Month: November 2018

2:00 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. Queensland 9 for 488 dec (Renshaw 89, Peirson 82*, Hemphrey 72, Neser 56, Kelly 3-80) lead Western Australia…

2:00 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 7 for 345 (Handscomb 123*, Dean 75, Winter 3-81) lead South Australia 244 (Cooper 118, Lehmann 56,…

2:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the opening ODI against South Africa due to requiring minor surgery on a buttock abscess. There were no further details given by Cricket Australia when the news was confirmed shortly before the toss in Perth, but it was hoped Marsh would be available for the second ODI in Adelaide on Friday. It meant D’Arcy Short came into the line-up….

3:00 AM ET Bangladesh 2-0 trail Zimbabwe 282 (Williams 88, Moor 63*, Taijul 6-108) by 280 runs Nazmul Hossain took a blinder at short leg to dismiss Regis Chakabva AFP Taijul Islam’s persistence fetched him a six-wicket haul as Zimbabwe slipped to 282 all out on the second morning of the first Test in Sylhet. Taijul added four wickets in the morning, the last two of them coming off consecutive deliveries…

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3:00 AM ET South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the first ODI of their three-match series at Perth Stadium. Plenty of grass on the surface led both sides to favour pace in their bowling lineups, with the hosts selecting all four of Mitchell Starc, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins and…

11:11 PM ET Australia’s first international match under the new terms of the broadcast rights agreement with Fox Sports will not take place entirely behind the paywall due to the fact the network’s flagship sports streaming app has not yet launched. One of the key planks of the $A1.18 billion deal with Fox Sports and the Seven network was that all of Australia’s home ODIs and Twenty20 matches would be…

2:51 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said being dropped from the XI for the first two Tests on India’s tour of South Africa at the start of the year left him “hurt” and “disappointed”, but that once he was told he would be playing in the third Test in Johannesburg, he took it as an opportunity to “become a hero”. Rahane was benched for the Cape…

Trescothick: England will face spin from ball one (0:49) Somerset batsman Marcus Trescothick says England can expect hot conditions and plenty of spin in Sri Lanka (0:49) 2:00 PM ET George Dobell Marcus Trescothick has called for a “mentality change” in county cricket in a bid to better prepare players for overseas tours. Trescothick, the former England opener, feels counties should be allowed more scope in preparing surfaces that aid…

Butcher: I’d pick Stone over Broad for first Sri Lanka Test (1:49) The Switch Hit team wonder if Stuart Broad may be overlooked for the first Test in Sri Lanka, and who might take his place (1:49) 1:58 PM ET George Dobell in Galle James Anderson has admitted he feels he “hasn’t quite cracked” the challenge of bowling with the Kookaburra ball. Despite recently overtaking Glenn McGrath to become the…