3:00 AM ET England XI 379 (Bairstow 98, Burns 68) v WI President’s XI 233 for 11 (Ambris 94, Woakes 3-31)Scorecard By the time, seven balls into the morning, the President’s XI second wicket fell, it was hard not to fear for the final day of England’s warm-up period in Barbados. For it would be easy to look at the scores from these four days at Cave Hill and presume…
3:00 AM ET Comilla Victorians 186 for 7 (Tamim 73, Anamul 40, Junaid 4-32) beat Khulna Titans 181 for 7 (Junaid Siddique 70, Afridi 3-35) by three wickets How the game played out Comilla Victorians took charge of the match emphatically after being behind for most of the first quarter, and the momentum from that turnaround helped them cross the line despite some nervous moments at the end in their…
10:50 AM ET Liam Livingstone believes that Rajasthan Royals could become the favoured IPL team among England fans, as he gears himself up for his debut in the competition alongside three fellow countrymen in Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and the soon-to-be-qualified Jofra Archer. This year’s IPL gets underway in March with a total of 11 English players in the mix, including Sam Curran, this season’s most expensive overseas signing, who…
3:00 AM ET Hobart Hurricanes 6 for 178 (Bailey 69, Hardie 2-25) beat Perth Scorchers 9 for 177 (Whiteman 68, Faulkner 3-36) beat by four wickets Masterful batting at the death by James Faulkner bookended his spectacular opening bowling onslaught to lead Hobart Hurricanes to a nerve-jangling victory over a shell-shocked Perth Scorchers at Perth Stadium. Faulkner claimed three wickets in his first seven deliveries to leave Scorchers reeling at…
Agarkar: Dhoni believes if he’s there at the end, he can win the match (4:01) Ajit Agarkar and Brad Hodge discuss MS Dhoni’s batting in the third ODI at the MCG (4:01) 8:25 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff MS Dhoni cannot be replaced, feels India head coach Ravi Shastri. “You can’t,” Shastri told Michael Vaughan in an interview published in the Daily Telegraph, when asked about the plans once Dhoni, now…
8:21 AM ET Liam Brickhill While South Africa look a complete side in Test cricket, the questions over the best XI for their upcoming World Cup campaign loom large over the one-day outfit. Ahead of the first of five ODIs against Pakistan, captain Faf du Plessis hinted at a healthy competition for places in almost every facet of the side. “We’re a one day side that’s still trying to find…
3:00 AM ET Dhaka Dynamites 163 for 4 (Shakib 61*, Russell 40*) beat Sylhet Sixers 158 for 8 (Warner 63, Russell 1-20, Birch 3-42, Shakib 2-34) by six wickets How the game played out David Warner was upbeat when he won the toss, with Sixers having broken their sequence of defeat in the last game by batting first and defending successfully, but none of the batsmen showed the gumption to…
7:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After scoring three-successive fifties, including a series-clinching 87 off 114 balls from No. 4 at the MCG, MS Dhoni said that he’s ready to float in the middle order. While Dhoni is no longer the explosive force he once was, he absorbed pressure on the slow pitches in Australia and secured two successive chases after taking it to the last over in his own inimitable…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia XI 5 for 316 dec and 2 for 99 (Labuschagne 33*) lead Sri Lankans 5 for 176 dec (Karunaratne 44, Roshen 36*, Boland 2/37) by 239 runs On day two in the day-night tour match in Hobart, virtually everyone in contention to play the Test next week had a modest outing, with the exception of legspinning-allrounder Marnus Labuschagne. Most in the Sri Lanka…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture After South Africa’s domination of the Test series, a switch to the white ball should bring these two teams closer. The pitches will be flatter, the bouncers fewer, and a home side preoccupied with finding the combinations they will use at the World Cup is unlikely to have things all their way. That’s not to say that Pakistan did not have their moments during the…