Month: November 2019

Why Australia owe Anderson for Labuschagne discovery (4:02) It’s a fascinating story which began when the England fast bowler injured his calf. Mel Farrell has more (4:02) 8:00 AM GMT Australia 1 for 302 (Warner 166*, Labuschagne 126*) v Pakistan Even by the miserable standards of the past quarter century, this was a wretched day for Pakistan down under. Centuries from the resurgent David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, a man…

12:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Murtagh has announced his retirement from Ireland duty after signing a two-year contract extension with Middlesex. The decision, forced in part by the change to ECB regulations that would have seen him classed as an overseas player had his continued his international career, means Murtagh’s final outing in an Ireland shirt was his honours board-worthy performance in their maiden Test at Lord’s. Murtagh, 38,…

11:34 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rashid Khan will return to Sussex as the club’s T20 overseas player for the 2020 season. Rashid, who has also worked with Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie at Adelaide Strikers, will be available for the whole of the Blast group stage. It will be his third stint at the club. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

8:00 AM GMT Western Australia 5 for 296 (Green 95*, Stoinis 79, Mennie 2-67) against South Australia Exciting Western Australia allrounder Cameron Green has continued his outstanding recent form with an unbeaten 95 to dig the home side out of a hole against South Australia on day one at the WACA. Marcus Stoinis also made an excellent 79 and shared a 122-run stand with Green after WA had slumped to…

10:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It got a lot of attention – enough for the MCC to reportedly consider a review – in the World Cup final but it turns out the umpires might have repeated their mistake with awarding overthrow runs for much less dramatic consequences during the Adelaide Test. In the 24th over of Australia’s innings, David Warner tucked a ball towards long leg and rushed off for…

9:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson has said he “doesn’t see any reason” why he shouldn’t play in the 2021-22 Ashes series as a 39-year-old despite bowling only four overs for England in the last nine months. Anderson went off after hurting his calf during the first day of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston this summer, and after a recurrence of the injury while he tried to return in…

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 4 for 98 (Heazlett 54*, Bird 3-26) trail Tasmania 107 (Doolan 34, Doran 32, Steketee 5-19) by nine runs A career-best performance from Mark Steketee put Queensland in complete command against Tasmania in Hobart on day one. Steketee took his maiden Sheffield Shield five-wicket haul, claiming 5 for 19, to skittle Tasmania for just 107. Sam Heazlett countered an early wobble with a timely…