Month: September 2018

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 428 (Ballance 194, Brooks 82) and 137 for 3 (Ballance 60) beat Worcestershire 340 (Mitchell 127, Moeen 60, Brooks 6-94) and 221 (Moeen 67, Parnell 58*, Coad 4-56) by seven wicketsScorecard Yorkshire rounded off the 2018 campaign with a seven wicket success against a depleted Worcestershire attack in the Specsavers County Championship encounter at New Road. They had made sure of their Division…

11:10 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the Asia Cup and has subsequently returned home after condition of his fractured finger worsened. BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan said that the team was trying to get Shakib ready for the knockout clash against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, but the pain had increased to the point where he couldn’t take part in the…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 163 (Reece 7-20) and 179 for 8 (Howell 58, Ferguson 4-56) beat Derbyshire 184 (Reece 59, Miles 5-50) and 157 (Hughes 55*, Higgins 3-17, Miles 3-46) by two wicketsScorecard Craig Miles signed off his Gloucestershire career by hitting the winning runs to secure a two-wicket victory on a pulsating third and final day of the Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. Miles,…

9:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Opening batsman Kaushal Silva and left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara have been recalled into Sri Lanka’s squad for the home Test series against England. Danushka Gunathilaka, who had been sidelined from the Asia Cup with back injury, had not recovered to find a place in the squad. Angelo Mathews, who had been removed from limited-overs captaincy and subsequently dropped for the England ODIs because of fitness…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 463 beat Nottinghamshire 133 and 184 by an innings and 146 runsScorecard Craig Overton picked up a hat-trick as Somerset rounded off an impressive season with an innings victory over Nottinghamshire in their final Specsavers County Championship match at the season. Overton’s feat came just a day after his county team-mate and captain Tom Abell had picked up a hat-trick in Nottinghamshire’s first…

7:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Klinger will extend his association with Gloucestershire into a seventh season after agreeing a return to captain them in next year’s Vitality T20 Blast. Klinger, who no longer plays first-class cricket, will also take up a coaching role with the club as a batting consultant across all formats in the build-up to, and during, the Blast. Gloucestershire reached the quarter-finals in this year’s tournament…

3:00 AM ET Toss: Bangladesh chose to bat v Pakistan Soumya Sarkar leans into a drive Getty Images Bangladesh have decided to bat first in their virtual semi-final against Pakistan. Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh’s captain, hoped his top order would turn their form around and put on a total his bowlers would be confident of defending, on what he called a good pitch. Bangladesh made a handful of changes for this must-win…

7:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Angelo Mathews, who had been removed as Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain after they suffered an early exit in the Asia Cup, was omitted from the squad for the upcoming England ODIs altogether. Sri Lanka squad: Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Upul Tharanga, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Lasith Malinga, Amila Aponso, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep,…