Month: January 2019

6:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsman Sabbir Rahman and pacer Taskin Ahmed have been recalled to Bangladesh’s ODI team for the tour of New Zealand. Offspinner Nayeem Hasan also comes in, for the series that will be played from February 13. Squad: Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Saifuddin, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Sabbir…

6:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rachel Priest and Sara McGlashan, among others, have come out in support of Peter McGlashan, the radio commentator whose criticism of the lack of pay parity between male and female cricketers in New Zealand has set off a serious conversation on the subject. Part of the concern also has to do with players of the calibre of Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu…

3:00 AM ET Chittagong Vikings 159 for 4 (Mushfiqur 64*, Mosaddek 43*, Arafat 3-22) beat Rajshahi Kings 157 for 5 (Evans 74, Jonker 36*, Khaled 2-30) by six wickets How the game played out Mushfiqur Rahim and Mosaddek Hossain took Chittagong Vikings to the top of the points table with a six-wicket win over Rajshahi Kings. Mushfiqur was unbeaten on 64 off 46 balls, while Mosaddek contributed an unbeaten 26-ball…

3:15 AM ET No one has been able to breach the Gabba fortress since West Indies in 1988, and Sri Lanka’s winless record in Australia does not suggest they can be the team. The visiting captain Dinesh Chandimal, however, hopes for a “miracle” as he chases his dream of securing a Test victory in the country. Sri Lanka have lost 11 of their 13 Tests in Australia but the vibe…

3:00 AM ET Melbourne Stars 2 for 167 (Dunk 72*, Stoinis 53, Rashid 1-32) beat Adelaide Strikers 123 all out (Lehmann 40, Stoinis 3-20) by 44 runs A rejuvenated Melbourne Stars impressively adjusted to slower conditions with a well-crafted batting performance followed by disciplined bowling to comprehensively outplay Adelaide Strikers in the first-ever BBL match in the regional Victorian town of Moe. After being sent in, Stars built a strong…

Jan 22, 2019 Big Picture It is almost easier to count off these teams’ flaws, than their strengths. Both top orders are unsettled. Sri Lanka’s because Angelo Mathews has been ruled out, and because a series of batsmen have failed to nail down the second opening spot. Australia’s because a debutant will play in the top six at the Gabba, following a poor batting series. Both attacks also seem to…

1:38 AM ET Russel Arnold believes that trust will “take a beating” in the Sri Lankan game following the raft of corruption allegations in recent times, to the extent that team-mates may not even feel able to trust each other. There is currently an ICC amnesty in place for anyone to come forward with further information. This, after charges against three former players, including Sanath Jayasuriya and Nuwan Zoysa, under…

1:13 AM ET David Warner will get around a month’s batting practice ahead of his return from the Newlands scandal ban, after clean-up surgery to his elbow did not uncover as many issues as those experienced by the former Australia captain Steven Smith. In surgery following his return home from the Bangladesh Premier League, Warner was hopeful of regaining a full range of movement in the elbow after a series…