9:20 AM GMT Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo has asked his batsmen to deliver a big performance against Pakistan in the Rawalpindi Test, which begins on Friday. During Domingo’s tenure so far, Bangladesh have lost all three of their Test matches, and with Shakib Al Hasan’s ban in place for most of the year, there is a lot of concern over how the team will cope in a Test-heavy 2020. Domingo…
4:58 AM GMT Australia’s Ashes retention in England and a storming home summer have helped the game’s community and junior levels regain the participation ground lost by the Newlands scandal, with club registrations set to bounce back to levels last seen in 2017. Cricket Australia’s community wing had been hopeful of a boost from better tidings at the top level of the game, and with the Test side retaining the…
1:04 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Marcus Harris has been called into the Cricket Australia side for the remaining one-day matches against England Lions after Will Pucovski was ruled out with concussion. Pucovski retired hurt in the opening game at Metricon Stadium on Sunday after stumbling and hitting his head while taking a run when his bat got stuck in the turf on the edge of the drop-in wicket. He was…
Moeen Ali bowls during the practice match between England and Cricket South Africa Invitation XI 4:34 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali says he wants to play Test cricket again and he is prepared to fight for a place in the England side. Moeen, who decided to take a break from Test cricket after being dropped following the first Ashes Test in August, also revealed he had hoped he would…
4:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia Under-19s 195 for 6 (Fanning 62, Hearne 48, Sangha 46*, Jamshid 2-28, Zohaib 2-38) beat Afghanistan Under-19s 191 for 7 (Zakhil 91, Sangha 4-41) by four wicketsScorecard Tanveer Sangha had the game of his life, picking up four wickets with his legspin and then, perhaps more impressively, withstanding the pressure of a run-chase so well that he he hit the penultimate ball of the…
4:06 PM GMT Lungi Ngidi has lost “probably four or five kilograms,” and some of his youthful spark after spending three weeks at a CSA strength and conditioning camp, intended to give him and three others time to work on their fitness. Ngidi was sent to the camp on the back of a hamstring injury, sustained in the first week of December in the Mzansi Super League, and has emerged…
Ross Taylor had made his T20I debut in December 2006 in Wellington along with the likes of Peter McGlashan, Chaminda Vaas, and Muttiah Muralitharan. Nearly 14 years later, in Mount Maunganui, Taylor became only the second New Zealander, after Suzie Bates, to feature in 100 T20Is. After receiving a special cap from his good mate Martin Guptill, the 35-year old marked the occasion with a half-century, studded by three successive…
1:32 PM GMT Ankur Dhawan Virat Kohli has endorsed Kane Williamson as the “perfect leader” for New Zealand, despite the hosts suffering a 5-0 T20I whitewash against India on the back of a 3-0 Test whitewash against Australia. “Very similar mindsets, very similar philosophies. He’s just a really nice guy, and we got along well, we’ve known each other for a while. It’s amazing to know that in different parts…
1:34 PM GMT When Tamim Iqbal reached 298 while batting for East Zone against Central Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League, a meeting inside the BCB headquarters broke up. Those attending climbed out of the window, and waited in the balcony overlooking the Shere Bangla National Stadium’s grandstand. In attendance were BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury, cricket operations chairman Akram Khan and chief selector Minhajul Abedin. Day 2 lunch: Tamim…
Jan 31, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff India A 216 and 127 for 2 (Panchal 67*, Gil 33*, Rae 1-16) trail New Zealand A 562 for 7 declared (Cleaver 196, Chapman 114, Porel 2-90) by 219 runs Career-best scores from wicketkeeper-batsman Dane Cleaver (196) and Mark Chapman (114) left India A fighting for survival in the first four-day fixture in Christchurch. New Zealand A, who won the one-day series 3-2, continued their…