9:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff On June 30, when ODI cricket’s No. 1 and No. 2 sides meet in one of the World Cup’s most anticipated clashes, India will have a decision to make about the composition of their spin attack. Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja will almost certainly feature in that discussion, but one man who almost certainly will not is R Ashwin. On that day, unless…
6:11 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa have named allrounder Aiden Markram, fast bowler Anrich Nortje and wicketkeeper-batsman Sinethemba Qeshile in the T20I squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka which starts next week. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo
© Getty Images/Sportsfile Lunch Ireland 172 and 124 for 2 (Balbirnie 73*, McCollum 35*) trail Afghanistan 314 by 18 runs It was quite the session for Ireland on the third morning in Dehradun. They lost just one wicket for the addition of 102 to narrow down the deficit to 18. They also had eight wickets remaining, a lunch-time prospect they would’ve gladly taken. Yet, it could’ve been much better had…
Steven Smith and David Warner look on © Getty Images Steven Smith and David Warner have said it felt like they had never been away from the Australia set-up having been welcomed back with “open arms” during the first part of their reintegration with a series of meetings in Dubai before heading to the IPL. The pair, whose international bans expire on March 29, spent little more than 24 hours…
Sultan Ahmed pumps his fist after taking a big wicket © Peter Della Penna Left-arm spinner Sultan Ahmed‘s 3 for 33, including the prized scalp of Steven Taylor, helped UAE hold off USA’s pursuit of 183 in a 24-run win at ICC Academy in Dubai. Bowling with the new ball, Sultan struck his first blow in the fourth over when he had a charging Monank Patel stumped down the leg…
1:18 PM ET Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Virat Kohli may be on top of the wishlist of every IPL franchise if they had the wherewithal to get him, but the batsman is going to stay put with Royal Challengers Bangalore, the only team he has played for across all editions of the IPL. “To me it has been a most special experience. I…
Virat Kohli at a press conference © PA Images via Getty Images Virat Kohli has quietened speculation over whether IPL franchises have been asked to “manage” the workloads of India players who are likely to be part of the World Cup squad, saying no instructions have been issued to cap the number of games a player would take part in. “You cannot put a cap on anything,” Kohli said in…
Darren Sammy and Sarfaraz Ahmed pose with the PSL 2019 trophy at Mazar-e-Quaid © Pakistan Super League Big Picture Pakistan has moved on from the narrative of cricket coming home, now that cricket has begun to trickle back to Pakistan for the last three years. The story is larger than that this time. Pakistan’s appetite for international cricket has begun to increase over the past two years, not content with…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England women 331 for 7 (Sciver 93, Jones 79) beat Sri Lanka women 159 for 8 (Ranasinghe 51*, Brunt 3-24) by 154 runs (DLS) England’s women launched the Sri Lanka leg of their Asian campaign with a comprehensive 154-run victory in the first ODI at Hambantota, thanks to a powerful batting performance with runs all down the order, backed up by incisive seam bowling with…
Prithvi Shaw and Jay Bista walk back after sealing Mumbai’s win © ESPNcricinfo Ltd The Mumbai selectors resigned from their posts hours before the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ad-hoc committee meeting on Friday that was to decide their fate. Chairman Ajit Agarkar and his colleagues Nilesh Kulkarni, Sunil More and Ravi Thakkar emailed their resignations to the ad-hoc committee and the MCA CEO CS Naik on Friday afternoon. The resignation…