Month: July 2019

1:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mushfiqur Rahim said that while defeat against Sri Lanka in Bangladesh’s ongoing ODI series was disappointing, it didn’t mean that the progress Bangladesh had made in the past few years amounted to nothing. Bangladesh lost the second ODI, giving Sri Lanka an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The loss comes on the back of a World Cup campaign that fizzled out after promising…

Afghanistan bowling coach Charl Langeveldt organizes his charges during training  1:39 AM ET Since 2015, a major part of Bangladesh’s resurgence as a force in ODI cricket was because of their ability to take wickets with the new ball. However, in the recently concluded World Cup, they could manage only seven wickets in the first Powerplay, at a strike-rate of 113.14 and bowling average of 105. This is the first…

11:30 PM ET Josh Hazlewood has declared that Aaron Finch’s recent struggles to convert an aggressive ODI game into Test match runs should raise questions about how well Jason Roy might be able to adapt to a similar role change at the top of the order for England during the Ashes series starting this week in Birmingham. Having dominated as an opener in England’s World Cup winning campaign, Roy was…

9:29 PM ET Alex Malcolm When Australia announced their six-strong fast bowling cartel for the Ashes series on Friday, Jhye Richardson‘s absence slipped quietly by. One of the stars of Australia’s last Test series against Sri Lanka, and arguably the gold nugget find of their toughest home summer in decades, was instead sitting in a hotel room in Darwin preparing for a guest appearance in a club match for Nightcliff…

Jul 27, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand have named four spinners in their squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka which marks the beginning of the World Test Championship for both teams. Offspinner Will Somerville and left-armer Ajaz Patel are reunited after their role in helping New Zealand to their 2-1 victory over Pakistan in the UAE last year. They are joined by Mitchell Santner, who played his last…

The presence of former players such as Steve Waugh has helped share the burden on Justin Langer  6:15 PM ET At the lowest moment of a tumultuous first six months, mentoring a weakened Australian team through the troubles waters that followed the Newlands scandal, Justin Langer‘s wife Sue broke down in tears at the toll the job was taking on their family. Over breakfast at the team hotel in Sydney,…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 184 for 8 (Carey 78) beat Somerset 171 for 5 (Babar 83, Banton 51) by 13 runs Alex Carey marked his Sussex Sharks debut with a brilliant 78 to set up a 13-run Vitality Blast victory over Somerset at Taunton. Australian Carey cracked seven fours and four sixes in a 46-ball innings that entertained a crowd of 7,400. Laurie Evans and David Wiese…

Ellyse Perry has become the first player to reach 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20Is  1:53 PM ET Matt Roller at Hove Ellyse Perry’s unbeaten 47 in Australia’s seven-wicket win at Hove made her the first player – male or female – to reach the all-round milestone of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 international cricket. Perry had brought up her 100th wicket by dismissing Nat Sciver in…

1:08 PM ET Usman Khawaja has revealed he is one full running session away from being cleared to play in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston starting Thursday. Australia missed his presence in the top order during their World Cup semi-final loss to England, a tournament he felt “in my heart” Australia would win. While rain kept the majority of Australia’s optional training session indoors on Sunday, Khawaja bided his…