3:00 AM ET Rangpur Riders 239 for 4 (Hales 100, Rossouw 100*) beat Chittagong Vikings 167 for 8 (Yasir 78, Mashrafe 3-34) by 72 runs How the game played out Rilee Rossouw and Alex Hales put on a T20 batting masterclass, scoring centuries that helped Rangpur Riders ease past the Chittagong Vikings by 72 runs. It is only the third time in T20 history that two batsmen scored hundreds in…
11:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bismah Maroof has been named Pakistan women’s captain for both the ODI and T20I series against West Indies women. The three-match T20I series will take place in Karachi from January 31 to February 3, and will mark the resumption of women’s international cricket in Pakistan since they hosted Bangladesh for two T20Is and two ODIs in September 2015. This will be followed by three ODIs…
3:00 AM ET Lunch West Indies 289 and 237 for 6 (Holder 80*, Dowrich 61*) lead England 77 (Jennings 17, Roach 5-17) by 449 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Day two was a raucous beach party and, on day three, Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich resembled those most hardy of revellers, intent on hanging around because they don’t want the fun to end. Having seen 18 wickets fall on day…
9:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Uncapped 20-year-old fast bowler Lutho Sipamla has been picked in South Africa’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Pakistan, which begins on February 1. Sipamla was rewarded for his excellent performances in the Mzansi Super League (MSL), where he was the third-highest wicket-taker with 16 scalps in 10 matches at an economy rate of 8.89. Sipamla’s pinpoint yorkers and rapid bouncers stood out in…
How would Sobers have fared in T20? (2:59) Desmond Haynes explains why he believes some of the West Indian legends would have flourished in T20 cricket. (2:59) 9:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff To coincide with England’s arrival in Barbados for the first Test, ESPNcricinfo spoke to West Indies legend and Visit Barbados ambassador Desmond Haynes to reminisce about the great players who hailed from his home island. Last week we…
7:34 AM ET Suranga Lakmal rated his 5 for 75 at the Gabba above his recent career-best figures in Christchurch as it allowed him to achieve the dream of a five-wicket haul in Australia on a day when he had to shoulder additional burden with Sri Lanka losing the services of Lahiru Kumara to a hamstring injury. Kumara, Sri Lanka’s fastest bowler, struck in the opening over of the day…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 303 for 6 (Vihari 92, Rahane 91, Chappell 2-47) beat England Lions 165 (Davies 48, Markande 3-32) by 138 runs Half-centuries from Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari and Shreyas Iyer carried India A to 303 for 6 and a 2-0 lead over England Lions in Thiruvananthapuram. After being sent in, India A lost Anmolpreet Singh for 7 in the fifth over, but captain Rahane…
3:00 AM ET Sylhet Sixers 180 for 6 (Roy 42, Mustafizur 2-43) beat Rajshahi Kings 104 (Fazle 50, Tanvir 3-17, Nawaz 3-22) by 76 runs How the game played out Sylhet Sixers climbed out of the bottom of the Bangladesh Premier League points table with a 76-run win over Rajshahi Kings in this season’s first match played in Chattogram. Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets each to headline…
6:38 AM ET Poor umpiring standards and the absence of technology to aid match officials in knockout matches in Indian domestic cricket were back in focus after Cheteshwar Pujara was adjudged not out despite having nicked a seaming away delivery from Abhimanyu Mithun in the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Karnataka and Saurashtra on Friday. The incident took place shortly after the lunch break on the second day, and came during…
6:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sarfraz Ahmed, the Pakistan captain, has apologised again, this time personally to Andile Phehlukwayo – the player his racially-charged taunt in Durban had seemingly been directed at. On Friday, Sarfraz tweeted a picture of himself shaking hands with Phehlukwayo, with this caption: “This morning I apologised to Andile Phehlukwayo and he was gracious enough to accept my apology and I hope the people of South…