3:00 AM ET Hick XII 120 and 156 for 5 (Bancroft 93*) beat Haddin XII 105 and 170 by 6 wickets Cameron Bancroft inched his way to the defining innings of a low-scoring scrap in Southampton to give himself the best possible chance of being named in Australia’s Ashes squad on Friday, and also help the Hick XII to victory over the Haddin XII in an internal trial match played…
9:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Josh Poysden, the Yorkshire legspinner, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after sustaining a fractured skull during a training session. The incident occurred in the nets at Headingley on Monday, when Poysden was struck on the side of the head by a fierce shot from one of his team-mates. He was taken for treatment at hospital, where a CT scan revealed…
3:00 AM ET England 122 for 1 (Leach 60*, Roy 52*) and 85 are level with Ireland 207 (Balbirnie 55) England found resistance from an unlikely source on the second morning of their Test against Ireland at Lord’s. Jack Leach, seizing the opportunity presented as nightwatchman on the first evening, posted a maiden Test fifty as England fought their way back in the match. Leach, who batted at No. 11…
8:08 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Jack Leach‘s maiden Test fifty took plenty by surprise. It came as an opener – he faced the final over on Wednesday evening as a nightwatchman – on a difficult batting pitch, and his slightly ungainly style coupled with a first-class average a shade below 11 going into this game did not suggest a man with…
7:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff MS Dhoni‘s version of down time after a World Cup campaign that took him and his team very nearly to the final itself is to spend a fortnight with the Indian army. The 38-year old wicketkeeper had expressed his unavailability for the tour of West Indies next month and will instead head to the Kashmir Valley. There, he will join the 106 Territorial Army Battalion…
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6:11 AM ET Ten years of planning to get an ICC-accredited biomechanics facility built in Pakistan has finally translated into tangible results, with the facility set up at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) securing ICC accreditation. That makes it the sixth lab in the world to be ICC-accredited, joining those in Brisbane, Chennai, Cardiff, Loughborough and Pretoria. With the much sought after accreditation secured, the lab can now…
3:02 AM ET Having seen James Pattinson up close, even Australia’s Test match spearhead Pat Cummins can only agree that it may be the touring side’s best option for the Ashes to break up the hegemony of the “big three” he has comprised with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. In a warm-up match billed as little short of bloodsport between the fringe members of the Australian squad, Pattinson has been…
2:50 AM ET After considerable debate the new structure for next season’s Big Bash has been confirmed. Here are some key points after the announcement of the fixtures for a tournament that needed a shot in the arm after an underwhelming 2018-19 edition Shorter regular season After much criticism of last season, the home-and-away part of the season has been cut down from 54 to 42 days, beginning December 17…
Jul 23, 2019 Alex Malcolm Pressure from broadcasters, clubs and a trend of declining attendances and television audiences has resulted in the addition of a fifth team to an expanded Big Bash League finals series for next summer, to be played over five matches after the regular season is compressed into 56 matches in 42 days. The full BBL fixtures for 2019-20 were released on Thursday and in addition to…