Month: August 2019

Johnson reveals how to get Smith out (1:34) Mitchell Johnson analyses bowling tactics to Steve Smith after Australia moved 34 runs ahead of England on day 3 at Edgbaston. (1:34) 9:17 AM ET Steve Waugh says he has “never seen anything like” Steven Smith, as Australia’s former captain capped a remarkable comeback Test at Edgbaston with his second century of the match, making him only the fifth Australian and the…

6:49 AM ET Liam Brickhill Ottis Gibson will not be South Africa’s coach for the team’s upcoming tour of India. Gibson’s tenure as coach comes to an end in September and his services will not be retained. Cricket South Africa (CSA) have also announced sweeping changes to the way the national men’s team will be run. A new football style team manager will take overall charge of all aspects of…

2:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Faf du Plessis and Dane van Niekerk, the South Africa men’s and women’s captains, were named the CSA Cricketers of the Year on Saturday. They were declared winners in the ‘Players’ Player of the Year’ category as well. Du Plessis also scooped the ODI-Cricketer-of-the-Year Award while fast-bowling allrounder Marizanne Kapp bagged the corresponding honour in the women’s category. Quinton de Kock and David Miller were…

Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida is the only ICC ODI accredited venue in the USA  1:23 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA’s first round of ODIs against Namibia and Papua…

Aug 2, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff India A 190 (Dube 79, Panchal 58, Holder 5-54, Shepherd 3-29) and 278 for 3 (Agarwal 81, Panchal 68, Easwaran 59, Holder 2-51) beat West Indies A 318 (Hodge 65, Cornwall 56, Siraj 3-63, Markande 3-79) and 149 (Ambris 71, Gowtham 5-17, Warrier 3-43) by seven wickets After clinching a 4-1 series win in the one-day leg of the tour, India A have taken an…

3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Lancashire Lightning 151 for 6 (Maxwell 73) beat Notts Outlaws 148 for 9 (Parkinson 3-22) by 3 runs Until this extraordinary evening nothing was more likely to deflate the sails of the good ship Lancashire than the prospect of playing Notts Outlaws in T20 cricket. The distance between Trent Bridge and Emirates Old Trafford means that the counties had only met nine times since 2011…

2:46 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff On a pitch that Virat Kohli described as “sluggish”, West Indies finished with a below par 95 for 9 to go down by four wickets against India in the first T20I. West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite pointed to his batsmen’s assessment and shot selection as the reasons behind the defeat. “Once again I think we didn’t assess conditions well,” Brathwaite said at the post-match presentation….

Aug 2, 2019 England 267 for 4 (Burns 125*, Stokes 38*) trail Australia 284 by 17 runs It didn’t quite have the backstory of Steven Smith’s century, but for the second day running the opening Ashes Test witnessed a hugely significant hundred as Rory Burns showed tremendous resilience to score his first for England. He finished unbeaten on 125, forming a substantial partnership with Joe Root of 132 and another…

Aug 2, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj will return for Yorkshire’s next two Championship matches, as well as a spell in the Vitality Blast, having enjoyed success during his initial three-match spell in July. Maharaj will be available to play against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough later this month, and for the trip to Taunton beginning on September 10. He is set to make his Blast debut in the…