Cricket Tragics’ Review: How do you judge Australia’s thrashing of Sri Lanka? (4:39) Dan Brettig and Mel Farrell look back on the Canberra Test, discuss a crushing win for the hosts and all Sri Lanka’s problems (4:39) 1:04 AM ET Re-integration of David Warner and Steven Smith into the Australian team following their 12-month bans for the Newlands scandal may be staggered over the course of the World Cup and…
12:09 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka have lost 16 of their last 18 international matches, so there are rumours floating around about replacing the coach again. Rumours that Sri Lanka Cricket has inquired about the availability of top coaches overseas. That the island’s sports ministry – essentially running cricket in the country at present – has consulted lawyers about the legal ramifications of firing or demoting Chandika Hathurusingha….
10:34 PM ET Australia’s chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns has no intention of following the soon-to-retire Greg Chappell out the door at Cricket Australia, wanting to see the role through to at least 2020 even as the governing body looks to appoint a new head of team performance and considers revising the selection structure. In the wake of Chappell’s decision, revealed by ESPNcricinfo, to exit his dual roles of selector…
9:35 PM ET Alex Malcolm There are five matches left in the BBL home and away season. How will the semi-finals shape up? These are the permutations for each of the teams still in contention. Hobart Hurricanes – Currently 1st The Hurricanes are guaranteed a finals berth and can lock up the all-important top spot, and a home semi-final, with a win in either of their last two games. They…
Rory Burns sways out of the firing line © Associated Press Joni Mitchell almost certainly wasn’t thinking about Nick Compton when she wrote Big Yellow Taxi, but the first couple of lines of the chorus fit pretty well, anyway. “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone,” she sang. And, as the England management – and Trevor Bayliss, in particular – reflect…
12:26 PM ET Mid West Rhinos 304 for 9 dec. (Chisoro 56, Moor 46, Ziwira 2-28) and 347 for 8 dec. (Moor 92, Chapungu 62, Ziwira 5-62) beat Mashonaland Eagles 269 (Chigumbura 71, Chibhabha 56, Jarvis 3-42) and 120 (Mutombodzi 49, Mavuta 4-28, Madziva 3-20) by 262 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mashonaland Eagles slumped to their first defeat of the season against Mid West Rhinos at Old Hararians, folding…
© Getty Images Trust the ICC to be a buzzkill. The decision to suspend Jason Holder in the wake of West Indies’ stunning victory in the Antigua Test is one of those typically letter-of-the-law decisions that make any rational recipient scream with outrage. It’s like being zapped by a speed camera while doing 38mph on a deserted stretch of A-road at 3 o’clock in the morning. Yes, I know rules…
10:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, the Caribbean Premier League franchise, has been sold to Hong Kong-based company City Sports. No specific reason for the change in ownership was stated in the CPL release that announced it. The release quoted former owner Dr Uday Nayak as saying: “We feel we have taken the Patriots as far as we can, and it is time for us to…
10:40 AM ET Deivarayan Muthu While Central Stags and Auckland Aces booked their spots in the knockouts of the 2018-19 Super Smash, Wellington Firebirds and Otago Volts joined cellar dwellers Canterbury Kings in being knocked out. Northern Knights were the first to qualify, but they missed a chance to secure a home final in the past week No. 1 v No.2? No contest The match between table leaders Knights and…
8:27 AM ET Mushfiqur Rahim has identified the ODI tour of New Zealand, starting February 13, as ideal preparation for the 2019 World Cup. Conditions vaguely similar to England, high-scoring games and a quality bowling attack are what, Mushfiqur believes, Bangladesh will be confronted with in Napier, Christchurch and Dunedin. “It will be a difficult challenge in New Zealand,” Mushfiqur said. “India won the ODI series but New Zealand fought…