3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at New Road Worcestershire 1 for 1 trail Durham 273 (Burnham 76, Bancroft 70, Morris 6-53) by 272 runs As curators of the county circuit’s most aesthetically appealing backdrop, Worcestershire have an onerous responsibility. Having upset enough traditionalists by allowing a monstrous (to some critics) four-storey hotel to be built in one corner of the New Road ground, the decision to erect a new electronic…
11:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wriddhiman Saha will get a chance to stake his claim for a return to India’s Test team when he tours the Caribbean with the India A team after the World Cup. The tour, which includes five one-day matches (from July 11 to 21) and three four-day matches (from July 24 to August 9) will directly precede the senior India team’s tour of the West Indies,…
8:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan look set to confirm Shadab Khan in their World Cup squad, after their captain Sarfaraz Ahmed appeared to allay doubts about his fitness in comments ahead of the third ODI in Bristol. Shadab, who wasstruck down with a bout of hepatitis ahead of the England tour, did not travel with the rest of the squad, and has been recuperating back home since the start…
8:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Imran Tahir, the South Africa legspinner, has signed for Surrey for the entirety of this year’s Vitality Blast. Tahir, who has been named in his country’s squad for the upcoming World Cup, becomes the club’s second overseas signing for the 2019 competition, alongside the Australia limited-overs captain, Aaron Finch, who is returning for a fourth year. He will join up with the Surrey squad at…
May 13, 2019 England have won the toss and decided to put Pakistan in to bat in the third ODI in Bristol. On a small ground where the surface looks good for batting, Eoin Morgan predicted the pitch would be difficult to defend a total on, and preferred to have a target in mind for the second innings. There are two changes for the hosts, with Adil Rashid and Jos…
7:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff GS Lakshmi has become the first woman to be part of the ICC’s panel of international match referees, and is eligible to officiate in international matches with immediate effect. Lakshmi, who turns 51 on May 23, was a right-hand batsman and right-arm outswing bowler. She played from 1986 to 2004, representing a variety of teams, including South Central Railways, Andhra, Bihar, East Zone, and South…
Abu Jayed bowls © AFP Big picture A dead rubber ahead of a final, but more importantly ahead of the World Cup means Bangladesh have the luxury to experiment with their line-up. In the matches gone by, Mashrafe Mortaza gave himself and the rest of the bowlers challenges to bowl in different phases of the innings, although he kept the batting line-up intact. Against Ireland, they could look to give…
9:13 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Any hopes fast bowler Daniel Worrall had of making Australia’s Ashes squad have been dashed after a stress fracture in his lower back ended his season with Gloucestershire. Worrall, 27, has not played since experiencing back soreness during Gloucestershire’s Royal London Cup match with Middlesex at Lord’s on April 21. Gloucestershire released a statement confirming that scans had found a stress fracture in Worrall’s back….
8:31 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Young paceman Wes Agar has returned to South Australia after spending two seasons in Victoria as one of the few changes to the Redbacks squad for next season. Agar, 22, the younger brother of Ashton Agar, had a rookie contract with the Redbacks in 2016-17 and played five List A games before returning to Victoria. He earned a rookie contract with Victoria in 2018-19 and…
11:19 AM ET Joe Denly has been one of the more divisive candidates in terms of public opinion on who should be included in England’s final World Cup squad to be named next week. Included as a leg-spinner for Tuesday’s third ODI against Pakistan in Bristol, Denly faces his biggest audition yet. We run the rule over the pros and cons of including him in the big show. Why is…