8:10 PM ET Glenn Maxwell has stressed his desire to bat higher up the order for Australia’s ODI team in the run to this year’s World Cup in England, pointing out that coming in with 15 overs to go in a T20 innings is a world removed from the same scenario in a 50-over match. Entering the fray in the fifth over of Australia’s T20I chase against India in Bengaluru…
Chris Gayle launches one down the ground © Associated Press Chris Gayle never was the retiring sort, really. And so much did he enjoy the run-soaked ODI in Grenada that he confessed afterwards he just might be rethinking his decision to retire from the format at the end of the World Cup. Gayle struck 14 sixes in his innings of 162 – the second-highest score of his ODI career –…
5:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jos Buttler said that England’s hard-fought victory over a Chris Gayle-powered West Indies in Grenada was the ideal dress rehearsal ahead of this summer’s World Cup, as their No.1 team were pushed to the limits before sealing a remarkable 29-run win in a match lit up by two displays of world-class hitting. Buttler sealed the spoils with his innings of 150 from 77 balls, including…
4:56 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A week after West Indies posted a new world-record of 23 sixes in the first ODI against England, the two sides combined for an incredible onslaught in Grenada – a match-record 46 sixes all told, with England edging the difference with a new innings mark of 24. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary covered an extraordinary onslaught… England: 418 for 6, 24 sixes 4.6 Cottrell to…
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3:00 AM ET Islamabad United 169 for 5 (Asif 70, Salt 46, Umer 2-29) beat Karachi Kings 168 for 8 (Babar 68, Livingstone 56, Rumman 3-27) by five wickets How the game played out When Islamabad United are set a target, it is almost impossible to subdue them. On multiple occasions during the game, Karachi Kings seemed to have secured an unassailable advantage, but every time United dragged the contest…
3:00 AM ET Lahore Qalandars 107 for 2 (de Villiers 47*, Haris 33*) beat Quetta Gladiators 106 (Ahsan 33, Lamichhane 4-10) by eight wickets How the game played out Sandeep Lamichhane‘s career-best T20 figures of 4 for 10 decimated first-place Quetta Gladiators’ promising start in the Powerplay as Lahore Qalandars rode on the Nepal legspinner’ the back to an eight-wicket win in Dubai. Lamichanne came to bowl in the fourth…
3:00 AM ET Toss Australia opt to field v India With one eye on winning their first bilateral T20I series in India, Australia captain Aaron Finch chose to field against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. India captain Virat Kohli said they would’ve liked to field first as well, and expected the Bengaluru surface to be high scoring. Australia came into the game unchanged, with four fast bowlers, legspinner Adam…
3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes West Indies have won the toss and sent England in to bat in the fourth ODI in Grenada. Play is due to start on time in glorious sunshine following Monday’s wash-out at the same ground, which left the series level at 1-1. Ben Stokes is back for England after passing a fitness test on the rolled ankle which ruled him out of the abandoned third…
Durham’s new logo © Getty Images Durham County Cricket Club has rebranded as Durham Cricket, and unveiled a new logo ahead of the 2019 season, in a bid to mark a new beginning for a club that has endured some tough days on and off the field in recent seasons. Durham’s chief executive, Tim Bostock, who recently appointed Director of Cricket, Marcus North and Lead High Performance Coach, James Franklin,…