3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 202 for 4 (Babar 102*, Abell 57) beat Hampshire 69 for 6 (Taylor 2-12) by 63 runs (DLS method) Babar Azam smashed his first Vitality Blast century, and highest career T20 score, to set up a crushing 63-run DLS win for Somerset over Hampshire. Pakistan star Babar is the leading run-scorer in the Blast and now has 425 runs in eight innings in…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 165 for 8 (Cockbain 40) beat Surrey 94 for 2 (S Curran 51*) by nine runs (DLS method) Surrey were beaten by nine runs by Gloucestershire on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculations, suffering their sixth defeat in eight Vitality Blast outings this season, when a rain delay left them needing to score 52 from another 4.1 overs at the Kia Oval. They managed 42 of them,…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 130 for 6 (Carey 32, Sowter 3-20) beat Middlesex 127 for 6 (Eskinazi 57*, Robinson 4-15) by four wickets Sussex Sharks strengthened their grip on the South Group in the Vitality Blast after easing to a four-wicket wicket win over Middlesex. A sold-out 6000 crowd at Hove saw third-placed Middlesex recover from 40 for 5 to 127 for 6 with Ollie Robinson taking…
England’s white-ball players are set to transition to new central contracts in February 2:00 PM ET The ECB is considering postponing the start date of some England player central contracts, though it has denied that is because it is facing cash-flow difficulties. In the past, central contracts have run from the start of October to the end of September to reflect the English season. While the next contracts will be…
Aug 8, 2019 Australians 266 for 5 dec and 92 for 1 (Harris 62*) lead Worcestershire 201 for 9 dec (Milton 74, Morris 53*, Hazlewood 3-34) by 157 runs During a pesky lower order stand between Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad that looked to have given England a significant advantage at the midpoint of the Edgbaston Ashes Test, a common refrain throughout was how the pace of Mitchell Starc and…
10:37 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Moeen Ali has enjoyed as many highs as he has endured lows in his Test career. After his omission from England’s squad for the Ashes Test at Lord’s, we track his many ups and downs over the last two years. Ashes 2017-18 Moeen went into the 2017-18 Ashes on the back of…
10:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid, England’s World Cup-winning legspinner, has been ruled out for the rest of the season as his shoulder injury continues to plague him. Rashid’s shoulder injury was first made public when England’s World Cup squad was announced, and was cited as a reason for the inclusion of Liam Dawson over Joe Denly. It was not sufficiently serious that it caused him to miss any…
10:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have dropped Moeen Ali from their squad to face Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, with Somerset’s left-arm spinner Jack Leach called up in his place. James Anderson and Olly Stone also miss out on the 12-man group through injury, as England attempt to fight back from 1-0 down in the series. Moeen endured a difficult time in the opening Test at…
Gerald Mlotshwa, chairman of Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission, that was put in charge of running Zimbabwe cricket 9:12 AM ET Liam Brickhill The spat between Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission and Zimbabwe Cricket appears to have reached a resolution. On Thursday the SRC announced that the dispute had been settled, with all parties agreeing to an “Order by Consent”, with the matter now pending before an administrative court. Zimbabwe…
Rahul Dravid has been cleared by the BCCI to take charge at the National Cricket Academy 7:39 AM ET The controversy around Rahul Dravid‘s possible conflict-of-interest situation could be resolved by next week, with the BCCI’s ombudsman saying today that he expects to decide on the issue by then. The BCCI, meanwhile, has restated its stand that Dravid is in the clear, with Vinod Rai, the chairman of its Committee…