3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia A 265 for 4 (Wade 117, Handscomb 64) beat Northamptonshire 262 for 9 (Newton 53, Wakely 53, Agar 3-55) by six wickets While one Australian left hander was filling his boots in Nottingham, another was doing similar in Northampton as Matthew Wade hammered 117 off 67 balls to guide Australia A to a convincing victory at the start of their tour. His innings was…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 309 (Crawley 111, Stewart 59, Pattinson 6-73) and 363 for 5 dec (Denly 167*, Bell-Drummond 79) beat Nottinghamshire 267 (Nash 67, Patel 52, Milnes 5-68) and 120 (Podmore 5-41) by 285 runs Kent skittled Nottinghamshire inside two sessions to land an impressive 285-run win on the final day of their Specsavers County Championship match in Tunbridge Wells. Having set the East Midlands’ county…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 487 (Dexter 180, Azad 137, Ackermann 56*) and 211 for 0 dec (Azad 100*, Horton 100*) drew with Gloucestershire 571 (Higgins 199, Dent 176, Howell 52) Openers Hassan Azad and Paul Horton both scored unbeaten centuries as Leicestershire ensured their Specsavers County Championship match against Gloucestershire would end in a draw. It was the second century of the match for Azad, who became…
3:00 AM ET Sussex 255 and 236 for 5 (Evans 106*, Brown 64) lead Worcestershire 383 (Cox 61, Ferguson 56, Wessels 55, Leach 54*) by 108 runs Sussex batsman Laurie Evans emerged as the key figure on day three of an absorbing contest here, yet it was all going so well for Worcestershire and their enthusiastic Chester Road hosts until midway through the afternoon session. A lead on first-innings of…
3:49 PM ET Bangladesh are not giving up their semi-final hopes just yet. That’s what Tamim Iqbal has said, despite his team’s chances of getting there coming down significantly following a 48-run loss to Australia. Having lost to England and New Zealand too, Bangladesh not only have to win their three remaining games but also hope other results go in their favour. “I think we still have a chance,” Tamim…
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Swann: England truly believe that 500 is possible (3:04) Graeme Swann says the addition of Jofra Archer has given England’s attack the balance it needed (3:04) 2:16 PM ET Friendly competition to score the quickest centuries and hit the biggest sixes is driving England’s batsmen during the World Cup, according to Moeen Ali. Jason Roy, 97m against Bangladesh Moeen Ali, 93m against Afghanistan Eoin Morgan, 92m against Afghanistan Joe Root,…
1:48 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Women’s T20 cricket is set to be part of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 after the bid for its inclusion was approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation. A final decision, however, depends on a vote by the 71 member associations and will be made public sometime in the next six weeks. The ICC, in collaboration with the England and Wales Cricket Board had submitted their…
1:02 PM ET Alan Gardner in Leeds So far in this World Cup, Sri Lanka have been following the English blueprint. Unfortunately, it is not the one that has made the host nation one of the favourites to lift the trophy; rather, they appear to have channelled the spirit of various England campaigns between 1996 and 2015, in which last-minute changes to captaincy and personnel paved the way for predictably…
12:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj Singh, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket and the IPL, has been signed up by the Toronto Nationals for the 2019 season of Global T20 Canada. During his retirement announcement, Yuvraj had indicated his desire to play in overseas T20 leagues, and said that he would seek his BCCI’s permission in order to do so. ESPNcricinfo understands Yuvraj has written to the…