slate winless, the Jamaica Tallawahs looked more at ease in a true road setting as Andre Russell’s charges rediscovered the winning touch in St Lucia by scoring a…

August 26, 2018
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Patriots overcome miserly Irfan spell to register third win

August 25, 2018

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 148 for 4 (King 60, Thomas 32, Irfan 2-1) beat Barbados Tridents 147 for 6 (Holder 54, Cutting 2-18, Devich 2-25) by six wickets Mohammad Irfan bellows in celebration after picking up his second wicket © AFP Brandon King overcame a torturous opening spell from Mohammad Irfan to record his maiden CPL fifty, leading the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to a six-wicket win over…

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Ashton Agar sets sights on floating allrounder role

2:36 PM ET Sruthi Ravindranath Ashton Agar wants to be as good as he can at everything. He wants to be adaptable, to be able to pad up at any time for his side, and be the floater who can go bang from the first ball. Agar introduced himself to the world in 2013 as a 19-year-old left-arm spinner who smacked a 98 on Test debut, while batting at No….

August 25, 2018
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Batting order key among England's issues to solve

‘Cook would do better at No. 3’ – Compton (2:08) Nick Compton suggests some changes in the England top order which he believes would create opportunities for two new players in the outfit (2:08) 1:01 PM ET The Test series reaches Southampton next week with India boosted by their fightback and England pondering a few questions. What might dominate the thoughts of Joe Root and Trevor Bayliss in the build-up?…

August 25, 2018
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Colin de Grandhomme replaces Imad Wasim in Jamaica Tallawahs squad

11:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jamaica Tallawahs have snapped up New Zealand allrounder Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Imad Wasim. Imad, who played six games for Tallawahs this season, will be returning to Pakistan to train with the national side ahead of the Asia Cup which is scheduled in September. De Grandhomme, who has played 38 limited-overs games for New Zealand, has been a regular on the franchise…

August 25, 2018
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'The situation matters more to me than strike rates' – Hanuma Vihari

9:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Almost exactly a year ago, India A travelled to South Africa for two unofficial Tests and a one-day triangular. Hanuma Vihari was only part of the squad for the two four-day games against South Africa A, and he only got to play in the second of them, in Potchefstroom. He scored 7 in the first innings, and in the second dig he walked in when…

August 25, 2018
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