8:25 AM GMT West Indies may be ranked eighth in Test cricket right now, but captain Jason Holder believes that by the time the World Test Championship is done, they have a “realistic” chance of being in the top four. Holder led West Indies to a nine-wicket win against Afghanistan at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, with the match completed in just over two days. Holder himself hastened the end…
8:12 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka have named a full-strength Test squad for their upcoming tour of Pakistan in December 2019. Dimuth Karunaratne will lead with the side, with experienced batsmen Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal also in the 16-member squad. The team leaves for Pakistan on December 8, where they will play two Test matches that will count towards the ICC World Test Championship. There’s only one change…
7:38 AM GMT Chris Woakes may have bowled himself on to the South Africa tour after emerging as the pick of England’s seamers on the first day of the second Test in Hamilton. A week ago, having been passed over for selection for the first Test, it looked as Woakes’ chances of making that tour were receding. It was not just that he had fallen behind the seamers on this…
‘We need to evolve very quickly to support mental health issues – Shane Watson (3:13) Shane Watson opens up about being named the ACA president, the T10 format, and more (3:13) 7:31 AM GMT Earl Eddings, the Cricket Australia chairman, has indicated that the broad issues of anti-corruption processes and sports betting are up for discussion with the Australian Cricketers Association, though he has stopped short of meeting with its…
8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 6 for 223 (Larkin 50, Siddle 2-40) v Victoria New South Wales opener Nick Larkin held firm with a half-century against an in-form Victoria attack on a low-scoring day at the MCG. Larkin was the only Blues player to pass 50 as they were reduced to 6 for 149 before an unbeaten 74-run stand from Peter Nevill and Sean Abbott saved the…
8:00 AM GMT Afghanistan 187 and 109 for 7 (Ahmadi 62, Chase 3-10, Cornwall 3-41) lead West Indies 277 (Brooks 111, Campbell 55, Hamza 5-74) by 19 runs Shamarh Brooks‘ maiden Test century and Rahkeem Cornwall‘s match haul of ten wickets took West Indies to the doorstep of victory by the end of day two of the one-off Test in Lucknow. After starting the day on 68 for 2, West…
5:16 AM GMT Ben Stokes may not be able to bowl in the rest of the second Test against New Zealand after experiencing a recurrence of a knee problem. Stokes reported pain in his left knee as he completed his second over in Hamilton. While he remained on the field, the England management reported the injury would be assessed before a decision was made over whether he would bowl again…
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Zak Crawley is presented with his Test cap by team-mate Joe Denly © Getty Images England won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand Zak Crawley has been handed a Test debut for the second Test in Hamilton, with Ollie Pope taking over as wicketkeeper, after Jos Buttler failed to recover from the back strain that he suffered in the gym in the build-up to the match….
8:00 AM GMT Durban Heat 182 for 3 (Vilas 75*, Lubbe 49, Steyn 2-25) beat Cape Town Blitz 181 for 5 (Malan 75, Beddingham 44, Abbott 2-32) by seven wickets Cape Town Blitz’s Dale Steyn conjured a vintage spell with the new ball on his grandfather’s birthday, but Dane Vilas and Wihan Lubbe crashed their party and led Durban Heat to their first victory in MSL 2019. Steyn struck twice…