1:00 PM ET George Dobell in Antigua Joe Denly has admitted the prospect of earning a spot in England’s Ashes team is hard to ignore. Denly made his Test debut in Antigua becoming, aged 32, England’s oldest debutant since Alan Wells in 1995. While he didn’t enjoy the best of games, scoring 6 and 17 as England succumbed to a 10-wicket defeat inside three days, he seems certain to play…
© AFP Ahead of the last match of Pakistan’s tour, Andile Phehlukwayo reflected on his nerveless final over at the Wanderers that sealed the T20 series for South Africa. Pakistan needed 15 from the final six deliveries with Shoaib Malik at the crease, Phehlukwayo gave away just seven runs and picked up two wickets. It was a high-pressure moment, but Phehlukwayo insisted: “I do really enjoy them.” “I always land…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture There are few series that go off quite so perfectly as this one has for South Africa. A narrow victory in the second T20I – that ended with the hosts’ reserve bowlers holding their nerve to stave off the No.1 T20I side – guaranteed that trophies across all formats would remain in South Africa. The Test side bounced back superbly after a disappointing away loss…
9:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dave Cameron, the president of CWI, has called on the ICC to review its policy of suspending captains who oversee slow over rates, after suggesting that Jason Holder‘s absence from next week’s third Test in St Lucia will overshadow a famous series win over England. Holder was handed a one-match suspension by the ICC in the wake of their ten-wicket victory in Antigua last week,…
© AFP Sri Lanka have left out Dinesh Chandimal from the Test squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa, and handed the captaincy to Dimuth Karunaratne. According to an SLC release, Chandimal has been released to play domestic cricket and regain his form with the bat. The two-Test series begins in Durban on February 13. Sri Lanka squad: 01) Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Niroshan Dickwella, (v-capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kaushal Silva,…
Pant can take the game away very quickly – Dhawan (2:48) Shikhar Dhawan discusses his aggressive batting style, Rishabh Pant and more ahead of the first T20I against New Zealand (2:48) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture After a hard-earned win in the final ODI in Wellington underscored India’s domination over New Zealand in the format – in a World Cup year at that – what value can a T20I series…
3:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sarfraz Ahmed may be serving out an ICC-imposed ban now but he will captain Pakistan in the 2019 World Cup. The PCB made the announcement on Tuesday with the man himself looking forward to his return for the series against Australia in March after some of his on-field remarks during the recent ODIs against South Africa landed him in trouble. Two weeks ago, Sarfraz was…
3:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shafiul Islam and uncapped fast bowler Ebadot Hossain have replaced the injured Taskin Ahmed in the Bangladesh ODI and Test squad respectively, for the upcoming New Zealand tour. Taskin suffered lateral ligament damage to his left knee during a BPL match last week, and has been ruled out for at least six weeks. Shafiul has not played an ODI since October 2016, and in two…
3:24 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowlers have taken giant strides in the recent Test rankings, with Australia’s Pat Cummins and West Indies captain Jason Holder reaching their career-best rankings following their dominating performances in series wins against Sri Lanka and England respectively. While Cummins leapfrogged James Anderson to No. 2 after picking 14 wickets in two Tests against Sri Lanka, Holder’s five wickets in the second Test in Antigua…
Snell Patel hit his second first-class century © PTI Lunch: Saurashtra 284 for 9 (Snell 102, Unadkat 34*, Sarwate 5-90, Wakhare 3-72) trail Vidarbha 312 by 28 runs Snell Patel completed his second first-class century, but it really was their gutsy lower-order batting, led by captain Jaydev Unadkat, that kept Saurashtra in the contest against Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final in Nagpur. Starting the day on a precarious…