Mickey Arthur (right) and Steve Rixon have hauled Pakistan’s fielding up by the seat of its pants 8:18 AM ET Danyal Rasool Former Pakistan fielding coach Steve Rixon accused the PCB of “disrespect and stupidity”, and said he had “not once” been paid on time. Rixon said that was the reason he quit his post after two years, deciding he “didn’t need it that much”, and opted to walk out…
Sarfraz Ahmed walks back after another failure with the bat © Getty Images The pressures of the Pakistan captaincy are beginning to tell on Sarfraz Ahmed. A disappointing Asia Cup campaign ended on Wednesday night in Abu Dhabi with a loss to Bangladesh, leading a frazzled and overworked Sarfraz to admit to sleepless nights during the tournament. Besides, an unrelenting workload over the last four years has now sparked discussion…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tasmania 7 for 238 (McDermott 102*, Silk 71, Valente 2-46, Richardson 2-46, Zampa 2-47) beat South Australia 7 for 236 (Weatherald 79, Lehmann 58*, Meredith 2-30, Sandhu 2-44) by three wickets Ben Mcdermott plays a sweep Getty Images Tasmania opener Ben McDermott struck his second List A century in three matches, providing nearly half the runs his team needed to win the JLT One-Day Cup game…
1:41 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Mohammad Mithun‘s calm under pressure pleased Mushfiqur Rahim during their 144-run fourth-wicket stand that brought Bangladesh back from a disastrous 12 for 3 against Pakistan. Mushfiqur guided Mithun through the initial few overs, but once the early blows were softened, the pair raised the run rate during the middle period. The partnership was much like a reprise of their 131-run third-wicket stand against Sri Lanka…
11:46 PM ET Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine now has joint lieutenants in Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood, at the end of a formal examination of the vice-captaincy that sought to avoid the continuation of a long pattern of failed leadership duos that included the banned Steven Smith and David Warner. While Hazlewood has been a consistent member of the Test team since he debuted in Smith’s first Test as…
3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 380 (Sibley 119, Rhodes 110) beat Kent 167 (Wright 3-29, Barker 3-31) and 179 (Crawley 75, Stone 3-35) by an innings and 34 runsScorecard It was a funny sort of celebration, really. There was champagne, of course, but there were also tears. There were lots of tears. You would have thought that Warwickshire, the side that had just ensured their promotion as Division Two Champions, would…
Pope proud as Surrey fight to remain unbeaten (1:38) Surrey’s Ollie Pope reflects on his century against Essex as the Division One champions look to finish the season unbeaten (1:38) 3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards at Kia Oval Surrey67 and 477 for 5 (Roy 128, Pope 114, Stoneman 86, Jacks 52*) lead Essex 477 for 8 dec by 67 runsScorecard When the best climbers reach the top of a mountain…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 359 (Carlson 83, Meschede 55, van der Gugten 50) and 175 (Taylor 4-15) beat Leicestershire 132 and 270 (Klein 94, Hogan 4-30) by 132 runsScorecard After Glamorgan had reduced Leicestershire to 102 for 8 shortly before tea, they would have been ready to celebrate their second Championship win of the season, but the Leicestershire tailenders had other ideas, and the home team had…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 121 (Salisbury 6-37) and 355 (Eskinazi 96, Gubbins 91, Wood 5-94) beat Durham 310 (Harte 112, Richardson 50, Murtagh 4-56) and 109 (Murtagh 3-29) by 57 runsScorecard Middlesex put forward an inspired bowling performance to ruin Paul Collingwood‘s final match for Durham, defeating the home side by 57 runs in their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash at Emirates Riverside. Dawid Malan’s men…
Dale Steyn conducts a fast bowling clinic. Or he’s asking for a couple more drinks 1:18 PM ET Liam Brickhill Dale Steyn is set to play his first ODI since October 2016, and with the World Cup just over eight months away, South Africa coach Ottis Gibson has reckoned the quick will add value to his squad as a mentor. “With his experience, [he’s a natural mentor] anyway because that’s…