12:12 PM GMT South Africa have become the third automatic qualifiers to the 2021 women’s World Cup, to be held in New Zealand, apart from the home side. South Africa got there after their 3-0 sweep over New Zealand, and joined Australia and England as the direct entrants. One more team will earn a direct berth at the competition based on the 2017-2020 Women’s Championship points table, and the remaining…
12:04 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Even as they pushed for a first ever Test win against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe’s cricketers did so knowing their salaries would be cut after the two-Test series. Zimbabwe had been defeated in the first Test by 10 wickets, though they fought well in the first half of the match. Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani said “it can’t be business as usual” given the financial crunch…
Josh Hazlewood celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of Pete Handscomb 8:00 AM GMT Sydney Sixers 7 for 142 (Philippe 34, Zampa 3-21) beat Melbourne Stars 99 (Abbott 3-23, Hazlewood 2-14, O’Keefe 2-22) by 43 runs The Sydney Sixers will host the Big Bash League decider at the SCG and consequently the celebrity bushfire relief fundraising game that will precede it, after the Melbourne Stars fell into an…
11:15 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Paul Stirling, the Ireland top-order batsman, has joined Northamptonshire for part of the T20 Blast as an overseas player, despite the fact he is a British passport-holder and was born in Belfast. He will provide cover for Kieron Pollard, who will play eight games for Northants in the middle of their campaign,…
11:02 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The first two knockout games of the Big Bash League season have brought to light the opportunity for innovation in the field made possible by a law change in 2015. In Friday’s qualifier between Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars, Moises Henriques was dismissed, caught at short fine leg, after Adam Zampa had…
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Harare, 5th day January 31, 2020 The Report by Madushka Balasuriya Sean Williams reacts as Kusal Mendis and Oshada Fernando go through for runs © Associated Press Lunch Sri Lanka 293 and 105 for 1 (Oshada 46*, Mendis 46*) trail Zimbabwe 406 and 247 for 7 dec (Taylor 67, Wiliams 53*, Fernando 2-43) by 256 runs On the fifth morning of the second Test…
8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 105 for 2 (Ravindra 47) trail India A 216 (Gill 83, Vihari 51, Rae 4-54, McConchie 3-33) by 111 runs Shubman Gill and Hanuma Vihari were the only bright spots for India A as the visitors struggled against the New Zealand A bowlers on day one of the four-day match in Christchurch. After India A folded for 216, the hosts’ reply was…
7:03 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Season in nutshell The Hurricanes had an up and down season with the team affected heavily by absences through injury and international duty. They traded wins and losses in the first six games before two key bowlers in Riley Meredith and James Faulkner suffered significant injuries. Meredith was ruled out for the season with a side strain while Faulkner would only return from a calf…
© Getty Images New Zealand’s bid to pull one back despite losing the series was dealt a blow even before the toss, with Kane Williamson pulling out of the fourth T20I in Wellington with a left shoulder niggle. Tim Southee, his replacement, won the toss and decided to chase again, a formula that seemed to have worked for New Zealand up until the last over in Hamilton, where they were…
8:00 AM GMT India 5 for 150 (Kaur 42*) beat England 7 for 147 (Knight 67) by five wickets Harmanpreet Kaur held her nerve to steer India to victory with three balls to spare in the opening match of the tri-series in Canberra after opposite number Heather Knight helped England recover from a poor start with the bat. India were well ahead of the rate early in the chase as…