Month: September 2018

6:58 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid’s renaissance as a red-ball cricketer has been rubber-stamped by the ECB, after he was named in their list of centrally contracted Test players for the 2018-19 season. Rashid, who was lured back to the Test fold by the new England selector Ed Smith, played an important, if bit-part, role in the 4-1 victory over India this summer, claiming 10 wickets at 30.90, including…

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5:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff More than 15 months since his last international appearance, an out-of-favour James Neesham is aiming for the allrounder’s spot – across formats – in the New Zealand side, as the selectors continue to weigh their options for a long-term pick from a pool that also features Corey Anderson and Colin de Grandhomme. “I’ve put my stake in the ground and said I want to play…

3:16 PM ET George Dobell Colin Graves, the ECB chairman, was forced to abandon plans to present the County Championship trophy after a tense meeting with the chairmen of the first-class counties. Graves was hoping to present Surrey with the trophy after the meeting at The Oval. Instead Jim Wood, a non-executive director on the ECB board, was charged with making the presentation as the meeting over-ran due to significant…

12:52 PM ET Liam Brickhill A reinvigorated Dale Steyn is relishing the challenge of fighting his way back into contention for a spot in South Africa’s travelling party for next year’s World Cup. First, though, he’ll have to nail down his place in their starting XI in a summer of ODIs against Zimbabwe, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. “I’m feeling really good,” said Steyn three days before the start of…

12:03 PM ET Danyal Rasool Mohammad Amir has been left out of the Pakistan squad that will take on Australia in the two-Test series in the UAE next month. The 26-year-old, who has missed just one Test since his comeback to international cricket in 2016, appears to have paid the price for his poor ODI form in the recent Asia Cup, resulting in his exclusion from the 17-member squad named…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 477 for 8 dec (Westley 134, Harmer 102*, Vijay 80, Wheater 68*) and 134 for 9 (ten Doeschate 53*, Morkel 4-28) beat Surrey 67 (Porter 4-26, Cook 4-27) and 541 (Roy 128, Pope 114, Stoneman 86, Jacks 53, Coles 5-123) by one wicketScorecard Amid extraordinary scenes at the Kia Oval, Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate‘s superb 53 not out from 62 balls earned…

3:00 AM ET Big Picture The organisers and broadcasters may have salivated at the possibility of three India-Pakistan matches in the Asia Cup but the third one, the final, is a non-starter. Instead, Bangladesh, ravaged by the injuries to their top players, have strode into their third Asia Cup final in the last four editions. Their dismantling of Pakistan in the do-or-die Super Four encounter on Wednesday confirmed that come…