Healy gets behind bushfire appeal match (0:38) Alyssa Healy said it was good to see the whole country rallying together after a natural disaster (0:38) 8:54 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The baggy green cap that Shane Warne has put up for auction has crossed AUD 500,000, with two days still remaining for the bidding. The auction is being held to raise funds for the bushfire appeal, with the disaster hitting…
The Test win in Sylhet was Zimbabwe’s first away win in the format since 2001 © Getty Images Zimbabwe will host their first Test in over two years when they play Sri Lanka in a two-match series starting January 19. This will also be their first assignment since the ICC reinstated their membership following a three-month suspension last July. Sean Williams will lead the new squad that will be picked…
7:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Offspinner Chris Green has been suspended from bowling due to an illegal action, Cricket Australia announced on Wednesday. Green was withdrawn from the Sydney Thunder squad for their Big Bash League match against Melbourne Stars, scheduled for later in the day. He was reported by umpires Nathan Johnstone, Mike Graham-Smith and third umpire Paul Wilson, after the match between the Thunder and Stars at the…
Play 02:30 Sri Lanka need leadership and direction – Mickey Arthur Both Sri Lanka and their new coach Mickey Arthur weren’t supposed to be facing the tough questions from the press in Indore on Tuesday night. Zimbabwe had been slated to tour India and Arthur was in line to coach defending champions Central Stags in the ongoing Super Smash T20 competition in New Zealand. But here they are, 0-1 behind….
Play 00:38 Healy gets behind bushfire appeal match Australia fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck feared the worst when she suffered a knee injury last month but is making good progress in her recovery ahead of the T20I tri-series with India and England and T20 World Cup. Vlaeminck, 21, picked up an ACL strain to her left knee during training before Christmas and has sat out the resumption of the Women’s National…
Don’t miss out on Rashid Khan and Alex Carey (6:30) Here are our fantasy picks for the match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Sydney Sixers (6:30) 3:10 AM GMT January 8: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers in Adelaide Our XI: Jake Weatherald, Alex Carey, Josh Philippe, Justin Avendano, Jonathan Wells, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques, Tom Curran, Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood NOTE: We might not always be able…
1:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Latham has been sidelined for a month after sustaining a fractured finger during the third Test against Australia at the SCG. The injury to his right little finger occurred when Latham, who was standing in as captain for Kane Williamson, took the catch to remove Marnus Labuschagne in Australia’s second innings which brought the declaration. He opened in New Zealand’s second innings making 1…
1:08 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Australia coach head Justin Langer has promised he won’t call his senior assistant Andrew McDonald as he hands over the reins for Australia’s three-match ODI tour of India next week. Langer will remain in Perth to take a well-earned break following a triumphant home summer thus far where his side went undefeated across six T20Is and five Test matches. McDonald will take the lead coaching…
8:45 PM GMT We live in an age when analysts believe almost everything can be measured. Win-rates, strike-rates, heart-rates, economy-rates… you name it, someone can put a figure on it. And there’s no doubt such statistics can provide insight and illumination. But not everything that counts can be counted. So it is with Ben Stokes. He finished the Cape Town Test with the unremarkable figures of 3 for 69 with…
5:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson is a fitness doubt for England’s third Test against South Africa, after a side injury limited him to two overs after lunch on the final day of their win at Newlands. Anderson struck early in the day to remove nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj lbw, and took the new ball immediately before lunch, but did not bowl in the afternoon session, spending much of it…