5:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wriddhiman Saha serves notice On a comeback trail following rehabilitation for a shoulder injury, Wriddhiman Saha struck a 62-ball 129 for Bengal against Arunachal Pradesh in Cuttack. This was only Saha’s second T20 century; his first was for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL 2014 final in Bengaluru, which Kolkata Knight Riders won. In all, Saha, who opened the batting, struck 16 fours and four…
4:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Women will now figure on the iconic Lord’s honour board following the 135-year-old Marylebone Cricket Club’s decision to recognise centuries and five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket too. Previously, only centuries and five-wicket hauls in Test matches found a mention on the boards at the home and away dressing rooms at Lord’s. The change is a part of MCC’s refurbishment drive at the ‘Home of Cricket’…
4:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia fast bowler Kane Richardson has been ruled out of the India tour after failing to recover from an injury sustained at training ahead of the T20I series. Western Australia’s Andrew Tye will replace him for the ODI leg of the tour. Richardson is understood to have sustained an injury on his left side while batting in the nets in Hyderabad, where Australia trained before…
Altaf Hussain (seated, second from right) with the Bangladesh team at the SAARC cricket tournament in 1992 3:43 AM ET Altaf Hussain, independent Bangladesh’s first cricket coach, passed away in Dhaka on Tuesday. He was Bangladesh’s head coach in the 1990 Asia Cup, having held a similar role with several representative sides in the 1970s and 1980s. Altaf was awarded the National Sports Award in 1999 for his contribution to…
Kane Williamson has led New Zealand to the No. 2 spot in the Test rankings 3:19 AM ET The New Zealand way is to be humble, not talk big. They are now the No. 2 side in the Test rankings, but it’s difficult to get Kane Williamson to say anything more than “It’s great to have a somewhat settled squad”. They have one of the strongest pace attacks in the…
© Getty Images Big Picture A three-nil loss in the ODI series, a mostly rained-out warm-up match, and a line-up that’s missing two of their senior cricketers – it has been a troublesome path to the first Test against New Zealand for Bangladesh. Besides, of late, the home side doesn’t lose a lot here in Hamilton. But then, going by the recent trend in Test cricket, New Zealand would be…
12:41 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane has asked for more and consistent chances in limited-overs internationals for India. Rahane, India’s vice-captain in Tests, last played an ODI in in February 2018, when captain Virat Kohli said the team management was looking at him as a prospective No. 4, but has been out of favour since that tour of South Africa. “As a batsman, I am aggressive but by nature,…
3:00 AM ET Multan Sultans 122 for 4 (Siddiq 46, Vince 28) beat Islamabad United 121 all out (Ronchi 32, Christian 3-19) by six wickets How the game played out Multan Sultans swept the season series with Islamabad United in dominant fashion, chasing a target of 122 with ease in a six-wicket win in Dubai. Sultans snapped a three-match losing streak in the process while United’s two-match winning streak also…
1:02 PM ET Joe Root declined the opportunity to rest during the T20I series against West Indies as he “loves playing cricket for England”. With a relentlessly busy year of high-profile cricket looming for England, the team management have been keen to ensure their key players – and Root certainly fits into that category – were kept as fresh as possible. As a result, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes were…
12:46 PM ET Daryl Mitchell, the chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), has warned that The Hundred, the ECB’s new format slated for introduction next year, needs to be a success or risk having “serious damaging effects for the counties”. Mitchell and David Leatherdale, the PCA chief executive, have also questioned suggestions in recent weeks that the eight new teams – to be based at Lord’s, The Oval, Southampton,…