1:10 AM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Series don’t come much tougher than travelling to England to face on-song pace duo Stuart Broad and James Anderson. That was the assessment of Phil Simmons, West Indies’ head coach, after his side were bundled out for 197 in their first innings at Emirates Old Trafford and then went two wickets down early in their second,…
11:43 PM IST West Indies 197 (Holder 46, Broad 6-31) and 10 for 2 (Broad 2-8) need a further 389 to beat England 369 and 226 for 2 declared (Burns 90, Root 68*, Sibley 56) You know those times – hopefully they’re rare – when someone says or does something to offend you and you walk away, seething and speechless. You play it over in your mind and then, much…
Qazi Onik took a four-wicket haul on debut © Raton Gomes Bangladeshi left-arm fast bowler Qazi Onik has been banned for two years for failing a dope test during last season’s National Cricket League. He had failed the test in November 2018, after which he was removed from every BCB programme that he was part of. According to a BCB media release, Onik tested positive for Methamphetamine during an NCL…
A part of the 2014 IPL was played in the UAE because of the general elections in India 5:30 PM IST Taking the IPL to the UAE would be quite a task logistically for the tournament organisers, but for BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit head Ajit Singh, the move will make monitoring the event “slightly easier” as it would be restricted to just three venues. IPL 2020 is set to start in…
The Pakistan team buses being escorted to the airport in Lahore, ahead of their tour of England 3:04 PM IST The PCB came under intense pressure in deciding whether to send its team to England or not after 10 players tested positive for Covid-19, but eventually went ahead with the tour to help with the resumption of the game amid the pandemic, CEO Wasim Khan has said. Shadab Khan, Haris…
EXCLUSIVE: My journey has been very tough – Roach (1:13) Kemar Roach says he feels highly emotional after taking his 200th Test wicket for West Indies (1:13) 12:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Becoming the first West Indies bowler to reach 200 Test wickets in 26 years is not Kemar Roach‘s favourite moment of his career. At least, not yet. Roach reached the landmark when he bowled Chris Woakes on the…
12:10 AM IST Stuart Broad has said that his recent upturn in form with the bat stems from a decision to ditch the reticence and be more like Shane Warne at the crease. Speaking to Sky Sports after a rampant innings of 62 from 45 balls had helped put England in command of the third Test against West Indies, Broad credited Peter Moores, his former England coach and current mentor…
11:00 PM IST West Indies 137 for 6 (Holder 24*, Dowrich 10*) trail England 369 (Pope 91, Buttler 67, Broad 62, Burns 57, Roach 4-71) by 232 runs A throw-back performance with the bat and a more modern turn with the ball from Stuart Broad had England in control of their destiny after the second day of the deciding Test against West Indies. James Anderson weighed in heavily as part…
10:38 PM IST Team White 108 for 3 (Fawad Alam 21*, Sarfaraz Ahmed 13*) trail Team Green 113 by five runs Imam-ul-Haq will be fit to play in Pakistan’s Test series against England despite an injury scare on the first day of their intra-squad warm-up match at Derby. Imam, who looks set to be the back-up opener behind Abid Ali and Shan Masood, was forced to retire hurt on Friday…
6:20 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Poonam Yadav, the India women’s premier legspinner, believes that it will be hard to come out of months of physical inactivity and resume playing at peak intensity following the pandemic-induced hiatus. Yadav last played competitive cricket earlier this year in March, when India lost to Australia by 85 runs in the women’s T20 World Cup final at the MCG. ALSO READ – Poonam Yadav: India’s…