Month: February 2019

Play 05:36 Jasprit Bumrah is a class act – Pat Cummins Pat Cummins has been christened ‘AB’ in the Australian camp after winning the Allan Border Medal at Cricket Australia’s annual awards, but the flattering nicknames and his batting form haven’t affected his basic ambitions, he said on Tuesday. Cummins has shown tremendous composure with the bat over the last few months, and particularly impressed in the Melbourne Test against…

Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron and Emmanuel Nanthan, the WICB’s new president and vice-president  6:02 AM ET The “insensitivity and stubbornness” of CWI president Dave Cameron have created a poor relationship with West Indies’ players and coaches, according to Ricky Skerritt, who is running against Cameron in the forthcoming CWI elections. Skerritt, a former cabinet minister for St Kitts and Nevis, also suggested that “relationships with facts and truth apparently mean little…

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Australia’s opening victory over India was, to a degree, unexpected. However, the manner in which the tourists staggered over the line suggested strongly that Aaron Finch’s team remains very much a work in progress, both mentally and technically. Having put together a diligent display with the ball and in the field – albeit aided by MS Dhoni’s ‘take it to the finish’ batting instincts –…

3:00 AM ET Victoria 344 & 7 for 304 (Harris 174, Short 60, Swepson 4-107) beat Queensland 441 & 7 for 202 dec (Burns 80, Renshaw 47, Holland 5-72) by three wickets A stunning 174 from Marcus Harris helped Victoria chase down 300 to beat Queensland on the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash at the Junction Oval. The Bulls set Victoria 300 from 78 overs on a surface…

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm New South Wales 8 for 477 decl (Patterson 134, Nevill 101*, O’Connor 5-131) beat Western Australia 279 (Bancroft 138*, Whiteman 66, O’Keefe 4-78, Copeland 4-81) and 147 (Bancroft 86, O’Keefe 5-52) by an innings and 51 runs A five-wicket haul from Steve O’Keefe helped New South Wales to an innings victory over Western Australia despite another defiant innings from Cameron Bancroft. O’Keefe took 5 for…

12:02 AM ET Alex Malcolm Daniel Brettig Close Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo Assistant editor Daniel Brettig had been a journalist for eight years when he joined ESPNcricinfo, but his fascination with cricket dates back to the early 1990s, when his dad helped him sneak into the family lounge room to watch the end of day-night World Series matches well past bedtime. Unapologetically passionate about indie music and the South Australian Redbacks,…

4:42 PM ET George Dobell in Grenada West Indies can cause a shock – and perhaps even win – the World Cup, according to the England and West Indies coaches. While West Indies’ recent record is not promising – they have not won a bilateral ODI series since 2014, have won only two of their last seven completed ODIs and are currently ranked No. 9 in the world – the…

1:39 PM ET Umar Farooq in Dubai Lahore Qalandars have lodged an official complaint against Karachi Kings’ president Wasim Akram and their players Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim after an off-field spat following the PSL game on February 16. The PCB is yet to arbitrate on the issue, but Lahore insist that the incident was a “clear violation of code of conduct”. Akram was seen having a heated argument with…