Jason Roy charges Nathan Lyon and is bowled © Getty Images You’re not surprised, are you? You’re not surprised that an attack that couldn’t dismiss Steve Smith in the last Ashes can’t dismiss him now. And you’re not surprised that a side that has now failed to make 250 seven times in 11 innings cannot bat through an entire day. You’re not surprised that a man chosen to open in…
2:03 PM ET Having stared down England, the chants of the Hollies Stand and their own doubts, the Australian side led by Tim Paine has still more improvement in it, the captain has claimed, not least the tourists’ most dominant forces of Edgbaston, Steven Smith and Nathan Lyon. Smith won the match award for a spine-tingling double of 144 and 142 in his first match back from the Newlands scandal…
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12:33 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has called time on his cricket career four years after his international retirement. The ongoing Global T20 Canada, where he is representing the Toronto Nationals, will be his last. This means McCullum will not turn up for Glasgow Giants as one of the icon players in the inaugural Euro T20 Slam from August 30. More to follow Source:…
PCB chairman Ehsan Mani speaks at the PSL 2019 draft © Getty Images/AFP In arguably the most significant move to ensuring the PSL takes place in Pakistan in its entirety, all PSL franchises met with the PCB and affirmed their commitment to work towards that goal. Four venues – Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi – have been nominated to cover the entire tournament spanning 34 games, though the UAE does…
11:10 AM ET Joe Root, England’s defeated Test captain, said that the selection of James Anderson had been a group decision, after his absence from the attack due to injury contributed significantly to England’s 251-run loss against Australia in the opening Test of the Ashes at Edgbaston. Despite coming through a number of fitness tests in the lead-up to the game, Anderson lasted just four overs on the first morning…
10:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dale Steyn has called time on his Test career with immediate effect, bringing the curtains down on one of the greatest careers in the longest format. Steyn retires with 439 wickets in Tests, the most for South Africa, having over-taken Shaun Pollock earlier this year. He will continue to be available for ODIs and T20Is. “Today I walk away from a format of the game…
Nathan Lyon wheels away in celebration © Getty Images Australia 284 (Smith 144, Broad 5-86) and 487 for 7 dec (Smith 142, Wade 110, Head 51) beat England 374 (Burns 133, Root 57, Stokes 50) and 146 (Lyon 6-49, Cummins 4-32) by 251 runs They came with hope of batting out the final day and leaving Edgbaston intact, but England were blown away by Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins as…
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Babar Azam licks his lips © Getty Images Somerset have set the gold standard among counties for streaming their games, and have had to find a way to manage an influx of traffic after the signing of Babar Azam. Ben Warren, Somerset’s digital marketing executive, had to upgrade the club website’s server capacity after their first game of the Blast, a win at Glamorgan that was not streamed live, as…