Month: July 2019

12:01 PM ET Cameron Bancroft and Marnus Labuschagne will have the chance to elbow their way into Australia’s Ashes tour party. The duo are part of a preliminary 25-man squad to face-off in a warm-up game ahead of the first Test against England starting August 1. Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis are the notable absentees. The squad will be trimmed to 16 for the series beginning August 1. Labuschagne (1057…

3:00 AM ET Big picture And so it all comes down to this. After 47 matches stretched across six weeks, after a rollercoaster of a group stage (which, like all the best big dippers, started tame before lurching into a series of gut-wrenching twists and turns), and after a pair of semi-finals that were as compelling as they were different, we’re left with just two teams standing. World Cup virgins…

Warner and Smith have been greeted with boos at different points during the World Cup  3:38 AM ET As Steven Smith sets up to face Jofra Archer’s final spell of the World Cup semi-final, there’s a bellowing voice from the RS Wyatt Stand: “Finish the cheat off! Sand him down!” Smith survives the over, but not Jos Buttler’s throw between his legs for a run out soon after. When England…

Hodge: Khawaja a disappointing loss for Australia (1:44) Brad Hodge feels it will be huge loss for Australia if Usman Khawaja can not return to the side, but sees Peter Handscombe as a strong replacement (1:44) Jul 12, 2019 Australia’s coach Justin Langer believes the absence of Usman Khawaja was critical to the team’s failure to put up a defendable total in their World Cup semi-final hiding by England, pinpointing…

9:56 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA head coach Pubudu Dassanayake has abruptly resigned after just under three years in the role following a breakdown in his relationship with the USA Cricket…

Rashid beats Stoinis! Australia five down (0:54) Rashid beats Stoinis! Australia five down (0:54) 1:24 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It was a delivery that not only claimed Australia’s fifth wicket, but confirmed the sense that England were on their way to the World Cup final. Adil Rashid‘s googly to trap Marcus Stoinis lbw was a fine example of England’s legspinner going about his craft as well as an indication that…

11:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia have wasted little time in turning their thoughts to next month’s Ashes series after yesterday’s semi-final defeat against England, adding three players from their World Cup party to the squad to play the Lions at Canterbury on Sunday. Peter Handscomb, who was bowled by Chris Woakes for 4 yesterday in his only appearance of the tournament, is joined by Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh…

8:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tickets for Sunday’s World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord’s are being offered for resale with a mark-up of thousands of pounds, despite the ICC warning it will cancel tickets purchased via unauthorised outlets. The ICC provides its own platform on which unwanted tickets can be sold on, and has repeatedly made clear its dissatisfaction with secondary ticketing sites offering seats at…

8:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rashid Khan has been named Afghanistan’s captain across all formats, while former captain Asghar Afghan has been appointed his deputy. In April, Rashid was made T20I captain with Rahmat Shah and Gulbadin Naib taking the charge of Test and ODI sides respectively. ESPNcricinfo understands Rashid was offered the ODI captaincy as well before the World Cup, but had declined the offer then. Afghanistan lost all…