5:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Andy Flower has left the ECB after 12 years at the organisation. Flower, who led England to their first ICC tournament win in 2010 and their first away Ashes win since 1986-87 later in that year, was first employed as Peter Moores’ assistant coach in 2007. He became head coach in 2009, and after stepping down following the disastrous 2013-14 Ashes campaign, took up a…
3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Stumps Queensland 153 & 5 for 186 (Burns 52) lead New South Wales 9 for 288 dec (Warner 125, Bertus 53, Gannon 5-94, Neser 2-56) by 51 runs A fighting half-century from Joe Burns has helped Queensland hold off New South Wales’ charge to victory momentarily on a rain-affected third day at the Gabba. Only 63 overs were possible on the third day after the…
Shoaib Malik and Brandon King have been Guyana Amazon Warriors’ batting stars © CPL T20/ Getty Images Big picture When most of us think of CPL star power on the domestic player front, the first names that roll off the tongue are of Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine and the like. But this year’s tournament has suggested that a change of guard maybe…
3:00 AM ET South Australia 2 for 102 (Hunt 62*, Tremain 1-9) trail Victoria 6 for 616 dec (Maddinson 224, Pucovski 123, Harris 116) by 514 runs Victoria’s top three batsmen posted centuries as they piled up a huge first innings score to take complete command on day two against South Australia at the Junction Oval. Nic Maddinson reached his maiden first-class double-century and Will Pucovski posted his fourth Sheffield…
1:44 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of Cricket Ireland, has restated his interest in Ireland touring Pakistan. He had been in Lahore for the recently concluded T20Is against Sri Lanka and was very impressed with the way the series went off. “First of all, we have been treated fabulously well,” Deutrom said in the PCB’s podcast. “The courtesy, the generosity, the hospitality, the warmth, the love…
1:10 PM ET Ashley Giles, England’s director of men’s cricket, has warned that there is no easy way to protect the team’s star players from the heightened profile that comes with their summer’s successes, after a week in which Ben Stokes once again attracted media attention for all the wrong reasons. Stokes was last week named as the PCA’s Player of the Year following his remarkable feats during the World…
11:33 AM ET Reece Topley is set to sign for Surrey on a two-year deal. ESPNcricinfo understands that Topley, the 25-year-old left-arm swing bowler, will have a medical at The Oval next week. It is also understood he has been the subject of interest from several other counties. Sussex were disappointed that he rejected their offer to renew his contract, and released a statement which made reference to the fact…
David Warner put his Ashes struggles behind him as he started the Shield season with a ton 9:52 AM ET David Warner put his bat away and banished a horror Ashes from his mind when he returned to Australia, convinced there wasn’t much more he could have done to overcome the stranglehold the England attack – and chiefly Stuart Broad – had over him from start to finish. The five…
Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt both played key roles in England’s 2017 World Cup win 8:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England team-mates Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt have announced their engagement on National Coming Out Day. The pair revealed the news via an Instagram post and a newspaper interview after Brunt had proposed on New Year’s Eve last year. They told team-mates immediately, but had not previously gone public with…
Agarkar: Agarwal showed how to capitalise on start (9:23) Ajit Agarkar on the India opener’s fight, Kagiso Rabada’s effort and much more (9:23) Oct 10, 2019 Day 1, stumps India 273 for 3 (Agarwal 108, Kohli 63*, Rahane 18*, Rabada 3-48) v South Africa Mayank Agarwal came back to the site of his first-class resurgence to score a second successive Test hundred that sent India into a position of strength…