9:47 AM ET Liam Brickhill Allrounder Sune Luus has been dropped from South Africa’s ODI and T20 squads to face Sri Lanka next month. Laura Wolvaardt also misses out from the squad that took part in the World T20 two months ago, while Trisha Chetty is yet to recover from injury. Offspinner Raisibe Ntozakhe‘s bowling rehabilitation also continues and she is not ready to be considered for selection. In place…
8:55 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has seen a “number of people” use the 15-day amnesty period for reporting corruption-related conduct in Sri Lanka, according to ACU chief Alex Marshall. With ten days still go to in the amnesty period, during which the ACU hopes to gather evidence with which it may further its investigations in Sri Lanka, Marshall has once again urged those with…
8:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ahead of England’s first Test against West Indies in Barbados, ESPNcricinfo asked Desmond Haynes, West Indies legend and Visit Barbados ambassador, to look back on the greatest players in the island’s history, and pick an all-time Barbados Test XI Conrad Hunte (44 Tests, 3245 runs at 45.06) I would have to give way to Sir Conrad at the top of the order, because he was…
3:00 AM ET Hobart Hurricanes 0 for 158 (Wade 84*, Short 73*) beat Adelaide Strikers 5 for 154 (Ingram 67, Archer 2-23, Faulkner 2-24) by 10 wickets Matthew Wade and D’Arcy Short dismantled Adelaide Strikers to record only the second ever 10-wicket victory in the eight-year history of the Big Bash League, at the same time extending their lead at the top of the competition table. Perth Scorchers had done…
Play 08:48 “I didn’t play cricket for fun. From the age of ten my ambition was to play for India.” It could be the opening line of the latest Netflix blockbuster; it’s not. It’s just a throwaway line from Sanjay Manjrekar in a casual chat with Nikhil Naz and VVS Laxman on his beginnings in cricket. In a country where cricket is a sacred game, the path from amateur street…
3:00 AM ET Rajshahi Kings 176 for 3 (Evans 104*, ten Doeschate 59*) beat Comilla Victorians 138 (Anamul 26, Rabbi 4-10) by 38 runs How the game played out Laurie Evans and Kamrul Islam Rabbi played the key roles in a convincing 38-run win for Rajshahi Kings over Comilla Victorians. After Rajshahi were asked to bat, Evans struck the first century of this Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season, and Rabbi…
3:26 AM ET After Kurtis Patterson received his late-evening call from national selector Trevor Hohns to tell him to pack his bags for Brisbane, one of first people he was on the phone to – after his girlfriend, mum and dad – was New South Wales batting coach Beau Casson who the batsman has spoken of in glowing terms for his help in what has become a breakthrough season. Casson,…
9:55 PM ET Australia’s selectors have added Kurtis Patterson to the Test squad at the last possible moment, to face Sri Lanka after the New South Welshman’s twin centuries in the Hobart tour match made his case undeniable. Originally omitted from the group to play in Brisbane and Canberra, Patterson churned out unbeaten innings of 157 and 102 at Bellerive Oval before being informed on Sunday night he had been…
4:50 PM ET There wasn’t much of a honeymoon period for Richard Pybus. No sooner had he been announced as West Indies’ interim head coach – even before he had been announced, really – the criticism started to flow. And if that was, in part, due to an allegation that due process had not been followed in making the appointment – an allegation rejected by CWI – it was also…
1:23 PM ET James Anderson has “not seen anyone work as hard on their game” as Stuart Broad over the last couple of years. Anderson and Broad go into the Barbados Test with 998 Test wickets between them over the course of their careers. But while Broad, at 32, is four years younger than Anderson, it is his form that has caused more concern over the last couple of years….