3:00 AM ET Adelaide Strikers 4 for 175 (Ingram 75, Carey 59, Sams 2 for 24) beat Sydney Thunder 6 for 155 (Ferguson 47, Siddle 3-20) by 20 runs Peter Siddle‘s three-wicket haul and half-centuries from Alex Carey and Colin Ingram gave Adelaide Strikers their second win of the Big Bash League 2018-19, as they defeated Sydney Thunder by 20 runs on the New Year’s Eve. Carey and Ingram laid…
Mashrafe Mortaza reacts in the field © AFP Mashrafe Mortaza has secured the Narail-2 seat in Bangladesh’s national elections, winning over 96% of the votes in his constituency. His result is part of Awami League’s landslide victory, their third consecutive win in the country’s general elections. He becomes the first active international cricketer to be a member of parliament in his country. Mashrafe had begun campaigning on December 22, later…
4:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff ODI team of the year: Smriti Mandhana (India), Tammy Beaumont (England), Suzie Bates (New Zealand, capt), Dane van Niekerk (South Africa), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Alyssa Healy (Australia, wk), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Poonam Yadav (India) T20I team of the year: Smriti Mandhana (India), Alyssa Healy (Australia, wk), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Harmanpreet Kaur (India,…
Richard Pybus during his spell with Bangladesh © AFP Richard Pybus, West Indies’ high performance director, has agreed to take up the role of head coach full-time, replacing the interim coach Nic Pothas. Pybus’ contract, ESPNcricinfo understands, will effectively run until the 2019 Test series against India, which follows the ODI World Cup in England. The position of West Indies head coach had been vacant since Stuart Law resigned from…
3:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bill Watson, the former Australia and New South Wales batsman, has died aged 87. A right-handed opener, Watson struck a hundred in his second first-class match against the touring English side in Sydney in 1954-55 and subsequently made his Test debut against England that season along with former Queensland batsman Peter Burge, also at the SCG. He made 18 and 3 in a draw on…
1:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rohit Sharma will miss the New Year’s Test in Sydney to attend to his wife, who gave birth to a baby daughter on Sunday. Rohit left for Mumbai on Sunday, and will only return to Australia on January 8 to join the ODI squad. The Sydney Test is scheduled to run from January 3 to 7. The selectors have not named a replacement for Rohit…
12:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adelaide Strikers have announced that Rashid Khan will play in their New Year’s Eve clash against Sydney Thunder in honour of his late father. The Afghanistan legspinner had announced his father’s death on Sunday evening through a Twitter post where he said he had lost “the most important person in my life”. “The Adelaide Strikers advise that Rashid Khan wants to play in tonight’s match…
Aaron Finch completed a lean Test © Getty Images Struggling opener Aaron Finch appears likely to stay at the top of the Australian batting order for the final Test of the series against India at the SCG through a lack of other options in the squad. Coach Justin Langer insisted the white-ball captain would “be better” for learning how to juggle three formats after the fashion of Steven Smith and…
The Pakistan team troop off the field after losing the first Test in three days 10:35 AM ET Danyal Rasool Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower admits he has “seen happier dressing rooms” than the one he finds himself in with the team right now. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo in the wake of Pakistan’s defeat inside three days at South Africa’s hands in Centurion, he also warned a lot of the players’…
3:00 AM ET The Report by Sam Perry Hobart Hurricanes 4 for 110 (Doolan 41*, Agar 2-19) beat Perth Scorchers 8 for 107 (Agar 32, Meredith 3-15) by six wickets The Hobart Hurricanes easily accounted for the Perth Scorchers in Launceston, after a destructive first innings opening spell followed by a controlled hand from D’Arcy Short and Alex Doolan condemned the visitors to their poorest start in BBL history. Sent…