3:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff R Ashwin shares a “mutual admiration” with Nathan Lyon, but he has said it would be “silly” for him to try and replicate the Australian’s style of offspin. Lyon is renowned for his old-fashioned approach, which relies on overspin and dip to get the most out of bouncy Australian pitches, and a line wide of off stump to the right-hand batsmen. Ashwin, apart from bowling…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tasmania 185 (Worrall 4-42) and 353 for 8 dec (Silk 113, Bailey 63, McDermott 54) beat South Australia 136 (Bell 4-29) and 213 (Ferguson 111, Bird 4-65) by 189 runs Tasmania overcame a superb rearguard hundred from Callum Ferguson and rain which threatened to scupper their hopes to secure a 189-run victory over South Australia. Ferguson had started the day at the crease and there…
1:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dinesh Chandimal, who missed the last two Tests of the home series against England with a groin strain, is back in Sri Lanka’s squad for their two-Test series in New Zealand, which begins on December 15 in Wellington. Sri Lanka Test squad: Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Danushka Gunathilaka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sadeera Samarawickrama,…
1:48 AM ET India’s time in the field on the third day at the SCG was dominated by the ankle injury to Prithvi Shaw which sent him to hospital and saw him return to the ground on crutches, leaving India’s opening plans for the first Test in Adelaide – and perhaps beyond – needing a rethink. It was an unconvincing performance from India, as the Cricket Australia XI reached 0…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 261 (Patterson 107*. Abbott 69, Richardson 8-47) and 253 beat Western Australia 198 (S Marsh 81, Copeland 4-52) and 212 (Stoinis 81, Lyon 4-86) Nathan Lyon and Sean Abbott bowled New South Wales to back-to-back Sheffield Shield wins as they secured a 104-run victory against Western Australia. The Warriors resumed on 6 for 115 chasing 317 and soon lost Ashton Agar to…
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh chose to bat v West Indies For the first time in their cricket history, Bangladesh have gone into a Test match without a fast bowler. Their all-spin attack will be pleased that they will be bowling last, after Shakib Al Hasan won his second toss of the series. Bangladesh left out Mustafizur Rahman – who only bowled four overs in the first Test in Chattogram…
9:13 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adelaide Strikers Last season: 4th Suzie Bates, Sam Betts, Sarah Coyte, Sophie Devine, Eliza Doddridge, Ellie Falconer, Danielle Hazell, Tahila McGrath, Tegan McPharlin, Bridget Patterson, Katelyn Pope, Alex Price, Tabatha Saville, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington Brisbane Heat Last season: 5th Jemma Barsby, Haidee Birkett, Josie Dooley, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Delissa Kimmince, Sune Luus, Beth Mooney, Georgia Prestwidge, Kirby…
7:18 PM ET India suffered a major injury scare on the third day of their warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI when Prithvi Shaw rolled his left ankle attempting to take a catch on the deep midwicket boundary. Shaw got under the catch – from a lofted shot by Max Bryant – but went over on his ankle as he tried to keep himself inside the boundary. He stayed…
11:41 AM ET Barny Read in Sharjah Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies and Northern Warriors batsman, believes the T10 League can further increase scores in both T20s and 50-over cricket, a potential knock-on effect of cricket’s shortest format. Pooran has been a revelation this season in Sharjah and following his 43* from 18 balls on Thursday night, now has the tournament’s highest score (77), the most sixes this season (24)…
I wasn’t good enough for England’s Test team – Morgan (1:53) England ODI captain looks back on his time in the Test team, and the comparisons between the two sides today (1:53) 11:21 AM ET Barny Read Eoin Morgan, England’s one-day captain, believes he “wasn’t good enough” in Test cricket and that he would not have been an asset to Joe Root’s Test team, in spite of the new bold…