The Afghanistan players, including Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi don their maiden Test caps 7:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan are set to play their maiden Test against West Indies on November 27 in their adopted home country India. This game is part of a full tour that also includes three T20Is and three ODIs. Nov 5 – First T20I Nov 7 – Second T20I Nov 9 – Third T20I…
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12:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia have given themselves a head start in the Women’s Ashes with victory in the first two ODIs and coach Matthew Mott is confident there is more to come after they were able to win despite two stuttering displays from the top order. They edged over the line by two wickets in the opening match – after which Mott was critical of the shot selection…
Mustafizur picks up his second successive five-wicket haul (1:55) Mustafizur Rahman registered figures of 5 for 75 against Pakistan at Lord’s (1:55) 9:16 PM ET Mohammad Isam at Lord’s Despite finishing the World Cup with back-to-back five-wicket hauls, Mustafizur Rahman is focused on improving his accuracy to become a more consistent bowler at the death. He claimed 5 for 75 against Pakistan, to follow his 5 for 59 against India,…
Shaheen notches record World Cup six-for (2:00) Shaheen Afridi registered the best-ever figures by a Pakistan bowler at the World Cup and also became the youngest-ever to take a five-for in the tournament (2:00) 5:31 PM ET Sarfaraz Ahmed‘s comments from the eve of the match, about putting up “600, 500 or 400”, had become social media fodder. But as is wont to happen depressingly often these days, the rest…
5:13 PM ET Sidharth Monga Fielding is one of cricket’s grey eras even in this age of data. It is debatable how much it matters, clearly being the least important of the four main skills, behind bowling, batting and wicketkeeping. Then there is no agreement on how to measure or assess fielding. It is mostly subjective, and on occasions good fielding – reaching but failing to catch a ball that…
Nafees: Bangladesh need to find support for Shakib, Mustafizur (0:58) Shahriar Nafees believes that Bangladesh are close to winning a big tournament but they need a few more consistent players to support Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman to do so. (0:58) 2:36 PM ET Mohammad Isam at Lord’s Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh captain, underlined their poor bowling in the first 20 overs and fielding as the main reason for…
Du Plessis: Kolpak a ‘dangling carrot’ for SA players (1:27) Faf du Plessis on the ‘Kolpak’ question and the implications it may have on South African cricket after the World Cup (1:27) 2:29 PM ET South Africa captain Faf du Plessis believes it would be “amazing” if the ICC was to act on Jason Holder’s suggestion of introducing a minimum wage into international cricket. However, du Plessis also conceded it…
© Getty Images Pakistan 315 for 9 (Imam 100, Babar 96, Mustafizur 5-75) beat Bangladesh 221 (Shakib 64, Shaheen Afridi 6-35) by 94 runs The ridiculous fantasies of engineering an improbable win aside, this was an excellent Pakistan performance, subduing a side that three weeks ago, most would have fancied to turn them over. It meant they became the first team to bow out at a World Cup with four…