Month: December 2018

10:41 AM ET Liam Brickhill Results Summary Zimbabwe’s domestic season is underway after the first round of Logan Cup matches in Harare and Kwekwe. Fast bowler Carl Mumba burst back onto the Zimbabwean domestic scene with a match haul of 8 for 24 to demolish the reigning Logan Cup champions Mountaineers at Kwekwe Sports Club. Building on captain Tarisai Musakanda’s maiden first-class hundred, Rhinos reached 232 in their first innings,…

8:06 AM ET Umar Farooq George Dobell Wasim Khan, Leicestershire’s chief executive, has been unveiled as the new managing director of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Wasim, who has been one of the leading lights of the ECB’s drive to engage British Asians in English cricket, forged his career as chairman of the schools’ cricket charity, Chance to Shine, before taking over at Grace Road in 2014. He is understood to…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 314 for 6 in 41 overs (Tamim 107, Sarkar 103*, Chase 2-57) beat West Indians 331 for 8 (Hope 81, Chase 65*, Rubel 2-55) by 51 runs (DLS method) Tamim Iqbal marked his return from injury with a blazing century for the BCB XI. The touring West Indians – under brand-new captain Rovman Powell – lost their only warm-up game before…

Laxman: Pujara showed his readiness for tour (6:37) VVS Laxman believes Cheteshwar Pujara’s increased use of shots square of the wicket showed he had done his homework for the tour (6:37) 5:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After playing “one of my top five innings” in Test cricket, Cheteshwar Pujara feels he has taken India to a decent total mainly because the pitch in Adelaide is difficult to bat on. It…

4:48 AM ET You remember those yorkers. Those fast, swerving yorkers that Mitchell Starc unleashed in Auckland and Melbourne against New Zealand, the defining deliveries of the 2015 World Cup. You remember them more than you have witnessed them lately, because Starc hasn’t been able to produce them too often for a while. In the aftermath of Australia’s first home-Test day for the summer, Starc revealed how he and the…

4:07 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zubayr Hamza, the 23-year-old Cape Cobras batsman, could make his Test debut against Pakistan on Boxing Day after being named in the 13-man South African squad for the upcoming three-match Test series. If Hamza gains selection in the final XI, he will become the 100th player to represent South Africa in Test cricket. “Zubayr has been one of the standout cricketers in domestic cricket over…

Play 02:52 Is Yasir better than Ashwin and Lyon? On the fourth morning of the final Test in Abu Dhabi against New Zealand, Yasir Shah did not merely break an 82-year-old record, he smashed it. By dismissing William Somerville roughly half an hour into the morning, he picked up his 200th Test wicket in just his 33rd Test. That breaks the record for the fastest to 200 Test wickets, so…

3:00 AM ET Danyal Rasool Lunch New Zealand 112 for 4 (Williamson 55*, Nicholls 20*, Shaheen 2-35) and 274 (Williamson 89, Watling 77*, Bilal 5-65) lead Pakistan 348 (Azhar 134, Shafiq 104, Somerville 4-75) by 38 runs Kane Williamson remains vital to New Zealand’s hopes of posting a total to challenge Pakistan in the fourth innings. An unbeaten half-century in a morning session that oozed class from the visiting captain…

Zaheer: Shaw’s batting style suits Australian conditions (0:39) Zaheer Khan feels Prithvi Shaw’s injury is a big blow to the team (0:39) 12:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India’s batting seems in need of a boost after a poor start to their Test series in Australia, and it may come in the form of Prithvi Shaw. The 19-year-old opener, who made a century on Test debut, is recovering well from the…

3:00 AM ET Welcome to our live report for the opening Test from Adelaide as the eagerly anticipated series between Australia and India gets underway. We’ll provide analysis, colour, stats and graphics throughout the match. You can, as always, also follow our ball-by-ball commentary *If the blog doesn’t load first time, please refresh your page Source: ESPN Crickinfo