9:50 PM ET With the Australia A tour of England having begun here’s a quick look at the form of the Australians who are plying their trade in county cricket and which ones have a chance of catching the selectors’ eyes in the final push for Ashes places. Cameron Bancroft (Durham) We’ve had the comeback stories of Steven Smith and David Warner over the last few weeks. Will Bancroft add…
Bumrah takes second wicket of the over (0:53) Bumrah takes second wicket of the over (0:53) 9:31 PM ET An hour before the match on Saturday, Jasprit Bumrah was bowling at the spring rubber stumps on one of the practice strips. There was no batsman, the stumps his only target. Bumrah was practising the yorkers. One of the first balls he delivered pitched inches in front of the leg stump…
Play 01:09 Vettori: I’ve run out of superlatives for Williamson and Taylor New Zealand 291 for 8 (Williamson 148, Taylor 69, Cottrell 4-56) beat West Indies 286 (Brathwaite 101, Gayle 87, Hetmyer 54, Boult 4-30, Ferguson 3-59) by 5 runsAs it happened We’ve had Sri Lanka, the No. 9-ranked team that came to the World Cup in utter disarray, stunning the No. 1 side England. We’ve had Afghanistan coming within…
West Indies were down. They were supposed to be out. The crowd in Manchester was packing up. But then came the sound. Ball hitting bat. And flying into the stands. Carlos Brathwaite was in one of his bowler-bashing, reality-defying six frenzies. And he nearly pulled off one of THE greatest ODI chases of all time. This is when the madness was at its peak Varun Shetty is on commentary. West…
Shami hat-trick seals dramatic victory for India (1:26) Mohammad Shami took the last three wickets of the Afghanistan innings in the final over of the match. (1:26) 4:36 PM ET With a total of just 224 to defend Virat Kohli admitted the dressing had “doubts” about what would happen. The India captain was also honest about their batting not going to according to plan because some of his men had…
Why India struggled against Afghanistan’s spinners (1:29) Michael Hussey explains how Afghanistan’s spinners had such success against India, restricting them to 224/8. (1:29) 3:00 AM ET India 224 for 8 (Kohli 67, Jadhav 52, Nabi 2-33) beat Afghanistan 213 (Nabi 52, Shami 4-40) by 11 runs As it happened Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi sent India on a tailspin and threatened a Sri Lanka-style comeback as a…
Six and out for Moeen Ali (0:25) Moeen Ali is taken at the boundary immediately after hitting a six (0:25) 12:57 PM ET Trevor Bayliss believes complacency among England’s batsmen cost them in their World Cup match against Sri Lanka. Bayliss, the England coach, believes his side “just took it a little bit easy with the bat” when confronted by a relatively low total and a relatively lower-ranked opponent. England…
11:58 AM ET So many have been spared over the years and over the many World Cups that it is reasonable to assume no more thoughts are left to be spared for South Africa. Still, from politeness, the request must be made: spare a thought for South Africa one more time. Because this World Cup, this World Cup, has been a different kind of cruel. They were in a happy…
India captain Virat Kohli tosses the coin alongside Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed 10:14 AM ET Who says India-Pakistan doesn’t matter anymore? Judging by the reactions of some Pakistani fans to their team’s defeat to India last Sunday, it matters to them, and perhaps a bit too much. The last week has been a cruel one for Pakistan’s players. Becoming the subject of countless memes is now par for the course,…
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