3:00 AM ET Pakistan chose to bat v South Africa After a disappointing, distracting couple of days, Pakistan and South Africa got back to cricket in the third one-day international at SuperSport Park in Centurion, Sarfraz Ahmed winning the toss and opting to bat first. With the series levelled by South Africa in Durban and very much alive, the hosts slotted the experienced pair of Dale Steyn and Quinton de…
5:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Danielle Hazell, the England women’s offspinner, has announced her retirement from international cricket after 141 appearances across a nine-year career. Hazell, 30, made her debut in 2009 and took 146 wickets in all formats, including a best haul of 4 for 32 against India in Nagpur in April last year, her penultimate ODI appearance. Her last England match came in the final of the World…
3:00 AM ET Vidarbha 208 (Fazal 75, Jaffer 34, Warrier 5-57, Thampi 3-64) beat Kerala 106 (Umesh 7-48, Gurbani 3-38) and 91 (Umesh 5-31, Thakur 4-28) by an innings and 11 runs Umesh Yadav took his best-ever match figures as Vidarbha stormed into the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final, one step away from the defending the title they won last season Umesh took 5 for 31 in the second innings as…
3:00 AM ET About 45 minutes into the second day’s play in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19, both Karnataka and Vidarbha were bowled out, in Bengaluru and Wayanad respectively. The difference in the two venues was that while the first innings was getting done at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the second innings ended at the Krishnagiri Stadium. Faiz Fazal steers the ball into the off side KCA Lunch Kerala 106 and 66…
2:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has refuted chief selector Minhajl Abedin’s claim that he had asked for Sabbir Rahman to be part of the ODI series in New Zealand starting February 13. Sabbir was suspended for six months in September 2018 but the BCB reduced that sentence so that he can be part of the squad. When the squad was named two days ago, Abedin said,…
Kurtis Patterson was called up just three days before the Test © Getty Images Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts said the late call-up of Kurtis Patterson for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane showed “common sense” on the part of the selectors at a time of lean batting resources. Patterson was brought in three days before the Test following twin centuries in the tour match in Hobart…
Sydney Sixers are aiming for a third straight title, and Brisbane Heat their first 1:31 AM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Brisbane Heat are hoping an unshackled Grace Harris will help them deny Sydney Sixers a third straight Women’s Big Bash League title. The two teams enter Saturday’s season climax with one win apiece from their two encounters in the regular season, but the…
Manjrekar: Want to see how Dhoni bats when India bat first (4:39) Sanjay Manjrekar believes India’s middle order is still unsettled and India may want to give Ambati Rayudu another match (4:39) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture Hyped as a contest between teams that were so closely matched that the friction was expected to cause a spark, maybe even an explosion, the irony wasn’t lost when the first ODI turned…
3:00 AM ET Tea Australia 4 for 159 (Labuschagne 36*, Head 29*, Harris 44, Lakmal 2-40) lead Sri Lanka 144 all out by 15 runs Australia’s inexperienced batting order wobbled early before Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne forged the highest partnership of the match so far to push the hosts into the lead over Sri Lanka on the second afternoon of the first day-night Test at the Gabba in Brisbane….
10:10 PM ET Tristan Lavalette Three men who unfurled an ‘It’s ok to be white’ banner during last night’s Big Bash match at Perth Stadium will receive a “first and final warning” from Cricket Australia. The banner was displayed for about five minutes over the railing on the top tier near the Justin Langer Stand during Perth Scorchers’ innings against Sydney Thunder. The men took down the banner shortly after…