Month: March 2019

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm South Australia 159 & 8 for 218 (Head 72*, Kelly 4-55) lead Western Australia 157 (Winter 4-23) by 220 runs A fighting unbeaten 72 from South Australia captain Travis Head helped the Redbacks propel the lead beyind 200 against Western Australia at the WACA. Head became the first player in the match to pass 50 and remained unbeaten at stumps alongside Daniel Worrall after Warriors…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England women 160 for 4 (Beaumont 62, Knight 40, Wyatt 35, Radha 2-33) beat India women 119 for 6 (Pandey 23*, Brunt 2-21, Smith 2-22) by 41 runs Strong hands from Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt and, especially, Heather Knight with the bat set up a comprehensive 41-run win for England in the first of their three T20Is against India in Guwahati on Monday. Asked to…

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Queensland 4 for 67 trail New South Wales 150 (Feldman 5-20) by 83 runs Queensland fast bowler Luke Feldman claimed a five-wicket haul against New South Wales on a dramatic day when 14 wickets fell at the Gabba. Feldman made use of a fresh, green Gabba pitch to claim his eighth five-wicket haul in Sheffield Shield cricket after his captain Jimmy Peirson won the toss…

12:53 AM ET Little trumpeted a few days ago was the news out of Tasmania that the Australian Test captain Tim Paine was to be rested from this week’s Sheffield Shield match against Victoria. More so than any specific injury, the move was designed to refresh Paine at a time when he is low on energy and looking ahead to the Ashes later this year. In the words of the…

Mar 3, 2019 Umar Farooq in Dubai Lahore Qalandars will travel to Pakistan for the home stretch of the PSL without South African ace AB de Villiers, who will be heading home because of a back problem, the franchise told ESPNcricinfo. The PSL’s UAE leg ends on March 5, before the last four group matches and the qualifiers and finals are held in Karachi from March 9. The games in…

4:21 PM ET You might think, after four years as England coach, that Trevor Bayliss might be inured to England’s occasional – and, perhaps, not so occasional – propensity for a batting collapse. But, seeing him at the team hotel on the morning after the night – okay, the early afternoon – before is to see a man clearly struggling to come to terms with events. He uses words such…

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Western Australia 4 for 75 trail South Australia 155 (McInerney 43, Guthrie 4-53) by 80 runs Western Australia youngster Liam Guthrie starred with four wickets against South Australia on a day where the bowlers dominated at the WACA. Guthrie, a 21-year-old left-arm quick, claimed his career-best figures of 4 for 53 as the Redbacks were rolled for 159 after being sent in to bat. But…