3:00 AM ET South Australia 265 for 7 (Ferguson 133, Lehmann 44, Fawad 2-53) beat Victoria (White 81, Handscomb 64, Mennie 3-38) by eight runs Callum Ferguson gets off his feet to hit the ball Getty Images A fine century by South Australia’s senior batsman Callum Ferguson bankrolled a total of 265 that proved beyond the reach of Victoria in the domestic limited-overs match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, and…
4:37 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India opener Rohit Sharma moved up two spots to No. 2 in ODI batting rankings, while left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav vaulted to his career-best ranking of No.3 in the bowlers’ list, following their performances in the Asia Cup in the UAE. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan overtook Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan to surge to No. 1 on the allrounders’ charts, and he also held on to his…
3:00 AM ET Toss South Africa chose to bowl v Zimbabwe Dale Steyn made way for David Wiese against Afghanistan Getty Images The wait for Dale Steyn’s return to white-ball cricket continued as he was left out of South Africa’s XI for their first one-day international against Zimbabwe in Kimberley, where stand-in captain JP Duminy won the toss and decided to bowl. Christiaan Jonker was handed an ODI debut, and he…
Karun Nair’s stumps were broken off the first ball he faced © Associated Press Manoj Prabhakar was a brave, street-smart cricketer, whose spirit of rebellion Indian cricket could have well done without. Those who played with him tell you he carried a deep-rooted resentment for the system ever since Kapil Dev called up Madan Lal from the England leagues to replace the injured Chetan Sharma in the Headingley Test on…
1:20 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Shakib Al Hasan has undergone an emergency operation on the injured little finger on his left hand, after it had become infected during the Asia Cup. The pus had spread quite badly, going up to his left wrist, which was only spotted when he had gone to a Dhaka hospital on Thursday, hours after arriving from Dubai. Doctors have told him that he will have…
11:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested from India’s team to take on West Indies in the two-match Test series starting October 4. Meanwhile, Mayank Agarwal, a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket, has received his maiden call-up in international cricket. He is one of three openers in the squad, including KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw. Shikhar Dhawan did not find a place despite reganing…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan A 247 for 6 (Abid 83*, Aslam 51, Lyon 5-87) v Australia Nathan Lyon in his delivery stride AFP Australia’s chances against Pakistan in the upcoming series will rest on their ability to play the turning ball. But as they showed in a riveting series against India last year, their own spin-bowling resources aren’t to be trifled, and Nathan Lyon continued that narrative with a…
Indian Board President’s XI 360 for 6 dec (Bawne 116*, Agarwal 90, Iyer 61, Bishoo 3-104, Gabriel 2-41) v West Indies Mayank Agarwal jumps in jubilation © PTI West Indies found moderate success on their first outing in a six-week tour of India, taking six wickets on the opening day of their two-day warm-up match against Indian Board President’s XI in Vadodara. The hosts scored at 4 per over to…
Australia women 4 for 164 (Haynes 69*, Lanning 56*, Kasperek 2-28) beat New Zealand women 5 for 162 (Martin 56*, Devine 43, Gardner 2-22) by six wickets Play 02:29 Keen to change poor T20I record against New Zealand – Lanning Australia’s captain Meg Lanning and her leadership understudy Rachael Haynes took command of a steep chase to fire the hosts to victory over New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 international,…
8:09 AM ET Asif rolls back the years Remember that snake swing, those in dippers, that cut on the ball either way and that sneering swagger? Remember Mohammad Asif? He is 35 now, playing for WAPDA, and while he lost five years in his career between 2010 and 2015, he has refused to fade away. After missing three rounds of the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam trophy, he returned with a five-wicket haul…