Month: June 2019

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Things are starting to bubble up nicely. Both teams are entering a key phase of the tournament in terms of their semi-final hopes. Australia’s shortcomings were shown up by an impressive Indian performance at The Oval, and Pakistan have been kicking their heels since turning on the style to beat England with a washout against Sri Lanka. If you go by recent history, Pakistan would…

7:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Afghanistan Cricket Board has reshuffled its senior selection committee in the middle of a World Cup, inducting former head coach Andy Moles and Mujahid Zadran into the panel. The current chief selector, Dawlat Ahmadzai, will lead the junior selection committee. The ACB shared the news through a tweet on Tuesday. Moles has served as coach of the Afghanistan senior team as well as the…

6:55 AM ET Marcus Stoinis is out of Wednesday’s World Cup match against Pakistan with a side strain, and is a risk for the whole tournament. Mitchell Marsh, who was supposed to tour England with the Australia A team, has been flown in early as cover. A final decision on Stoinis’ future in the World Cup will be made after he is assessed again in the lead-up to Australia’s next…

Hazlewood ‘dirty’ after World Cup omission – Paine (0:36) Tim Paine says Josh Hazlewood has every reason to be upset about missing the World Cup squad, and that he’s in great condition ahead of the Ashes. (0:36) 5:54 AM ET Josh Hazlewood has tried to avoid watching the World Cup because the disappointment of missing out on Australia’s squad remains raw. Hazlewood suffered a back stress fracture in early January…

4:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan is likely to miss India’s next two matches, against New Zealand and Pakistan, after having picked up a suspected hairline fracture on his left thumb. ESPNcricinfo understands Dhawan – who scored a century in his last match – has gone to Leeds to undergo scans, and a final word on the status of the injury is likely to emerge later today. According to…

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Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting both believe they have never seen an Australian team as happy as this one  Jun 10, 2019 Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Justin Langer is confident Australia have the right World Cup game plan despite Sunday’s 36-run loss to India and maintained he is prepared to be flexible in team selection and shuffling the batting line up in Australia’s remaining…

Play 03:14 Dilshan: The main goal for Sri Lanka should be to bat 50 overs Whatever else you might say about Chandika Hathurusingha, the man does not do incognito. If you have paid him any attention over the past few years, chances are you have an opinion. More than likely, it is mighty sharp. “He has great cricket knowledge,” is something people say of him. Well that one, almost everybody…