10:44 AM ET Liam Brickhill Aiden Markram and Lungi Ngidi are among the five Cricketers of the Year named in the 2018 South African Cricket Annual published on Thursday. Markram scored 1000 runs at an average of 55.55 in his first season of Test cricket, including four hundreds and a top score of 152 in the 492-run victory over Australia in March – the biggest Test win, in terms of…
9:18 AM ET Liam Brickhill Cape Town Blitz fast bowler Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the remainder of the Mzansi Super League with an ankle injury that will require surgery. “Anrich has several small avulsed bone fragments from the inferior tip of the lateral aspect of the talus in his left ankle,” explained Cape Town Blitz physiotherapist Shane Jabaar. “He has associated bone oedema and surgery will involve…
8:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Temba Bavuma, the South Africa batsman, has been signed by Northamptonshire on a three-month contract for the 2019 season. Bavuma, 28, made headlines in January 2016 when he became the first black African cricketer to score a Test century for South Africa – hitting an unbeaten 102 against England at Newlands in Cape Town, his native city. In the course of 31 Test appearances for…
8:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Hundred has come one step closer to fruition, after the ECB endorsed the playing conditions for its new competition at their board meeting at Lord’s on Wednesday. The ECB confirmed that it had “agreed next steps for” the implementation of the tournament, stating: “Each innings to be 100 balls, a change of end after every 10 balls and an individual bowler able to deliver…
Jofra Archer makes an appeal © BCCI Jofra Archer could be set to play for England in the both the World Cup and the Ashes next year, after the ECB announced a change to its eligibility criteria – from seven years to three – following its board meeting at Lord’s on Wednesday. Archer, 23, was born and raised in Barbados, and represented West Indies at Under-19 level. However, he has…
3:00 AM ET Western Australia 198 & 6 for 115 (Stoinis 52*, Copeland 3-54) need another 202 runs to beat New South Wales 261 and 253 (Henriques 48, Edwards 47, Richardson 3-58) A top-order collapse from Western Australia has left them with a mountain to climb in a fourth-innings chase against New South Wales at Perth Stadium. The Warriors, who had successfully chased 313 against South Australia in their previous…
3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Tasmania 185 & 8 for 353 dec (Silk 113, Bailey 63, Worrall 3-83) lead South Australia 136 & 1 for 16 (McInerney 11*, Ferguson 5*, Bird 1-6) by 386 runs A patient century from Tasmania opener Jordan Silk has put the Tigers in reach of a second win of the season after setting South Australia a fourth innings chase of 403. Silk faced 252 balls…
4:15 AM ET PSL franchises have been asked by the PCB to clear all outstanding dues by next week, despite ongoing negotiations between them to re-look at the financial model underpinning the league. The PCB’s chief finance officer Badar Manzoor Khan has asked in an email seen by ESPNcricinfo that all the teams pay up by December 3, failing which the board reserves the right to encash the franchises’ bank…
3:05 AM ET Selflessness is the sort of buzzword that often flies around 21st century sporting teams, alongside others such as culture, execution and process. To the words must be found examples of the traits in action, and in the midst of Australia’s triumphant World T20 campaign, the vice-captain Rachael Haynes provided an example that stuck in numerous minds in the team in the hours and days after they lifted…
3:00 AM ET Most of India’s batsmen enjoyed useful time in the middle as the rain which swamped Sydney on Wednesday moved away to allow a full day’s play at the SCG, although whether it prepares them for Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins is another thing entirely. Against a modest but persevering attack containing a total of 36 first-class wickets – 16 of them to D’Arcy Short –…