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5:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India women captain Harmanpreet Kaur has jumped up to the third spot in the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings. Harmanpreet finished the World T20 as the second-highest run-scorer after Australia’s Alyssa Healy. Her 183 runs from five innings at 45.75 with a strike-rate of over 160, included a match-winning century in the tournament opener. Eighteen-year-old Jemimah Rodrigues and opener Smriti Mandhana rose to career-best sixth…
Jhye Richardson celebrates the wicket of Travis Dean © Getty Images New South Wales 261 (Patterson 107*, Abbott 69, Richardson 8-47) lead Western Australia 0 for 1 by 260 runs A career-best eight-wicket haul from Western Australia quick Jhye Richardson overshadowed Kurtis Patterson‘s first Sheffield Shield century in two years on an even first day at Perth Stadium. Richardson’s figures of 8 for 47 is the joint-third best by a…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 167 (Handscomb 81, Finch 50, Steketee 4-52) lead Queensland 2 for 120 (Burns 71*, Khawaja 41, Tremain 2-20) by 47 runs Queensland’s pacemen razed Sheffield Shield leaders Victoria on day one at the Gabba to put the Bulls in command at stumps and in position to establish a big first innings lead. Victoria’s Test squad members Peter Handscomb and Aaron Finch got valuable time…
3:00 AM ET Lunch New Zealand 222 for 4 (Nicholls 31*, Watling 16*) and 90 trail Pakistan 418 for 5 dec. by 106 runs Perhaps the biggest surprise this session was that Yasir Shah was kept quiet throughout. Two New Zealand wickets did fall, bringing Pakistan closer to a series-levelling victory, but they went to Hasan Ali and Bilal Asif. Both came to break partnerships that had begun to frustrate…
Kevin Roberts, the Cricket Australia CEO, addresses the media © Getty Images Australian cricket’s governing body and players union will enter the holiday season by being back on each other’s Christmas-card lists for the first time in several years, after a somewhat amorphous but fruitful meeting in Melbourne on Tuesday. Led by the interim chairman Earl Eddings, members of Cricket Australia’s board and senior executives shared several hours with the…
2:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj boost for Punjab Yuvraj Singh, who had initially relinquished his spot in the Punjab side to make way for youngsters, has returned to the squad for their clash against Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla. In the absence of Yuvraj, Punjab ended up conceding the first-innings lead in both their drawn matches, against Andhra and Madhya Pradesh. Yuvraj is also set to be available…
Nov 26, 2018 Alex Malcolm Tasmania 185 (Wade 43, Worrall 4-42) lead South Australia 0 for 0 by 185 runs A four-wicket haul to in-form swing bowler Daniel Worrall put South Australia in a strong position at stumps on day one of their Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Worrall bagged 4 for 42 following his 10-wicket haul against Western Australia in Adelaide last week to…
2:51 AM ET Opener Imrul Kayes is out of Bangladesh’s second Test against West Indies in Dhaka with a shoulder injury. The home side didn’t include any player in his place, making it likely that Shadman Islam will have a Test debut. “The physio report says that Imrul has injuried in his shoulder and toe. He will need 10 days for recovery,” chief selector Minhajul Abedin said. Bangladesh’s game of…
Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav celebrate a wicket © AFP/Getty Images India begin their only tour game before the Test series in Australia on Wednesday, but they do so in a manner similar to the one in England despite efforts to do it otherwise. They will play a non-first-class fixture against a weak side in a game that might not see more than three days’ play. In England,…