6:20 PM GMT Joe Root believes England have found a template that can help them win the 2021-22 Ashes in Australia. While delighted by the 3-1 victory over South Africa, Root was also encouraged that his team had found a method that could serve them well in future challenges. In particular, England’s captain was thrilled by the prospect of taking two fast bowlers to Australia and the progress his side…
5:42 PM GMT Pakistan’s 2-0 series victory over Bangladesh at home – their first series win in T20Is in more than a year – has given them some “breathing space,” according to head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq. “Obviously you play for the win and for it, you keep on trying all the time,” Misbah said. “This victory was important for us to get breathing space and now you obviously…
5:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Silverwood, England’s head coach, has praised his young squad for finishing a rollercoaster Test winter on a high, but insisted that the gains made during a come-from-behind series win in South Africa are only the first step in a “two-year project” that culminates with the next tour of Australia in 2021-22. Victory in Johannesburg capped a dramatic upsurge in form for England’s Test team,…
4:41 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa have become the first team to be docked World Test Championship (WTC) points for a slow over-rate after were fined 60 percent of their match fee after falling short of their target in the fourth Test of their series against England at the Wanderers. After leaving frontline spinner Keshav Maharaj out of their side, South Africa did not bowl a single over of…
Jan 26, 2020 England 400 and 248 (Root 58, Hendricks 5-64) lead South Africa 183 (de Kock 76, Wood 5-46) by 465 runs After his first match in six months at Port Elizabeth, Mark Wood had the aches and pains to show for it, but perhaps not the stats. On Sunday, he marked a memorable weekend – one that so nearly didn’t happen – with ink on paper as well…
2:29 PM GMT Shashank Kishore Twenty-eight-year-old Madhya Pradesh left-arm seamer Ravi Yadav etched his name into the record books when he became the first bowler to pick up a hat-trick in his first over on first-class debut. Incidentally, it came against Uttar Pradesh, the state he hails from. South Africa’s Ricey Phillips had previously taken a hat-trick in his first over in first-class cricket for Border against Eastern Province in…
2:16 PM GMT Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s captain, could be in trouble with the match referee after appearing to make physical contact with Jos Buttler on the fourth afternoon in Johannesburg. With du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen batting together for more than 30 overs on a brutally hot day, England appeared to be growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of movement they were generating from the ball…
Matt Henry continued his wicket-taking form © Getty Images Matt Henry, the New Zealand seamer, will return to Kent for the first seven matches of this season’s County Championship. Henry, who impressed during last year’s World Cup with 14 wickets as New Zealand reached the final, took 75 wickets at 15.48 in the 2018 Championship, helping Kent to promotion. He took five five-wicket hauls that season, including 7 for 45…
12:08 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England 94 for 1 (Mousley 57*) beat Japan 93 all out (Sahoo 24, Currie 3-15, Qadri 3-17) by nine wicketsScorecard Scott Currie and Hamidullah Qadri produced match-defining spells of bowling, picking up six wickets between them to bowl Japan out for 93 in the Plate group Quarter-final match at the Under-19 World Cup. The two England bowlers conceded only 32 runs between them in 16.4…
8:00 AM GMT Danyal Rasool in Lahore Match abandoned: Pakistan v Bangladesh Persistent rain forced the third T20I between Pakistan and Bangladesh to be called off at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday. The prospect of such an end to the series had begun to increase substantially over the past couple of days, with rain forecast for today, but the intensity and longevity of the downpour meant there was little choice…