3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 216 for 6 (Cook 45, Ingram 44) beat Hampshire 188 for 8 (Northeast 60, Walker 3-39) by 28 runs Glamorgan, playing only for pride, posted their highest-ever T20 total at Sophia Gardens and their third-highest anyway as they avoided the embarrassment of the first winless campaign since Derbyshire in 2007. Chasing 217 to keep their hopes of qualification alive, Sam Northeast’s 60 wasn’t…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 143 for 5 (Davies 39) beat Leicestershire 142 for 9 (Parkinson 2-26) Despite some persistent rain the good times rolled at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday evening when 15,196 spectators, a new ground record for a non-Roses T20 game, saw Lancashire Lightning defeat Leicestershire Foxes by five wickets, thereby securing top spot in the North Group. Needing 143 to win, the home side…
2:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies’ Lendl Simmons will replace New Zealand opener Colin Munro for the first three matches for Trinbago Knight Riders. Munro will be in Sri Lanka for the upcoming T20Is starting September 1 and Simmons will fill in for the CPL matches on September 4, 6 and 8. This will be Simmons’ fifth franchise in the CPL, having appeared for Guyana Amazon Warriors, St Lucia…
3:00 AM ET Daniel Brettig at Derby Derbyshire 172 and 53 for 3 trail Australians 338 for 5 dec (Marsh 74, Khawaja 72, Harris 64) by 113 runs Steven Smith batted in a match for the first time since his concussion diagnosis during the Lord’s Test with the air of a cricketer impatient for the Ashes to resume or, at least, to face better bowling than the modest spin being…
1:00 PM ET Joe Denly is set to open the batting for England in the fourth Test in Manchester. While Denly has opened in first-class cricket just three times in the last four years – two of those occasions coming when he made his Test debut in Antigua earlier this year – he is poised to swap places in England’s Test team with Jason Roy, who is expected to bat…
11:59 AM ET Liam Brickhill Tshwane Spartans coach Mark Boucher is expecting “great things” from Tom Curran, the England and Surrey allrounder who will join his team as their marquee international signing for the upcoming second edition of the Mzansi Super League. Curran, 24, was part of England’s World Cup winning squad, and has been capped across all three formats. Boucher hopes Curran will bring some of the expertise and…
Shikhar Dhawan raises his bat to the crowd as he walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal. 11:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan has been added to India A squad for the fourth and fifth one-day games against South Africa A in Thiruvananthapuram, while Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the series after an injury to his right thumb. Dhawan had left the World Cup midway after…
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies opt to field v India Rahkeem Cornwall, the offspinning allrounder who made head turns since his first-class debut in 2014, was handed a West Indies Test debut as their captain Jason Holder chose to bowl in Kingston. Needing a win to share the series honours with India, West Indies brought in Cornwall for fast bowler Miguel Cummins while a late injury to wicketkeeper Shai…
9:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The cancellation of the Euro T20 Slam has opened up a window for Ireland to host Scotland and Netherlands in a T20I tri-series from September 15. The short series consisting seven matches – where each team plays the other twice – will give all three sides an opportunity to tune-up ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers in UAE in October. All the matches…
James Anderson prepares to bowl at England’s nets session © Getty Images James Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes after suffering a recurrence of his calf injury while playing for Lancashire’s 2nd XI in a bid to prove his fitness. England had been hoping to add him to their squad for the Old Trafford Test, but have instead called up Somerset allrounder Craig Overton as…