6:18 AM GMT Alex Malcolm There was a sense of doom and déjà vu at the MCG last Friday night. The Melbourne Stars folded in their chase against the Sydney Sixers to hand over a home final and evoke memories of last year’s collapse against the Melbourne Renegades when the title was within their grasp. It would be easy and crude to label it another choke. There are no guarantees…
4:44 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Will Pucovski and James Pattinson have been included in the Australia A squad to face England Lions in a day-night four-day game at the MCG from February 22 with Moises Henriques rewarded for his impressive domestic performances with the captaincy. Pucovski suffered another concussion playing for the Cricket Australia XI against the Lions on the Gold Coast on Sunday and was ruled out of the…
3:59 AM GMT Glenn Maxwell will return to Australian colours for the first time since he took mental health leave at the start of the summer, having enjoyed a dominant Big Bash as captain of the Melbourne Stars, as part of the limited-overs squad to tour South Africa later this month. However, there was no room for Maxwell’s Stars team-mate and the BBL’s leading run-maker Marcus Stoinis, who has been…
Josh Hazlewood celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of Pete Handscomb 3:38 AM GMT The Sydney Sixers are concerned about the potential for the Big Bash final turning into the lottery of a heavily shortened match with a poor forecast threatening to ruin the showpiece occasion at the SCG on Saturday as well as the fundraising Bushfire Bash that will precede it. Given current predictions, even a reduced…
2:50 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Prithvi Shaw has been included in the 16-man India Test squad for the two-match series in New Zealand, which also features the fit-again Jasprit Bumrah and Ishant Sharma. Virat Kohli (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-capt), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma (subject…
1:48 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against India as he continues to recover from an inflamed AC joint niggle in his left-shoulder. Tom Latham will lead in his absence and Mark Chapman will take his place in the side. While X-ray scans have “cleared him of anything serious”, Williamson is expected to ease himself back into training with the aim…
6:33 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England 279 for 7 (Mousley 111, Haynes 68, Evison 59) bt Sri Lanka 127 (Rasantha 66, Goldsworthy 5-21) by 152 runs A maiden youth ODI century from Dan Mousley and a five-wicket haul by Lewis Goldsworthy led England to a dominant victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC U19 World Cup Plate Final, sealing a ninth-place finish overall in the tournament in South Africa. Warwickshire-born…
6:27 PM GMT BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has said that Shubman Gill will be replacing Rohit Sharma for the Test leg of the New Zealand tour, which will commence with the first Test in Wellington from February 21. The second Test, scheduled in Christchurch, begins on February 29. In a brief, informal chat with the media on Monday evening, outside the BCCI’s headquarters in Mumbai, Ganguly confirmed Rohit’s injury, said…
4:53 PM GMT Eoin Morgan has hinted he could yet stay on as England captain until the 2023 World Cup, as he prepares to lead the 50-over team into their first ODI since that victory over New Zealand in last year’s final at Lord’s. Speaking on the eve of the ODI series opener against South Africa in Cape Town, Morgan said he had been in the form of his life…
3:00 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Nepal legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane is hoping that success in the Cricket World Cup League Two ODI competition for Associates will lay the groundwork for a path…