12:00 AM ET Ahead of his first Test on home soil in Adelaide, Travis Head expects Australia to walk taller in the field against India for the presence of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. He does not, however, predict Australia’s players to be shooting their mouths off in their first Test at home since the Newlands scandal brought a rush of change to the game, including a new…
3:00 AM ET West Indies 111 (Hetmyer 39, Dowrich 37, Mehidy 7-58, Shakib 3-27) trail Bangladesh 508 (Mahmudullah 136, Shakib 80) by 397 runs Mehidy Hasan ripped through West Indies with career-best figures of 7 for 58 on the third morning as the visitors were bowled out for 111, the lowest total against Bangladesh. Shakib Al Hasan took the other three wickets, including that of last man Shermon Lewis, who…
Quinton de Kock sets off for a run © Associated Press Cape Town Blitz 172 for 9 (de Kock 108, Williams 2-14, Bosch 2-27) beat Thswane Spartans 112 (Nawaz 3-14, Burger 3-19) by 60 runs Quinton de Kock struck his fourth T20 century – a superlative knock on a night where only two other batsmen made more than 30 – as Cape Town Blitz countered Nelson Mandela Bay Giants’ bonus…
1:13 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pierre de Bryun, a former South African cricketer who played 91 first-class matches, has been appointed head coach of the Namibia senior men’s team. He replaces Dee Thakur, who will now take the position of Manager of Development and Age Group Coaching. De Bryun’s stint will officially commence on January 1, 2019. De Bruyn’s immediate focus will be to help Namibia finish in the top…
10:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sabbir Rahman and Ebadat Hossain helped North Zone salvage a draw in Bogra, but it didn’t stop Central Zone from staying on top of the BCL points table. The pair lasted the final 19 minutes before bad light stopped play. North Zone ended on 255 for nine in the fourth innings, having at one stage been on course in pursuit of 284 with Sunzamul Islam…
9:06 AM ET Tamim Iqbal is set to return from multiple injuries after he was named in the BCB XI squad for the one-day practice match against the visiting West Indians, which is scheduled to be played on December 6 at the BKSP ground. Tamim suffered a fractured wrist during the Asia Cup opener against Sri Lanka in September, and had just begun batting in the nets again when a…
9:03 AM ET Mohammad Isam in Mirpur Mahmudullah has become Bangladesh clutch-hitter at crunch moments. Since early 2016, he’s also matured into a batsman who can craft tough runs, the 30-40 extra runs, that often make the difference in limited-overs cricket. This approach hasn’t really helped his poor Test form. Until his two centuries in the last three Tests, he had averaged 24.75 in 26 innings and his place was…
Jofra Archer appeals © Getty Images Jofra Archer has hinted that he may consider pulling out of this winter’s stint with Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL, in the wake of the ECB rule-change that has raised the possibility of him making England’s squad for next year’s 2019 World Cup. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo in the UAE, where he has been taking part in the T10 League, Archer insisted he was taking…
6:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Renshaw, overlooked for an Australia Test place, has plundered a record 345 in grade cricket for his club Toombul in Queensland. Renshaw’s monumental knock, which came against Wynnum/Manly, took 273 balls and included 38 fours and 12 sixes. It eclipsed the record for Queensland Premier Cricket of 311 set by Wade Townsend, the former Queensland batsman, in 2009-10. He was involved in partnerships of…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wellington 235 for 7 (Nofal 73, Younghusband 49, Duffy 3-50) beat Otago 234 for 8 (Viljoen 87, Rippon 82, Bennett 4-46) by three wickets Wellington overcame a middle-order collapse, and a threat from Otago seamers, to scramble to a three-wicket win with eight balls to spare in the final of the Ford Trophy in Dunedin. Wellington lost four wickets for 31 runs in the middle…