Month: January 2019

3:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ambati Rayudu has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after he elected not to submit to a test of his bowling action within the stipulated period of 14 days of being reported for a suspect action. According to the ICC, Rayudu, a part-time offspinner, will remain suspended from bowling until he is tested and “can demonstrate he is able to bowl with a legal…

1:38 AM ET Pat Cummins is not about to use his elevated role as vice-captain to try and force his way into the new-ball role in Australia’s Test team, but is eager not to be rested again between now and a packed season in England which includes the World Cup and Ashes. Cummins, who was promoted to vice-captain alongside Travis Head before the Brisbane Test, claimed career-best match and innings…

1:11 AM ET A reconfigured Australian domestic one-day tournament will return to major venues and be used as the bridge between the end of the Big Bash League and the start of a three-round sprint to the pointy end of the Sheffield Shield under scheduling proposals currently being considered by Cricket Australia for next summer. ESPNcricinfo understands that, following a range of complaints about the structure of the Australian season,…

3:00 AM ET Saurashtra 236 (Snell Patel 85, More 6-60) and 282 for 5 (Pujara 131*, Jackson 100) beat Karnataka 275 (Shreyas Gopal 87, Sharath 83, Pandey 62, Unadkat 4-56) and 239 (Shreyas Gopal 61, Jadeja 5-78) by five wickets Saurashtra completed their chase on day five of the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Karnataka with minimal drama, to set up a title bout against defending champions Vidarbha. Cheteshwar Pujara remained…

3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand chose to bat v India Readers from the US can watch the 3rd ODI LIVE here, on ESPN+ On a “used” surface, Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first and see if their batsmen and then their spinners could put India under pressure. Accordingly, they replaced seam-bowling allrounder Colin de Grandhomme with a specialist spinner Mitchell Santner. This pitch was the…

West Indies captain Jason Holder is congratulated by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley  2:11 PM ET Richard Pybus has urged his West Indies team to “keep their feet on the floor” after a thumping victory over England in Barbados. West Indies defied the Test rankings to inflict a 381-run win over England. But while Pybus, the interim head coach, was full of praise for the performance, he has warned his…

1:01 PM ET Trevor Bayliss has questioned the “guts and determination” of his England side after their chastening defeat in the first Test in Barbados. Bayliss, the England coach, described himself as “speechless” after the team’s second batting collapse of the game and suggested some frank words would be exchanged within the squad after a performance that lacked “mental discipline”. While he defended England’s preparations and selection, arguing that several…

3:00 AM ET Melbourne Stars 8 for 134 (Stoinis 43, Cutting 2-10) beat Brisbane Heat 8 for 129 (Renshaw 45, Stoinis 4-21) by five runs Melbourne Stars set themselves for a push into the BBL semi-finals with a superb bowling display which defended the lowest score successfully protected at the MCG and in turn left Brisbane Heat on the verge of being eliminated. The Heat played a significant hand in…

7:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Two days after becoming only the third man batting at No. 8 or lower to score a Test double-hundred, West Indies captain Jason Holder has emulatedSir Garry Sobers in achieving the top spot among allrounders in the ICC Test rankings. Holder broke several records and the England attack, fashioning West Indies’ third-biggest victory in terms of runs, at the Kensington Oval, his home ground. All…