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3:00 AM ET Big picture As the World Cup staggers into its closing 20 days, it can be possible to lose perspective on the past four years. England, thanks to their defeat by Sri Lanka and injury to Jason Roy, are in crisis, lambasted by the press and now weighed down by the expectation that come global tournaments, they invariably stuff it up. That’s the conventional view of this week,…
Matthew Wade in full flight © Getty Images Matthew Wade continued his staggering form on the Australia A tour of the UK with a record-breaking 155 in a comfortable seven-wicket win over Derbyshire. Wade smashed 155 off just 71 balls to help Australia A stroll to their target of 284 in just 35.2 overs. He set a new record for the fastest List A century by an Australian, reaching the…
Du Plessis says World Cup exit lowest point of his career (2:01) It’s getting to a point where it’s a little bit embarrassing says the South Africa captain after they lost their fifth match of the tournament (2:01) 4:34 PM ET South Africa’s exit from the World Cup will go down as the lowest point in Faf du Plessis‘ career as captain. South Africa have lost their fifth game out…
3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 89 for 1 (Rhodes 51) trail Surrey 194 (Stoneman 33, Foakes 30, Lester 4-41) by 105 runs The use of so many out-grounds in this World Cup season has been a source of delight to county followers. York, tick. Welbeck, tick. Newport, double-tick, once each for the venues in Wales and the Isle of Wight. Then the older familiars: Guildford and Cheltenham among them, with the…
2:30 PM ET Heading into the World Cup, it was England’s batting that was perceived as their strength. It was a reasonable assumption, too, based on a succession of vast scores that had taken them to the No. 1 world ranking. The reputation of their bowling attack was more modest. It looked sound, certainly, but appeared to lack the potential match-winners that studded that batting line-up. It sometimes seemed England…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Netherlands 199 for 6 (Van der Merwe 75*, Cooper 54) beat Zimbwbwe 150 (Ervine 59, Glover 3-20, Seelaar 3-28, Klaassen 3-38) by 49 runs He walked in after Netherlands lost two wickets for three runs. He walked back with his highest T20I score and the biggest hand in a thumping victory. Roelof van der Merwe whacked an unbeaten 75 off only 39 balls to keep…
Haris Sohail’s 89 puts Pakistan in commanding position (1:35) Haris Sohail justified his selection with a strong innings to put Pakistan on the front foot against South Africa (1:35) 3:00 AM ET Pakistan 308 for 7 (Haris 89, Babar 69, Tahir 2-41) beat South Africa 259 for 9 (du Plessis 63, Wahab 3-46, Shadab 3-50) by 49 runsAs it happened An inspired, backs-to-the-wall performance from Pakistan knocked South Africa out…
3:00 AM ET Somerset 32 for 1 trail Essex 216 (Cook 80) by 184 runs Only three counties have never won the Championship, but once again the perception is growing that this finally can be Somerset’s year. Their lead is already 24 points, stoking optimism that the south-west’s roll of honour will no longer be restricted to the three unofficial titles that Gloucestershire won in the 1870s. It was a…
Jason Roy of England speaks with captain Eoin Morgan during a nets session at Headingley 12:41 PM ET Jason Roy is to undergo a second scan on his torn hamstring on Monday morning. Roy sustained the injury while fielding in the match against West Indies in Southampton on June 14. While the England camp were coy about the severity of the tear, they did express the hope that he would…