3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Victoria 3 for 184 (Harris 95) trail Queensland 441 (Hemphrey, Neser 75*, Burns 60, Labuschagne 59) by 257 runs Australia opener Marcus Harris fell agonisingly short of a second Sheffield Shield century of the summer to leave Victoria’s clash with Queensland evenly poised at stumps on day two. Harris was given out caught behind for 95 off the bowling of Mitch Swepson in the second…
1:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka’s stunning 2-0 Test series win in South Africa might not have helped them move up in the ICC Test rankings – though they have earned four useful points – but it led to South Africa slipping to No. 3 and New Zealand, for the first time, going up to No. 2. New Zealand could have risen to No.2 earlier, when they hosted Sri…
In seven Tests last year, Sam Curran scored 404 runs at 36.72 and took 14 wickets at 25.14 © Getty Images Kuldeep Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jasprit Bumrah, Glenn Maxwell and Meg Lanning are among the winners of the ESPNcricinfo Awards for best performances in 2018. Indians dominated, winning in five out of the 12 categories. The architects of the team’s landmark 2-1 win in Australia won the Test batting and…
11:18 PM ET MS Dhoni‘s unbeaten 29 off 37 balls in the wake of India’s middle-overs collapse was “probably fair” according to Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, and found support in fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as well, who said it had given India something to fight with. Dhoni had come in at the start of the 11th over following Rishabh Pant’s run-out, which was the start of a collapse that had India…
7:36 PM ET Australia went from a feeling of “can’t believe we’ve stuffed this up” to utter relief during the closing stages of their win against India with Glenn Maxwell stressing the importance of holding their nerve to pinch a close win at the start of an away tour. Maxwell had been part of an 84-run third-wicket stand that had put Australia within 38 runs of winning the first T20I,…
Colin Ingram’s fifty helped Karachi go past 150 © PCB/PSL Karachi Kings 188 for 4 (Ingram 127*, Tanvir 2-21) beat Quetta Gladiators 186 for 5 (Umar 55, Rossouw 44, Aamer 3-37) by six wickets How the game unfolded Chasing 187, Karachi Kings were 4 for 2 before Colin Ingram‘s record-breaking knock stunned Quetta Gladiators and took his side home with six wickets and eight balls to spare. The left-hand batsman…
Chris Woakes runs in to bowl during a nets session at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada 2:27 PM ET Chris Woakes insists his knee problems are not an imminent threat to his career. Woakes, who is expected to return for the third ODI against West Indies in place of Tom Curran, was forced to sit out the entire Test series in the Caribbean and was then rested for the…
1:00 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Did playing on consistently difficult pitches at home sap South Africa’s top order of the confidence required to put Sri Lanka away? Coach Ottis Gibson, who has spearheaded the campaign to play on almost uniformly fast-and-bouncy pitches at home, thinks not. South Africa have publicly acknowledged that their new philosophy, which enshrines fast bowling, has come at a cost for batsmen, who have largely seen…
12:46 PM ET Darren Bravo has hailed Chris Gayle as “a legend” and “priceless” in terms of the experience he provides for the West Indies team. While Bravo, who is scheduled to play his 100th ODI in Grenada on Monday, admits there are times when Gayle’s lack of mobility can be frustrating, he believes he more than compensates with his destructive power and charisma. “He’s definitely a hero to the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan 210 for 7 (Nabi 81, Rankin 3-53) beat Ireland 178 for 8 (O’Brien 74, Rashid 5-27) by 32 runs Rashid Khan wheels away in celebration AFP How much action can you pack into a single game of T20 cricket? Afghanistan and Ireland have practically dedicated an entire series to answering that question and here’s what happened on Sunday night. Mohammad Nabi made 81 off 36…