3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 168 for 1 (Dent 82*, Hammond 61) v Glamorgan Chris Dent took his run tally in his last three Specsavers County Championship innings to 317 with an unbeaten 82 on the opening day of Gloucestershire’s match against Glamorgan at Bristol. The skipper followed up scores of 59 against Sussex and 176 against Leicestershire with another fluent half-century as his side reached 168 for…
12:04 PM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Justin Langer has hit back at criticism of the Australian side’s approach during the World Cup and backed his players’ form and game plans as they prepare to face England at Lord’s on Tuesday. Australia have lost one game – against India – in their campaign, compared to England’s two defeats at the hands of Pakistan and…
11:11 AM ET Given the right conditions, Afghanistan’s spin attack can trouble any batting line-up in the world, says their captain Gulbadin Naib, as they seek to carry the spirit they showed in defeat against India into Monday’s meeting with Bangladesh at the Hampshire Bowl. After a series of heavy defeats in their opening encounters of the World Cup, Afghanistan finally found the fighting spirit that had carried them back…
© Getty Images Big Picture If you wanted an idea of how much the nature of a pitch influences the cricket played on it, contrast Afghanistan’s last two matches. Against England – not even the best players of spin – their star legspinner Rashid Khan was given a tutorial on what life is like for the less gifted on most days. The spin trio of Rashid, Mujeeb ur Rahman and…
File photo – Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s injury is the latest concern for a Bangladesh side facing a string of fitness issues in the World Cup 8:20 AM ET Mehidy Hasan is understood to be out of danger after being struck on the side of a head by a ball during a net session in Southampton. The incident occurred while Mehidy was giving an interview, on the sidelines of the practice…
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4:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff As Mohammad Shami ran in to deliver the hat-trick ball, he had MS Dhoni’s words in mind. Afghanistan needed 12 off three balls, but were nine down. Only one Indian – Chetan Sharma – had taken a World Cup hat-trick earlier, in 1987. This was his chance to join an elite club. And he did by nailing a perfect yorker on the base of leg…
11:41 PM ET The things we remember. Carlos Brathwaite lives with the burden of three words spoken more than three years ago. “Remember the name,” screamed – justifiably – Ian Bishop into the microphone as Brathwaite hit Ben Stokes for four straight sixes in the final over of the World T20 final in Kolkata to win a lost title. Three years later, at Old Trafford, Brathwaite is facing Matt Henry,…
Brathwaite was pretty cool to watch – Boult (1:53) New Zealand bowler Trent Boult reflects on his match-winning catch to see off the red hot Carlos Brathwaite and seal a five-run win for the Black Caps. (1:53) 11:25 PM ET Carlos Brathwaite was dropped for West Indies’ last match. There is a good chance he wouldn’t have been playing at Old Trafford had Andre Russell not been unfit. It wouldn’t…