3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India women 248 for 5 (Raj 66, Raut 65, Khaka 3-69) beat South Africa women 247 for 6 (Wolvaardt 69, Pandey 2-38) by five wickets In a reprise of her match-winning knock in the 2017 Women’s World Cup Qualifier final, against South Africa, that secured India the title off the final ball, Harmanpreet Kaur‘s unbeaten 39 helped seal the team’s highest successful chase in ODIs…
7:07 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s Test captain Joe Root has said he thinks Chris Silverwood’s appointment as Trevor Bayliss’ successor is “a really good” one. Since succeeding Alastair Cook at the start of 2017, Root has had to put up with Test cricket being secondary to the white-ball game, with England’s main focus on the Champions Trophy and then the World Cup, but ECB managing director Ashley Giles has…
Cameron Green is mobbed by his team-mates after picking up a wicket © Getty Images Tasmania 5 for 217 (Silk 44, Jewell 41*, Wade 40, Mitchell Marsh 2-38, Green 2-44) trail Western Australia 337 by 120 runs It was a stop-start day across at the WACA in Perth, with rain forcing the players off four times and allowing only 69 overs of play. In that time, Tasmania, who started the…
The top local cricketers might be unhappy if overseas players are paid more than them 4:18 AM ET Each of the seven Bangladesh Premier League teams for the upcoming season of the T20 tournament must have an overseas quick bowler who bowls above 140kph and a legspinner, who has to bowl four overs in each game, the Bangladesh Cricket Board director Mahbubul Anam has announced. But he didn’t provide any…
Six young guns to watch out for this Shield season (1:01) Each one of them could go on to be a red-ball star for Australia in the future (1:01) 3:00 AM ET Victoria 1 for 362 (Maddinson 195*, Harris 116) v South Australia Victoria openers Nic Maddinson and Marcus Harris kept their names firmly under the Australian selectors’ noses with sensational hundreds on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield…
2:38 AM ET Anil Kumble is set to take over as head coach of Kings XI Punjab in the IPL from the upcoming season, while also being put in charge of “all cricket-related affairs” of the team for the foreseeable future, co-owner of the franchise Mohit Burman has confirmed. With the update, Kumble becomes the only Indian coach in the IPL. Burman also informed ESPNcricinfo that Kumble will make a…
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‘I was cooked’ – Smith (1:30) Steve Smith talked about how he needed to take some time away following the Ashes but that he’s excited to return for the Sheffield Shield. (1:30) 3:00 AM ET New South Wales 3 for 50 trail Queensland 153 (Labuschagne 69, Conway 5-17) by 103 runs Cameron Gannon, the Queensland pace bowler who was playing for USA in August, did what none of England’s attack…
10:09 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia has launched a parental leave policy which guarantees players who become pregnant 12 months of paid leave along with three weeks for partners and other support including addition funding for tours. CA and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) have been working on the policy for two years and it came into action earlier this year. Alongside 12 months of paternal leave, players who…
4:20 PM ET Chris Silverwood’s first reaction on hearing that he was England’s new head coach was a one-word exclamation: “Wow”. He was sitting in his lounge as Ashley Giles’ name flashed up on his phone, and recalls falling rather silent as the enormity of his new role washed over him. It was left to his wife Victoria to do the handstands on his behalf, after a silent fist-pump had…