Month: July 2019

11:15 AM ET Valkerie Baynes Having had a full week to reflect on her remarkable bowling feats in the third ODI against England, allrounder Ellyse Perry was as humble as she had been while receiving the Player of Match award in front of her team-mates and – very humbled – rivals two Sunday evenings ago in Canterbury. Perhaps it was the fact she was still surrounded by her fellow Australian…

Pat Brown was the star of last year’s Blast with 31 wickets in his debut season  Jul 16, 2019 Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 It happened to Mark Haddon. After his first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time sold more than two million copies, Haddon was the British author to watch. Remember his follow-up, A Spot of Bother? Me neither….

9:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Roy is set to make his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s next week, mere days after playing his part in England’s World Cup final victory over New Zealand. However, Jofra Archer‘s hotly anticipated Test debut will be deferred at least until the Ashes next month, after he was rested from a 13-man squad for the one-off contest that gets underway next Wednesday. Roy,…

8:59 AM ET For all that Inzamam-ul-Haq may have achieved during his stint as chief selector, there is one decision most persistently brought up. In the autumn of 2017, with Pakistan wrapping up a routine clean sweep over Sri Lanka in the UAE, 21-year old Imam-ul-Haq was brought into the side. He opened the batting, scored a century on debut – only the second Pakistani to do – en route…

6:47 AM ET Danyal Rasool In what may yet be the first of several departures in the PCB’s coaching and management set-up, Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to leave his post of chief selector once his contract ends at the end of this month. Addressing the media at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Inzamam said he would not be interesting in seeking out an extension, drawing the curtain over a three-year stint…

Jul 15, 2019 Valkerie Baynes Georgia Elwiss is determined to mark her international return by helping England make a “special” comeback of their own when they face Australia in this week’s Test with the Women’s Ashes on the line. Elwiss, the 28-year-old allrounder who has played the past two WBBL seasons with Melbourne Stars, was named in England’s 13-strong squad for the four-day match starting at Taunton on Thursday after…