5:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Dean Elgar, South Africa’s opening batsman, remains adamant that he did not hit the ball that led to his dismissal on the fourth evening in Cape Town, a moment that could yet prove to be pivotal in his side’s bid to defend their 1-0 series lead. Elgar, who admitted to a first-innings “brain-fart” after falling to Dom Bess when well set on the second afternoon,…
8:00 AM GMT South Africa 126 for 2 (Malan 63*) and 223 require 312 more runs to beat England 269 and 391 for 8 dec (Sibley 133*, Root 61, Stokes 72) Mark Boucher encouraged his South Africa side to channel the spirit of the 2008 Perth Test last night, and Pieter Malan’s battling, unbeaten 63 left them dreaming of an improbable escape on the fourth evening of the Newlands Test…
2:31 PM GMT Ottis Gibson became the second person to be linked with the Bangladesh bowling coach’s job, after former South Africa seamer Nantie Hayward had applied for the role earlier this week. Gibson confirmed that he is having discussions with the BCB but did not reveal any more details. Gibson is currently the head coach of Cumilla Warriors, the BPL side that is managed by the BCB. He is…
Brisbane Heat 4 for 119 (Banton 56, Lynn 31, Sams 2-24) beat Sydney Thunder 4 for 60 (Hales 20*, Prestwidge 2-15) by 16 runs (via DLS method) Tom Banton struck the second-fastest Big Bash fifty of all time (16 balls) and Chris Lynn blazed to a 13-ball 31 against Sydney Thunder to set up Brisbane Heat’s win in a rain-hit game that had multiple interruptions. The eight-over-a-side game began nearly…
Alastair Maiden is leaving his post as England Women’s assistant coach to join Leicestershire 12:35 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ali Maiden is leaving his post as England Women’s assistant coach to join Leicestershire and will be replaced by Tim Macdonald, the Perth Scorchers’ WBBL bowling coach, for the Women’s T20 World Cup. Macdonald will be reunited with fellow Australian Lisa Keightley, the Scorchers’ WBBL head coach who was recently appointed…
Rohit Sharma has 1298 runs in Tests in India at an average of 99.84 though he has a while to go to catch up to Don Bradman’s average of 98.22 over 4322 runs at home 12:09 PM GMT Varun Shetty A decision to allow himself to enjoy the game and not think too hard about his technique before India’s tour of Australia in 2018-19 preceded Rohit Sharma‘s successful move up…
11:36 AM GMT New Zealand arrived in Australia ranked No. 2 in the world and with genuine belief they could challenge the home side, but instead left whitewashed in their worst-ever defeat. They will head back across the Tasman needing to urgently regroup before facing India – which begins with the white-ball matches followed by two Tests in February – with reputations, if not quite on the line, then in…
10:30 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Pat Brown, the 21-year-old seamer, has been ruled out of all cricket for the winter after suffering a second stress fracture of the lower back in as many years. Brown, who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2018 when he took 31 T20 wickets for Worcestershire to finish as the Vitality Blast’s leading wicket-taker, was unable to play franchise cricket last winter after playing through pain…
10:06 AM GMT Tim Paine admitted it was hard not to think about the mouth-watering prospect of the Test series against India later this year, after a dominant home season that saw them trample all over Pakistan and New Zealand with five vast victories. The 279-run victory at the SCG, wrapped up deep into the fourth day to mean none of the five matches needed a fifth day, capped a…
Shane Warne will auction off his baggy green cap to raise funds for the bushfire appeal 5:22 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s all-time leading wicket-taker Shane Warne has announced that he would be auctioning off his baggy green cap, which he wore throughout his 145-match Test career, to raise funds for the bushfire appeal as the disaster continues to ravage large parts of the country. According to the auction site,…