Melbourne Stars pluck out Dilbar Hussain as Haris Rauf replacement

4:45 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Melbourne Stars have signed another uncapped Pakistan quick Dilbar Hussain as an overseas replacement player for Haris Rauf ahead of Saturday’s BBL clash with Brisbane Heat. Rauf has left the Stars to play for Pakistan in a three-match T20I series against Bangladesh starting in Lahore on Friday. Rauf is a chance to return for the Stars first final on January 31 but Hussain has been…

January 24, 2020
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Bank on the Jonathan Wells-Liam Livingstone combination

Fantasy Pick | Consider picking both Agars (5:43) Here are our fantasy picks for the game between the Perth Scorchers and Adelaide Strikers (5:43) Jan 23, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff January 24: Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers in Perth Our XI: Josh Inglis, Liam Livingstone, Jonathan Wells, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Jhye Richardson, Fawad Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Ashton Agar, Chris Jordan, Wes Agar NOTE: We might not always be able to…

January 24, 2020
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KL Rahul should give you plenty of points

Fantasy Pick | Pack your team with power-hitters (6:37) Here are our fantasy picks for the first T20I between New Zealand and India (6:37) Jan 23, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff January 24: New Zealand v India, 1st T20I, Auckland Our XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami NOTE: We might not always be able to…

January 24, 2020
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Stock up on batsmen in batting-friendly Hobart

Fantasy Pick | A knockout before the knockouts? (5:33) Here are our fantasy picks for the game between Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder (5:33) Jan 23, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff January 24: Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder in Hobart Our XI: Matthew Wade, D’Arcy Short, Alex Hales, Alex Ross, David Miller, Ben McDermott, Chris Morris, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Qais Ahmed, Scott Boland NOTE: We might not always be able to…

January 24, 2020
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Connor Sully takes Australia to final-ball thriller over England

Connor Sully and Todd Murphy’s unbeaten ninth-wicket stand won it for Australia  Jan 23, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Australia continued to enjoy the edge over England at the Under-19 World Cup and in thrilling style. Two years after Lloyd Pope’s astonishing 8 for 35 in Queenstown bowled Australia into the semi-final, they managed to haul themselves over the line by two wickets off the final ball in the Group B encounter…

January 24, 2020
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Stuart Broad "still living for" The Ashes, even if he misses Sri Lanka tour

6:38 PM GMT Stuart Broad insists he is “perfectly fine” with missing out on selection for the Test squad to tour Sri Lanka but “is still living” for the chance to play one more Ashes series. While England’s spinners claimed 49 wickets in the three-match series that took place in Sri Lanka at the end of 2018, England’s seamers claimed just seven wickets between them. So Broad is realistic about…

January 23, 2020
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Team-mates past and present lead Vernon Philander retirement tributes

January 23, 2020

Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander leave the field after the 3rd day of the 3rd Test © AFP / Getty Images Vernon Philander will retire at the end of this series against England, having claimed more than 200 Test wickets in an eight-year career. Here’s what his contemporaries had to say about him on the eve of his swan song at the Wanderers: Faf du Plessis: “A banker” “With…

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Mackenzie Harvey's 63 helps Australia prevail over England

January 23, 2020

© ICC via Getty Australia continued to enjoy the edge over England at the Under-19 World Cup. Two years after Lloyd Pope’s astonishing 8 for 35 in Queenstown bowled Australia into the semi-final, Mackenzie Harvey struck a vital half-century in a chase of 253 to win a thriller by two wickets. This meant Australia and West Indies, the table toppers, are through to the quarter-finals from Group B. Ben Charlesworth…

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Series win in South Africa would be 'proudest result' as captain – Joe Root

4:21 PM GMT Joe Root believes winning the Test series in South Africa would rank as the “proudest result” of his captaincy career. While Root has led his side to other series victories – notably a 3-0 clean sweep in Sri Lanka little more than a year ago and a 4-1 victory against India earlier in the same year – he believes that winning against South Africa with a young…

January 23, 2020
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