Month: June 2019

Dhoni finishes innings with dazzling six (0:28) Dhoni finishes innings with dazzling six (0:28) 1:40 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli is least affected by the criticism surrounding MS Dhoni‘s batting approach in the middle overs of an ODI innings, particularly against spin. This even as Dhoni’s former team-mates Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman questioned the logic of his slow pace, arguing that it hasn’t helped India’s cause in the…

Shami four-for ends West Indies’ feeble reply (1:18) Shami four-for ends West Indies’ feeble reply (1:18) 3:00 AM ET India 268 (Kohli 72, Dhoni 56*, Rahul 48, Roach 3-36, Holder 2-33) beat West Indies 143 (Shami 4-16, Bumrah 209, Chahal 2-39) by 125 runs India’s bowlers nullified yet another middling batting performance, pounding West Indies’ into the ground long before they could think about any reasonable comebacks. Having elected to…

Chandika Hathurusingha helps Avishka Fernando work out a technical kink at training  12:27 PM ET In both their wins so far, Sri Lanka’s bowlers have bailed the batsmen out. Defending 187 against Afghanistan, then 233 against England, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep and company sent down intense spells, and prised points out of the closed fists of their opponents. Sri Lanka know, though, that if they are to make more of…

Hussey: SA should break shackles and express themselves (2:12) Michael Hussey says he wouldn’t change the South Africa XI even though they’re out of the semi-final race (2:12) 10:59 AM ET There is no real pressure. No way that they can choke. Far as South Africa are concerned, this could just be another match in a bilateral series. Will that free them up against a team they have routinely thumped…

9:55 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Marcus Trescothick is to retire from professional cricket in September after 27 seasons as a Somerset player. The 43-year-old former England opener has announced his decision following a disappointing start to the current County Championship campaign, which saw him left out of the team after scoring 88 runs in eight innings. But Trescothick remains available for selection and would like nothing more than to…

4:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm spinner George Dockrell and medium-pacer Barry McCarthy have been left out of Ireland’s ODI squad for the three-match series against Zimbabwe that begins on July 1 in Bready. Dockrell, however, has found a place in the squad for the three-match T20I series that follows the ODIs. Offspinner Simi Singh and seam-bowling allrounder Shane Getkate, who recently impressed for Ireland A as well as Northern…

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3:03 AM ET Nicholas Pooran will seek to banish memories of West Indies’ unproductive World Cup by staying on in England to play five matches for Yorkshire in the Vitality T20 Blast. Pooran was one of several rookie players that West Indies’ captain Jason Holder had in mind when he called for them to become the heart and the soul of the team. That is what Yorkshire have in mind…