6:04 AM ET There will be no changes to the 15-man provisional World Cup squad Bangladesh had announced over a month ago, with Minhajul Abedin, the chief selector, saying that the performances in the Ireland tri-series, which Bangladesh won, had convinced the selectors that the squad was the right one. “There is much confidence on and within the 15-member squad currently in England,” Abedin, who was also the team manager…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Scotland chose to bowl v Sri Lanka Scotland have opted to bowl first in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, for whom Dimuth Karunaratne makes his captaincy debut. Rain forced the first match to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Kusal Mendis is set to take the keeping gloves for Sri Lanka, with Kusal Perera sitting out. Scotland: 1 Matthew Cross (wk), 2 Kyle…
5:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s decision to leave David Willey out of the final World Cup squad was a “consensus ” decision rather than a unanimous one, national selector Ed Smith has revealed. Announcing the make-up of the squad to contest the tournament starting on May 30, in which left-arm seamer Willey missed out in favour of newcomer Jofra Archer, Smith also said the decision to bring Liam Dawson…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Scotland chose to bowl v Sri Lanka Scotland have opted to bowl first in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, for whom Dimuth Karunaratne makes his captaincy debut. Rain forced the first match to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Kusal Mendis is set to take the keeping gloves for Sri Lanka, with Kusal Perera sitting out. Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2…
4:29 AM ET Valkerie Baynes “So, have you been called up to the World Cup squad?” “No. Nothing yet. Hopefully. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.” This is the sound of a player whose dream has come true at the eleventh hour, just when he thought it would pass him by, but who is still forbidden to talk about it. What the words don’t convey is the joy…
3:23 AM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swingIt don’t mean a thing, all you got to do is sing The tune was Duke Ellington’s and the lyrics came from Irving Mills, but one of the greatest jazz standards could have been written about Mitchell Starc. He has pursued it, at times mastered it, then…
Liam Dawson continued his impressive form © Getty Images Liam Dawson has been called into England’s World Cup squad at the expense of Joe Denly, while David Willey is expected to be the unlucky seamer to make way for the inclusion of Jofra Archer, as England’s selectors ring the changes in their final 15-man line-up ahead of the tournament’s opening fixture, against South Africa at The Oval on May 30….
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 88 for 5 (Parnell 3-19) trail Worcestershire 172 (Parnell 63, Anderson 5-25) by 84 runs James Anderson recorded his 46th first-class haul of five wickets or more, but Wayne Parnell led a superb Worcestershire fight back from 38 for 7 to even up a 15-wicket opening day this clash between two promotion hopefuls at Emirates Old Trafford. Pre-game Division Two leaders in the…
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley Sussex 370 for 6 (Jordan 158*, Brown 153*) v Northamptonshire If Chris Jordan was feeling frustrated at watching his slim chance of making the cut for England’s World Cup squad disappear before his eyes over the past two weeks, then there are not many better ways in which he could have got it out of his system. His career-best unbeaten 158, the third century of…
3:00 AM ET Daniel Norcross Surrey 420 for 9 (Jacks 120, Borthwick 95, Clarke 87*) v Kent Everyone loves an outground. It’s a truism of county cricket that there really is nowhere better to wile away eight hours on a languid summer’s day than Colwyn Bay, Chesterfield, Cheltenham, Scarborough or the Isle of Wight. These outgrounds in our imagination are usually ringed with tents and ice cream stalls and wooden…