6:28 PM ET India lost the World Cup semi-final in the first 45 minutes of their chase against New Zealand, and will now return home “heartbroken”, according to their captain, Virat Kohli, who nevertheless insisted that his team had done a “commendable” job in the course of the tournament. The several hundred India fans, who had opted to stay back for the second day of the rain-interrupted contest, were left…
3:53 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Aftab Alam, the Afghanistan fast bowler, has been suspended from domestic and international cricket for one year for a code of conduct violation at the 2019 World Cup. His national contract also stands suspended for the mentioned period. The decision came after an investigation by the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s disciplinary committee, following a decision taken at the board’s annual general meeting in Kabul last week….
‘More confident than we were three games ago’ – Morgan (1:07) England captain responds to query on the team’s impeccable record at Edgbaston (1:07) 2:56 PM ET It’s barely remembered now, but the England ODI side was ranked No.1 in the world for five months in 2012. They had beaten Pakistan in the UAE. They had beaten India and Australia at home. They had three men – Jonathan Trott, Alastair…
Haseeb Hameed dug in as wickets fell © Getty Images Lancashire 315 (Davies 147, Croft 78) and 275 for 4 (Bohannon 65*, Hameed 55, Vilas 53*, Davies 53) drew with Northamptonshire 442 (Bavuma 103, Vasconcelos 77, Rossington 76, Onions 5-77) and 263 for 9 dec (Keogh 74) Lancashire have made little secret of the fact that they regard themselves as the strongest all-round side in Division Two, and not too…
3:00 AM ET Kent 369 (Denly 88, Crawley 69, Bell-Drummond 64, Kuhn 54) and 124 for 5 (Robinson 51*) beat Surrey 271 (Elgar 63, Foakes 60) and 218 (Elgar 65, Stevens 5-60) by five wickets The sun was at its warmest of the week, but the Oval at its quietest as two true men of the game stood no more than ten yards apart dissecting a riveting contest and placing…
7:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England U19s have named a familiar squad for this summer’s tri-series against India and Bangladesh, retaining ten players from the touring party that was beaten in all three formats in Bangladesh at the start of the year. George Balderson, the Lancashire all-rounder, will captain the squad for the first time, while there are maiden call-ups for Tom Clark (Sussex), Blake Cullen (Middlesex), Joey Evison (Nottinghamshire),…
Swann: Pandya and Pant batted really well to soak the pressure (1:33) Graeme Swann, Murali Kartik, Ajit Agarkar and Daniel Vettori discuss whether Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya were at fault for their wickets (1:33) 11:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Winning the heart-stopping semi-final against South Africa in the World Cup four years ago was vastly different from the latest one at Old Trafford, but the hard scrap to beat…
Jul 9, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 212 and 58 for 1 need a further 335 runs to beat Durham 117 and 487 for 7 dec (Lees 93, Rimmington 92, Trevaskis 64) Durham made an early breakthrough after captain Cameron Bancroft set Leicestershire a formidable 393 to win the Specsavers County Championship match at the Fischer County Ground. Foxes captain Paul Horton was caught behind by Ned Eckersley, a fine…
Virat Kohli congratulates Kane Williamson after the game © Associated Press Heavy favourites coming into their World Cup 2019 semi-final after topping the league stage, India’s campaign came to an end in a thriller at Old Trafford and captain Virat Kohli admitted New Zealand got through to the final because “they were far sharper when it came to the crunch moments.” “It always feels disappointing when you’ve played such good…
Jul 9, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 113 and 156 for 5 (Ferguson 71*) need a further 217 runs to beat Derbyshire 108 and 377 (Lace 132*, Palladino 58, Barnard 4-48) Callum Ferguson and Ben Cox frustrated Derbyshire’s hopes of a three-day win in the Specsavers County Championship match with Worcestershire at Kidderminster. The pair joined forces half an hour before tea with Worcestershire in disarray at 48 for 5…