Aug 27, 2019 How did a year out of international cricket change Steven Smith? Most obviously there is the guitar he carts around with him these days, a way of building more to his life away from the game that consumed him to the point that he could not see beyond it at the most critical moment in South Africa last year. You get the sense, too, that the Smith…
2:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sydney Thunder have re-signed Alex Blackwell and Rachael Haynes for the upcoming season of the Women’s Big Bash League, with the latter named captain after Blackwell opted out. While Blackwell has signed a year’s contract with the franchise, Haynes’ deal extends to two years. The extension means that 35-year-old Blackwell, who is also Thunder’s all-time leading run-getter, will be playing a record-equalling 19th season of…
10:52 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Keemo Paul has recovered from his ankle injury and has been drafted back into the West Indies squad straightaway for the second and final Test against India in Kingston, replacing Miguel Cummins, the man who had filled in for him in Antigua. Squad: Jason Holder (capt), Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope…
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey 158 for 4 (Finch 102*) beat Somerset 157 for 9 (Banton 47, Tahir 4-25) by six wickets Aaron Finch clattered a remarkable nine sixes in a brilliant 102 not out from 53 balls at the Kia Oval as Surrey kept alive their slim hopes of reaching a Vitality Blast quarter-final by severely denting Somerset’s qualification ambitions with a barnstorming six-wicket victory. Chasing Somerset’s…
3:03 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson has taken another step in his Ashes comeback plan with a solid day’s work for Lancashire 2nd XI. Anderson bowled just four overs on the opening day of the first Test at Edgbaston before he was struck down by a calf injury which ruled him out of the rest of that match and the following two Ashes Tests. He was, however, present behind…
1:53 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fidel Edwards has signed a one-year contract extension with Hampshire, keeping him at the Ageas Bowl until the end of the 2020 season. Edwards, the 37-year-old West Indian fast bowler has taken 47 wickets at an average of 23.55 this season, including four five-wicket hauls, with three Championship fixtures remaining. “I’m very pleased to have signed for my sixth season at Hampshire, which has become…
11:33 AM ET Vishal Dikshit Mumbai have reappointed Vinayak Samant as their coach in controversial circumstances just before the start of the upcoming domestic season. Samant was retained after former Mumbai coach Sulakshan Kulkarni, who served them from 2011 to 2014, turned the offer down following disagreements with the Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) ad-hoc committee, primarily over the remuneration offered to him. Kulkarni claims that when he was initially interviewed…
Mithali Raj drives through cover © BCCI Mithali Raj remains committed to playing T20Is for India, making herself available for the home series against South Africa in September. However, it is unclear whether the team still has space for the 36-year-old batsman. Mithali was at the centre of a great deal of controversy at the last T20 World Cup, where she claimed she was unfairly excluded from the XI for…
Henry Brookes bowls in front of a nearly-deserted Edgbaston as fans flocked to the concourse to watch Ben Stokes’ heroics 6:12 AM ET David Hopps Close General editor, ESPNcricinfo David Hopps joined ESPNcricinfo as UK editor early in 2012. For the previous 20 years he was a senior cricket writer for the Guardian and covered England extensively during that time in all Test-playing nations. He also covered four Olympic Games…