Shaky Sri Lanka seek parity and progress

October 1, 2019

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Getting Rohit to open in Tests 'has been discussed for a long time' – Kohli

Ideal time to try Rohit as a Test opener – Kohli (3:42) Virat Kohli backs Rohit Sharma, and is all praise for the team buying into the their rotation policy based on conditions (3:42) 8:35 AM ET The idea of getting Rohit Sharma to open the batting in Test cricket wasn’t a sudden one. According to India captain Virat Kohli, the plan had been brewing among the team management “for…

October 1, 2019
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CPL to host women's T10 matches

5:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Caribbean’s top women cricketers will contest two invitational T10 matches on October 10 and 12 in Trinidad, in the lead-up to the CPL 2019 final. The exhibition fixtures, a collaboration between the government of Trinidad and Tobago and Cricket West Indies (CWI), is an attempt at paving the way “for a sustainable women’s league in the future”, CWI said in a statement. West Indies…

October 1, 2019
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Miguel Cummins quits West Indies to sign Kolpak deal with Middlesex

October 1, 2019

Miguel Cummins is mobbed by his team-mates © CWI Media West Indian fast bowler Miguel Cummins has signed a three-year Kolpak deal with Middlesex, ruling him out of contention for his country. Cummins has played 14 Tests and 11 ODIs, with his most recent West Indies appearance coming in the Antigua Test against India in August. The 29-year-old had a brief spell as an overseas player with Middlesex last month,…

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Sam Billings hungrier than ever after bitter season ends sweetly

4:20 AM ET Valkerie Baynes While most English cricketers have been revelling in some down time after a long and intense summer, Sam Billings was left ruing the end of the season and is bursting to return to action on the upcoming tour of New Zealand. Depite the 2019 season comprising, in his own words, the worst six months of his career, Billings believes it has prepared him well to…

October 1, 2019
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Head and Carey marshal South Australia's chase

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia 2 for 257 (Head 80*, Carey 80*, Weatherald 53) beat Tasmania 7 for 255 (Jewell 104, Silk 87) by eight wickets Travis Head and Alex Carey combined in an unbroken stand of 130 to earn South Australia a bonus-point eight-wicket win against Tasmania. Head, South Australia’s captain, and Carey both finished unbeaten on 80 as victory came with 11.2 overs to spare. Carey…

October 1, 2019
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Wriddhiman Saha gets the nod ahead of Rishabh Pant for first South Africa Test

2:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wriddhiman Saha will play his first international match in 22 months after India captain Virat Kohli confirmed that young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was being dropped for the first Test of India’s home season. Pant had stepped into the breach left by unfortunate injuries to Saha, which put him out for way longer than originally anticipated. Pant took the spot with centuries in England and in…

October 1, 2019
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Erin Burns had 'a few butterflies' when asked to bat at No. 3

2:12 AM ET Australia allrounder Erin Burns admitted that there were a few “butterflies” when captain Meg Lanning gave her the nod to bat No. 3 in the second T20I against Sri Lanka on Monday. It was the first time Burns made it to the crease in her brief international career so far, but she responded with a confident 30 off 18 balls in Australia’s crushing nine-wicket win. Prior to…

October 1, 2019
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Darren Lehmann hopeful AB de Villiers will play multiple seasons in BBL

1:09 AM ET Alex Malcolm Brisbane Heat are hopeful of enticing AB de Villiers to play multiple seasons in the Big Bash League after signing him for the upcoming season, according to coach Darren Lehmann. The Heat pulled off a major coup on Tuesday signing de Villiers just months after it appeared as though de Villiers may not play in Australia’s T20 competition at all having withdrawn his interest in…

October 1, 2019
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