3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Hampshire 288 for 6 (Weatherley 66) v Nottinghamshire When a man’s desire defeats his reason he is wont to dream. That is where a quest starts and also the hard work needed to achieve a goal other men dub fantasy. Little more than a decade ago there was nothing but pasture where Newclose cricket ground now stands. Then Brian Gardener, the prosperous visionary who owned…
3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 110 for 7 (Banks 26*, Overton 3-25) trail Somerset 209 (Davey 36, Hannon-Dalby 5-18) by 99 runs Dom Sibley is an imposing figure. Not quite Gregor Clegane, Cersei’s bodyguard in Game of Thrones, but you get the general idea. Tim Groenewald did not want to throw him to his doom, just get him out. But when he did, Somerset took a mighty step towards victory. With…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 120 for 5 (Bracey 35, Salisbury 3-18) trail Durham 158 (Burnham 43, Raine 42, Payne 4-40) by 38 runs Gloucestershire head into day two of their County Championship match against Durham just 38 runs behind the hosts after 15 wickets fell on day one at Chester-Le-Street. David Payne was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4 for 40 as Durham were dismissed for…
12:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Deandra Dottin will miss West Indies’ tours of Ireland and England with a shoulder injury. Dottin, who recently became the No. 1 allrounder on the ICC’s women’s T20I rankings after being named player of the series during the February tour of Pakistan, needs surgery on her right shoulder and will be replaced by Britney Cooper in the squad. Cooper has 422 runs from 40 ODIs…
9:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has called on fans who will attend the 2019 World Cup in England to refrain from heckling the duo of Steven Smith and David Warner with personal barbs. Both men will be returning for Australia for the first time since they were banned for a year each in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, but Moeen said he didn’t want fans to go…
8:53 AM ET There will be no changes to India’s World Cup squad after Kedar Jadhav was declared fit to participate in the event. Jadhav’s position had become uncertain after he hurt his left shoulder during IPL 2019 while diving to save four overthrows in Chennai Super Kings’ match against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali in the first week of May. Jadhav left the field immediately, and was then ruled…
5:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Asif Ali will play in the World Cup despite the death of his daughter on Sunday. Asif was called up to Pakistan’s 15-man squad for the World Cup on Monday, having missed out on the original squad a month ago. He was selected on the back of some impressive performances during the England series, where two fifties contributed to a total of 142 runs (in…
May 19, 2019 Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Australia’s attention turned to spin in their build-up to the Men’s World Cup, with Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon the focus of the second training session in London. While Australia’s bowling strength in the 50-over format has undoubtedly been pace in the post-Shane Warne era, legspinner Zampa believes spin will play a key role in their upcoming…
Wahab Riaz bends his back © ICC Pakistan have not quite hit the panic button full-on, but in adding Wahab Riaz to their World Cup squad two years after his last ODI and a year after Mickey Arthur had seemingly ended Wahab’s career, they have signalled growing alarm at the steep decline in their bowling performances. On Monday, chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced Wahab’s surprise return, as well as the slightly…
Murray Goodwin leaves the field after his last innings for Sussex © Getty Images Western Australia have handed a rookie contract to emerging batsman Jayden Goodwin, the son of former Zimbabwe and WA batsman Murray Goodwin, despite the 17-year-old having not played any grade cricket in Perth. Jayden represented WA in the Futures League and Under-17s last season, and also played for the Cricket Australia Under-17 XI in the Australian…