7:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have honed a reputation over recent years as one of the most big-hitting ODI sides around, but they are prepared to play a more measured game in Sri Lanka if conditions dictate, according to opener Jonny Bairstow. The five-match ODI series, which pits top-ranked England against No. 8 Sri Lanka, starts next week, with pressure on the hosts after a failed Asia Cup campaign…
7:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Hampshire have signed Middlesex’s fast-medium bowler James Fuller on a three-year contract. It is Fuller’s third county in four years and continues his search for a county where he can make a lasting impression across all formats. . Having spent the first five years of his domestic career at Gloucestershire, where he claimed 89 wickets in 35 first-class appearances, Fuller made the move to Middlesex…
7:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have named three uncapped players in their squad of 15 for the Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean next month, as they look to add the 20-over title to the 50-over crown that they won in memorable circumstances on home soil last year. Nottinghamshire’s Kirstie Gordon and Sussex’s Linsey Smith – both left-arm spinners with Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League – have…
5:51 AM ET Umar Farooq Banned Australia captain Steven Smith is among the 500 players to be named in the draft for the fourth edition of Pakistan Super League. Smith has been classified as a Platinum Player – the highest-paid category – alongside the retired South Africa batsman AB de Villiers. ESPNcricinfo understands that David Warner had turned down PSL’s management request to participate in the league. Smith and Warner,…
3:00 AM ET Alex MalcolmESPN Close Alex Malcolm is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and broadcaster. He has been a long-time contributor to ESPNcricinfo and reported for the AFL website for four seasons. He has also worked as a television commentator calling Australian Rules Football, Athletics and Tennis for a number of networks. Victoria have progressed to the semi-finals of the JLT Cup after persistent rain in Sydney washed out the…
3:18 AM ET Bangladesh’s inaugural Test victory over Australia in Dhaka last year was belittled by Cricket Australia’s team performance chief Pat Howard as being achieved by players who were not up to Sheffield Shield standard, a new book has revealed. In Australia’s first Test after the fractious 2017 pay dispute, an underprepared team lost narrowly to Bangladesh on a sharply turning pitch and were immediately leapt upon by sections…
3:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsman M Vijay is the latest India player to speak about a lack of communication between the selectors and players who have been dropped from the squad. Vijay had made 20, 6, 0 and 0 in the first two Tests of India’s five-match series in England. He was not picked in the XI for the third Test and was dropped from the squad for the…
1:37 AM ET Alex MalcolmESPN Close Alex Malcolm is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and broadcaster. He has been a long-time contributor to ESPNcricinfo and reported for the AFL website for four seasons. He has also worked as a television commentator calling Australian Rules Football, Athletics and Tennis for a number of networks. Time in the middle is one of cricket’s oldest adages. It is something Australia has struggled with on…
1:19 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Mashrafe Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahim, who had injuries during the Asia Cup, are expected to recover in the next two weeks to add experience to Bangladesh’s squad for the ODIs against Zimbabwe from October 21. With the selectors likely to name a preliminary squad by next week, the injuries to Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal have already left a gaping hole in the batting…
3:00 AM ET Toss India chose to bat v West Indies play 5:27 The former India wicketkeeper feels that the hosts should include three spinners at Rajkot After losing five tosses in a row, India’s captain Virat Kohli finally won one and opted to bat on a pitch with a fair covering of grass in the first Test against West Indies in Rajkot. The hosts, who had already announced their…