Month: May 2019

6:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex have signed Alex Carey, the Australia wicketkeeper-batsman, for their Vitality Blast campaign. Carey will link up again with Jason Gillespie, his coach at Adelaide Strikers, for the tournament in England, which begins after the conclusion of the World Cup. Carey is Australia’s vice-captain and first-choice gloveman for the 50-over tournament, and has been capped 38 times in the white-ball formats since debuting in 2018….

4:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa women will host Australia for three ODIs and as many T20Is in March-April 2020, soon after the completion of the T20 World Cup. The ODIs will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship that aims to identify seven direct qualifiers for the 2021 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The fixtures unveiled on Thursday also included an itinerary for the emerging teams’ tournament,…

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2:41 AM ET Alex Malcolm Australia Test captain Tim Paine says he is not a man of faith but admits he has prayed more than once in recent times for a fully fit James Pattinson ahead of the Ashes series in England. While Australia’s ODI side is about to begin their World Cup defence in England, Paine is on the other side of the world quietly preparing to plot England’s…

3:00 AM ET Essex 313 and 181 for 6 (Cook 90) lead Kent 182 by 312 runs “It’s déjà vu all over again,” wailed a Kent fan as Essex ground out a stodgy 85 runs in 30 overs before lunch to extend their lead to 216. Your correspondent could sympathise as we were both at Beckenham precisely a week ago when Surrey crawled their way to a substantial lead against…

May 28, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 139 and 160 for 8 (Madsen 51, Abbas 3-42) lead Leicestershire 120 (Azad 46*, Palladino 5-29) by 179 runs Leicestershire picked up eight wickets in the final session to put the result of the match firmly back in to the balance at the end of an intriguing second day in their Specsavers county championship match against Derbyshire. The visitors ended the day leading…

3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at Edgbaston Warwickshire 293 (Norwell 64) and 76 for 2 lead Surrey 188 (Foakes 57*, Patel 4-53) by 181 runs Struggling Warwickshire’s hopes of putting themselves in an impregnable position against champions Surrey were badly hampered by persistent drizzly rain at Edgbaston, which limited play to just the first 22 of 104 scheduled overs. In that 90-minute passage, having been 26 without loss overnight, Warwickshire…