Month: February 2019

9:23 AM ET Ben Stokes has been forced out of the third ODI in Grenada with an ankle injury. Stokes, who heads England’s batting averages in the series and has also bowled more overs than anyone in the England side, is understood to have rolled his ankle while practising boundary catching on the eve of the game. Although he attended warm-up with the rest of the squad Monday morning, he…

3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes England won the rain-delayed toss and elected to bowl in the third ODI against West Indies in Grenada with the series all square at 1-1. England will be without Ben Stokes who has injured his ankle. He has been replaced in the side by Alex Hales. England have also recalled Chris Woakes, who was fit but rested for the second ODI in Barbados as part…

9:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers will make his county cricket debut this summer after signing a short-term contract to play for Middlesex in the T20 Blast. De Villiers, 35, retired from international cricket in 2018 after a 13-year career with South Africa, in which he scored 20,014 runs across all three formats. He will be available for Middlesex’s first seven group games, starting in July, as well…

7:07 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Uttarakhand keep winning streak alive Uttarakhand continued their remarkable run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19, clocking their fourth victory on the trot by beating Tripura by a handy 37 runs. Uttarakhand are yet to lose a match in the competition, and are currently sitting on top of the Group E table with 16 points. Put in to bat, Uttarakhand were well served once…

6:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Allrounder Andre Russell has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the fourth and fifth ODIs against England in place of the injured Kemar Roach. While a knee issue might limit Russell’s bowling duties, chief selector Courtney Browne believed that his batting at the death would be an “asset” to the side. Roach had been sidelined from the ongoing ODI series against England with…

3:00 AM ET India 162 for 3 (Mandhana 63, Raj 47*, Raut 32, Shrubsole 2-23) beat England 161 (Sciver 85, Pandey 4-18, Goswami 4-30, Poonam 2-28) by seven wickets Pacers Shikha Pandey and Jhulan Goswami foiled England’s plans of “creating history” – winning a bilateral ODI series in India for the first time – with sizzling four-wicket hauls, which helped set up a 162-run chase for India. With Smriti Mandhana…

Feb 24, 2019 Alex Malcolm Tasmania 3 for 238 (Wakim 79, Wade 77) trail South Australia 257 by 19 runs Matthew Wade made yet another half-century to help put Tasmania in complete control of the clash with South Australia at Adelaide Oval. Wade, batting at No.4 for the first time this season, posted 77 and was part of a 134-run partnership with debutant Charlie Wakim that ground the Redbacks down…

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Western Australia 279 and 1 for 13 trail New South Wales 8 for 477 dec (Patterson 134, Nevill 101*, O’Keefe 57, O’Connor 5-131) by 185 runs Australia Test incumbent Kurtis Patterson continued his sparkling form with yet another century while New South Wales captain Peter Nevill made his first hundred in two years to put the Blues in complete control of the clash with Western…