7:11 AM ET Umar Farooq Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has decided to quit ODIs and focus only on Tests going forward. He had mostly been out of Pakistan’s ODI plans in the recent months, having last played the format in January 2018 against New Zealand. Azhar never played T20 internationals. His last major contribution came in the Champions Trophy last year when he scored 59 in the final against…
6:09 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo England’s preparations for the Test series against Sri Lanka have been further hit by rain. Plans for a two-day warm-up game against a Sri Lanka Board team starting on Thursday had to be abandoned after storms in Colombo overnight. The teams hope to play a 50-over a side game starting at 9.30am on Friday instead. Even if that game goes ahead – there…
Nathan Coulter-Nile keeps his eye on the ball wile juggling a return catch from Rohit Sharma © AFP In a bid to avoid yet another stress fracture in his lower back, Australia quick Nathan Coulter-Nile has taken up regular yoga classes led by banned Western Australian team-mate Cameron Bancroft. Coulter-Nile’s smooth rhythmical action has been anything but kind on his lower spine, with stress fractures ruining his last two home…
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies chose to bat v India Oshane Thomas at a net session Associated Press Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has chosen to bat after winning his first toss of the series. Virat Kohli, India’s captain, wasn’t too displeased, since he would have preferred not to bowl under lights – he predicted dew would be a “massive factor” in the evening. West Indies made two changes,…
12:50 AM ET David Peever, Cricket Australia’s chairman, is expected to exit his role only a week after being re-elected for a further three years, as a result of this week’s fierce reaction to the release of a damning cultural review of the governing body that followed the Newlands ball tampering scandal. A day after three of the six states – New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria – stopped…
12:22 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 USA batsman Sunny Sohal has been ruled out of the WCL Division Three in Oman beginning next week, with a serious knee injury that will require…
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9:16 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia coach Justin Langer believes ball-tampering is an “international” issue the game needs to confront and has urged a better balance of conditions to ward off the temptation to alter the condition of the ball. Langer took charge of the Australia team in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal at Newlands which led to Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft being banned and soon…