Month: July 2019

11:21 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lakshan Sandakan and Lahiru Madushanka have missed the cut, as Sri Lanka announced their finalised squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh which starts on July 26. As such there will be six changes to the squad that travelled to England for the World Cup, with Shehan Jayasuriya, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Amila Aponso and Lahiru Kumara all coming…

Chandika Hathurusingha (left) had a three-year stint as Bangladesh coach, between 2014 and 2017  10:39 AM ET Chandika Hathurusingha‘s return as Bangladesh’s head coach is closer to becoming reality after Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board president, said he could become a candidate for the job after the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh ODI series. Khaled Mahmud will be the coach of the team in an interim capacity for the Sri Lanka series,…

8:52 AM ET Tim Murtagh has been plying his trade at Lord’s for more than a decade, but it took him just 78 minutes on his first visit as a Test cricketer to achieve his most cherished ambition. At 12.18pm, he found the edge of Moeen Ali’s bat to bag his fifth wicket of the morning in just his eighth over, to secure a coveted place on the dressing room…

8:12 AM ET Andrew Miller Close UK editor, ESPNcricinfo Andrew Miller was saved from a life of drudgery in the City when his car caught fire on the way to an interview. He took this as a sign and fled to Pakistan where he witnessed England’s historic victory in the twilight at Karachi (or thought he did, at any rate – it was too dark to tell). He then joined…

6:08 AM ET Liam Brickhill The ICC has written to Zimbabwe Cricket to formalise the results of last week’s board meeting in London, instructing ZC to “unconditionally” reinstate the board elected in June or risk “termination” of their membership. Representatives of both the interim committee, put in place to manage cricket in Zimbabwe by the country’s Sports and Recreation Commission, and ZC were heard at the ICC’s meeting, after which…

3:00 AM ET Toss England chose to bat v Ireland Jason Roy will have an early opportunity to show his value as Test opener after England won the toss and chose to bat on the first morning of the Test against Ireland. Roy and Rory Burns are England’s 16th opening pairing since the retirement of Andrew Strauss in 2012 and their eighth in the last three years. On a surprisingly…

Virat Kohli didn’t want youngsters to repeat the mistakes that he made in his initial years  2:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli is “very excited” by the idea of the soon-to-start World Test Championship (WTC), which, for India, will begin with a tour of the West Indies next month. India have picked younger players for the tour that will start with three T20Is, followed by as many ODIs, and…