3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 435 (Lawrence 124, Chopra 61, ten Doeschate 55, Wheater 52, Abbott 5-90) beat Hampshire 172 and 211 (Alsop 51, Siddle 5-48, Harmer 4-64 by an innings and 52 runsScorecard Peter Siddle took 5 for 48 with some typically accurate bowling as Essex claimed their fourth Specsavers County Championship of the season with Hampshire’s defeat by an innings and 52 runs confirmed with 14…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Blue 340 (Shorey 93, Fazal 76, Vignesh 5-50) and 117 (Shorey 40, Sarwate 5-32) drew with India Green 257 (Chopra 80, Patel 80, Saurabh 5-98) and 20 for 2 (Chatterjee 11*, Saurabh 2-11) India Blue will meet India Red in the final of the Duleep Trophy 2018-19, having taken the first-innings lead in a drawn encounter against India Green at the NPR College Ground…
12:02 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna San Francisco 49ers executive vice president of football operations Paraag Marathe, one of the highest-ranked Indian American officials in the big four American pro-sports leagues, has…
Aug 31, 2018 ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 202 (Bracey 76, Abbas 5-30) and 402 for 4 dec (Dent 214*, Hammond 68) beat Leicestershire 111 (Higgins 4-26) and 165 (Cosgrove 52, Higgins 4-28) by 328 runsScorecard Ryan Higgins finished with career-best match figures of eight for 54 as Gloucestershire wrapped up a 328-run victory over Leicestershire at Bristol. Beginning the final day on 117 for six, facing a target of 494,…
8:11 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been recalled to a 16-man Sri Lanka squad for the Asia Cup, which will be held in the UAE from September 15 to 28. Malinga, who last played in an international against India in September 2017, has made a comeback after being left out for the one-off T20I against South Africa in August, the only format he has been playing…
Mitchell Marsh made his second Test century © Getty Images As far as injury stoppages go, Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh has racked up quite the number during his international career. Since his ODI debut in 2011, Marsh has played in a combined 90 matches across formats for Australia, far fewer than might have been expected from someone who, even seven years on, is considered one of Australia’s most talented players….
6:48 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN The BCB’s disciplinary committee has recommended that Sabbir Rahman be suspended for six months from international cricket for abusing a fan on social media. The recommendation needs to be approved by BCB chief Nazmul Hassan’s approval, but that is understood to be a formality. More to follow … Source: ESPN Crickinfo
6:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cheteshwar Pujara, whose maiden Test century in England on Friday rescued India and helped them take a 27-run first-innings lead, spoke to Sky Sports this morning about how he had never lost the belief in his batting despite his lean form at Yorkshire and sitting out the first Test at Edgbaston. After Edgbaston, does he feel a bit of a scapegoat, as someone who constantly…
3:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India have rested their captain Virat Kohli from the Asia Cup, which will be held in the UAE from September 15 to 28. Rohit Sharma will lead the side in his absence, with Shikhar Dhawan named his deputy. India squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthk, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar…
3:00 AM ET Barbados Tridents’ home performances make Jamaica Tallawahs’ American nightmare look tame by comparison. The Tridents lost their fourth straight match at Kensington Oval in an eight-wicket trouncing at the hands of Guyana Amazon Warriors courtesy Luke Ronchi‘s unbeaten 40-ball 67. This helped Warriors to the top of the table, while Tridents are firmly rooted to the bottom and are on the verge of missing the playoffs for…