7:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe will be without their former captain Graeme Cremer for the series against South Africa and Bangladesh in September and October. The legspinner, recuperating from surgery on his right knee, will be out of action for at least eight weeks. Cremer has had a history of trouble with his right knee, and the team physiotherapist said “conservative interventions” had failed to relive symptoms, making the…
6:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root has insisted his decision to bat at No. 4 in England’s second innings in Southampton was made “for the good of the team”. Root has batted at No. 3 throughout the English summer but, having averaged just 28.54 in that time, says he made a “spur of the moment decision” to move back to the No. 4 position in which he averages 52.45….
6:19 AM ET The ICC will face considerable opposition from players if it tries to bring in a cap on involvement in T20 leagues around the world, according to England’s limited-overs captain, Eoin Morgan. Plans to limit players to three T20 engagements a year have been mooted but Morgan warned there would be “huge legal ramifications” to such a restriction of employment. Morgan, who has been named as one of…
4:02 AM ET An independent review, set to deliver plenty of harsh truths to Cricket Australia, may yet be closed off from public view, even as the director Mark Taylor admitted that the organisation needed to make substantial changes to win back public trust and prevent the game from stagnating. Taylor, part of the CA subcommittee that elected to hire The Ethics Centre to conduct the review, said that the…
3:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan have picked three specialist spinners – a leggie, mystery spinner and left-arm wristspinner – in their squad of 17 for the Asia Cup to be held in UAE later this month. Sharafuddin Ashraf, the left-arm wristspinner, is among just two new additions – uncapped wicketkeeper Munir Ahmad being the other – to the squad that beat Ireland in the ODI series last week. Fast…
3:00 AM ET Trinbago Knight Riders 199 for 4 (Munro 76*, Bravo 37*) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 153 for 8 (Lewis 52, Phillip 3-40) by 46 runs Colin Munro pulls the ball CPL T20 Trinbago Knight Riders continued to uphold their role in the three-horse race for the regular season CPL crown, rejoining Jamaica Tallawahs and Guyana Amazon Warriors at the top of the table after completing a season…
Stokes and I bring the best out of each other – Buttler (0:59) Jos Buttler says he’s pleased to get runs on the board as he and Ben Stokes enjoy a fruitful partnership (0:59) 3:59 PM ET Jos Buttler says he is “not fussed” about being England’s first-choice wicketkeeper and hosed down any suggestion of a rivalry with Jonny Bairstow over the role at the end of the third day…
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 561 (Denly 106, Crawley 96, Stewart 85, Henry 81, Palladino 5-113) and 110 for 4 beat Derbyshire 400 (Madsen 93, Godleman 71, Hughes 66) and 270 (Hosein 66*, Denly 4-36, Riley 4-68) by six wicketsScorecard Joe Denly made a late entrance to record his best first-class figures as Kent moved into the promotion places with a six wicket win over Derbyshire in the…
3:00 AM ET Somerset 399 (Azhar 89, Hildreth 81, Davies 80, Gregory 65, Brooks 5-116) and 339 for 7 dec (Abell 132*, Hildreth 72, Gregory 57) beat Yorkshire 320 (Hodd 85, Kohler-Cadmore 81, Davey 5-65) and 194 (Williamson 51, J Overton 4-25, Gregory 4-33) by 224 runsScorecard They think it’s all Overton – and it is now. When Jamie Overton finally ended Yorkshire’s resistance, and Somerset secured a 224-run victory,…