Play 01:11 Hales refuses to answer questions on World Cup omission Alex Hales has said he is targeting the T20 World Cup in Australia next year for a potential England comeback, but declined to offer either an apology or an explanation for his actions, after speaking for the first time since his deselection from the World Cup squad for recreational drug use. Hales was attending the Caribbean Premier League draft…
1:00 PM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa’s pre-World Cup practice facilities have come in for some criticism from fielding coach Justin Ontong, who suggested that the outfield at the Cathedral School in Cardiff was “not ideal”. “The school we’ve been practicing at has accommodated us nicely,” Ontong said. “But just in terms of the fielding, the outfield is not ideal. It’s a little bit bumpy. But we’ve been focusing on…
Andre Russell checks on Usman Khawaja after hitting him on the head with a bouncer during a World Cup warm-up match © PA Images via Getty Images Usman Khawaja has sent a scare through the Australia World Cup camp after being struck on the helmet while batting against West Indies in a warm-up match at Southampton. Khawaja went to hospital for scans on his jaw after suffering a nasty blow…
3:00 AM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa 174 for 6 (Lee 60, Dar 1-21) beat Pakistan 172 for 5 (Dar 75, Ismail 2-22) by four wickets Nida Dar‘s allround brilliance was not enough to secure victory for Pakistan as South Africa sealed a four-wicket win in the fourth T20I in Benoni. Dar stormed to the second fastest T20I fifty in women’s cricket (where data is available) to boost Pakistan to…
10:46 AM ET At the age of 34, and with more wickets since the 2015 World Cup than any other England fast bowler, Liam Plunkett probably knew deep down that he had both the experience and the statistics to justify his retention in England’s 15-man squad for the tournament starting next week. But nevertheless, Plunkett still found himself “pacing up and down” in anticipation of his confirmatory phone-call from the…
May 21, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 172 and 149 for 9 (Fell 40, Gleeson 4-35) lead Lancashire 201 (Livingstone 69, Parnell 5-47) by 120 runs Lancashire are on course for their third successive Specsavers County Championship win following another action-packed day at Emirates Old Trafford. The Red Rose started this week second in Division Two, on the coat tails of opponents and leaders Worcestershire, who had also won their…
3:00 AM ET David Hopps at Taunton Somerset 209 (Hannon-Dalby 5-18) and 164 (Norwell 7-41) beat Warwickshire 135 (Overton 5-31) and 189 (Hain 92*) by 49 runs Somerset’s thoughts are firmly on the Royal London Cup final at Lord’s on Saturday, and the prospect of their first limited-overs trophy for 14 years, but once their fate is known attention will turn again to what has become a perennial question: is…
9:43 AM ET In a Scotland batting unit featuring the reigning ICC Associate Player of the Year, Calum MacLeod, and a captain who earlier in the month had became the fastest Associate cricketer to 2000 ODI runs, Kyle Coetzer (in 49 innings), the most menacing threat to opposition bowling attacks might actually sit a bit lower down the order. George Munsey‘s destructive batting has had him firmly entrenched in the…
9:00 AM ET He may only have been in the role a few weeks, but Paul Farbrace has clearly seen enough. Farbrace, who started his new job as director of cricket at Warwickshire about six weeks ago, is so concerned about the performance of his new side that he is on the search for reinforcements with David Willey and Liam Dawson among the more eye-catching targets. Warwickshire are bottom of…
May 21, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 174 (Salisbury 3-30) and 64 for 1 need a further 53 runs to beat Durham 158 and 132 (Shaw 3-31) Gloucestershire are on the verge of securing their first Specsavers County Championship Division Two win of the season, requiring only another 53 runs with nine wickets in hand to beat Durham at Emirates Riverside. The visitors were only able to add 54 runs…