Month: October 2018

Denly delighted with return performance (1:56) Joe Denly spoke about his absence from the England side following his impressive performance against Sri Lanka. (1:56) 5:25 PM ET George Dobell in Colombo Joe Denly admits he felt as if he were making a second debut as he made his first international appearance for eight-and-a-half years in Colombo on Saturday. But, after producing a player-of-the-match performance, Denly expressed the hope his experience…

Play 01:39 Social Story: Denly’s back! The 10-ball period in which Sri Lanka dropped three catches – all of them off England top-scorer Jason Roy – was when the hosts lost the one-off T20I in Colombo, according to captain Thisara Perera. Roy was spilled in the deep three times, and the first two chances off the bowling of Lakshan Sandakan were particularly straightforward. He would make 34 runs off 11…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women 104 for 4 (Mooney 29, Dar 1-16) beat Pakistan women 101 all out (Sohail 43, Molineux 3-14) by six wickets Megan Schutt celebrates a wicket with team-mates AFP A team effort from Australia’s bowlers ensured they sealed the three-match T20I series at the earliest opportunity against Pakistan, cruising to a six-wicket victory with three overs to spare in Kuala Lumpur. Megan Schutt, Georgia Wareham…

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Australia need to salvage some pride on this UAE tour, and they’ve almost run out of chances. Sunday represents their last chance to do that, and with the visitors guaranteed to return home without any silverware, it is only pride they can fight for. They haven’t really been competitive in the Tests as well as T20Is. The 1-0 defeat in the Tests was , if…

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and coach Ramesh Powar at the pre-departure press meet  10:32 AM ET Annesha Ghosh “Fearless” young players and a multifaceted spin attack will be India’s key weapons at the World T20 next month, according to head coach Ramesh Powar. India’s T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur echoed Powar’s thoughts. Kaur will be leading India in a world tournament for the first time in a full-time capacity. She was…

England and Sri Lanka are due to be briefed by the ICC’s ACU before the start of their series  10:15 AM ET George Dobell The England squad have been urged to exercise caution following a change in the political situation in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka president, Maithripala Sirisena, sacked the nation’s prime minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, on Friday. Opponents of the move have denounced it as unconstitutional with one government…

9:48 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, AB de Villiers, Alex Hales Dhaka Dynamites: Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Hazratullah Zazai Sylhet Sixers: Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Das, Sohail Tanvir, David Warner, Sandeep Lamichhane Khulna Titans: Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Carlos Brathwaite, Dawid Malan, Ali Khan Comilla Victorians: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad…

9:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Amitabh Choudhary, the BCCI’s acting secretary, has asked the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to resolve the rift within it over the handling of the allegations of harassment against CEO Rahul Johri. The two members of the CoA, chairman Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, had disagreed over the way ahead in the issue, and Choudhary has alleged that the procedure eventually followed was improper…

3:00 AM ET Ambidextrous allrounder Kamindu Mendis will play his first international, after being named in Sri Lanka’s XI for the one-off T20 against England, at Khettarama. Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera won the toss and chose to field first under heavy skies. Kamindu, a batting allrounder who bowls both right-arm offspin and left-arm orthodox, had impressed in the one-day tour match against England several weeks ago, when he hit…