8:01 AM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against Zimbabwe after injuring his ankle during practice on Tuesday. The injury appears to be in his left Achilles tendon, and Mulder has been withdrawn from South Africa’s squad for further assessment. “Wiaan felt some pain and discomfort in his left ankle at practice and has been withdrawn from…
3:00 AM ET TossSouth Africa chose to bat South Africa’s new crop of batters have been given an excellent chance to showcase their skills after JP Duminy won the toss and decided to bat first on what should be an excellent batting strip at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. South Africa picked an extra batsman, with Khaya Zondo slotting into the middle order, while Dale Steyn will also play his…
Andrew Strauss © Getty Images Andrew Strauss has stepped down from his role as Director of England Cricket after three-and-a-half years in the role, in order to spend more time with his family while his wife Ruth undergoes treatment for cancer. Strauss, who handed over many of his day-to-day duties to Andy Flower during the 2018 home summer, will take on a more flexible role with the ECB, and will…
Prithvi, Mayank, Vihari rewarded for domestic runs, not IPL effort – Kohli (1:44) Virat Kohli addresses the media ahead of the two-Test series against West Indies starting on Thursday in Rajkot (1:44) 6:10 AM ET Virat Kohli has distanced himself from the Karun Nair situation, saying it is not his place to comment on a matter the selectors have already offered clarification on. Nair, who scored a triple-hundred in 2017,…
England and Sri Lanka are due to be briefed by the ICC’s ACU before the start of their series 5:17 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) has briefed Sri Lanka’s president, prime minister and sports minister about ongoing investigations into “serious allegations of corruption in cricket in the country”. The investigations began more than a year ago, with rumours about corruption circulating around Sri Lankan cricket…
5:13 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Dhaka Dynamites are the only team to retain three overseas players for BPL 2019, with most franchises choosing to retain local players for the tournament scheduled for January next year. The governing council had allowed teams to retain four players from the previous BPL season. Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos…
© Getty Images With the 2019 World Cup less than eight months away, allrounder Corey Anderson has decided to focus on white-ball cricket by opting out of the first-class format for the coming season. Anderson has been away from Test cricket since February 2016 and last played a first-class match in April earlier this year. Back from representing Somerset recently in the T20 Vitality Blast, Anderson will leave with the…
3:00 AM ET Prithvi Shaw will make his Test debut in Rajkot on Thursday. Breaking from the tradition of not talking about selection before the Test, India named a XII for the opening Test against West Indies a day in advance. They were back to playing with five batsmen and a wicketkeeper after the aberration in the fifth Test of the last series when they called up Hanuma Vihari to…
1:26 AM 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 Paraag Marathe, the executive vice-president of football operations for the San Francisco 49ers, has been elected as chairman of USA Cricket, pipping Catherine Carlson of the…
Ibrahim Khaleel gets congratulated by his room-mate Sagar Patel after finishing 49 not out 12:49 AM 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 Ibrahim Khaleel, who captained USA to victory over Canada in the 2017…