Report England also make two changes – Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali come in, Mark Wood and Jason Roy go out Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Sri Lanka have chosen to bowl first in the final T20I of their series against England at the Ageas Bowl. England have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and are seeking their first clean-sweep…
Report Captain makes 30 from 14 balls after taking four wickets to seal six-wicket victory South East Stars 108 for 4 (Smith 30) beat Lightning 107 (Smith 4-15) by six wickets Captain Bryony Smith shone with bat and ball as South East Stars began their Charlotte Edwards Cup season with a comfortable six-wicket win over Lightning at Trent Bridge. The 23-year-old, eager to add to her four England caps, took…
News Former England Test opener has been unable to break into Surrey’s Blast side Mark Stoneman has joined Yorkshire as a loan signing for the T20 Blast. Stoneman, the Surrey top-order batter, is available for five of Yorkshire’s final six Blast games starting with Saturday’s match against Northants. He is required to return to Surrey ahead of the final group game (against Nottinghamshire on July 9) to prepare for the…
News Narine hasn’t played for the West Indies since August 2019 West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has said that Sunil Narine could return to the T20 side after he regains confidence in his bowling action. Narine, who was warned for a suspect action at last year’s IPL, has not been named in the squad to play South Africa in the five-match T20I series starting from Saturday. Earlier this year, following…
News Injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal forced the selectors to recall the senior batter Mahmudullah has been added to Bangladesh’s Test squad three days after the line-ups for the three formats were announced for the tour of Zimbabwe starting next month. ESPNcricinfo has learned that injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal led to the selectors turning to Mahmudullah, the T20I captain, after more than a year’s absence…
News They will serve as spin-bowling and batting consultant respectively This is Rangana Herath’s first major coaching appointment since he ended his playing career in 2018 Rangana Herath has joined Bangladesh as their spin-bowling consultant until the T20 World Cup, while Ashwell Prince will be their batting consultant during their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Both coaches will travel to Zimbabwe later this week to join the Bangladesh side for…
News The left-arm quick, who recently turned 35, says he still has ‘plenty left in the tank’ as a Test cricketer Neil Wagner has said he still feels ‘pretty young and the body feels really good’ and that he has ‘plenty left in the tank’ as a Test cricketer As a red-ball specialist who hasn’t played any white-ball cricket for New Zealand, Neil Wagner had never dreamed of being…
News Analysis The captain and chief selector have indicated there is plenty to play for over the next few weeks Riley Meredith, Mitchell Swepson and Josh Philippe are among those who could push their claims Australia’s tour squad to West Indies (and maybe onwards to Bangladesh) is missing a number of big names who have opted out, been rested, or are injured. That continues to disrupt preparations for the…
Surrey 175 for 5 (Pope 52*, Jacks 47) beat Middlesex 174 for 7 (Eskinazi 64, Mitchell 58, Atkinson 4-36) by five wickets Surrey took the London derby with an over to spare at the Kia Oval as Ollie Pope cast aside his England Test tribulations with a composed unbeaten half-century reminiscent of the time when he burst on to the county scene as a T20 breakout player. “I’ve had two…
Report Thrilling contest goes down to wire as Lewis Gregory hold his nerve at Taunton Somerset 172 for 9 (Banton 77, Smeed 63*, Currie 4-31) beat Hampshire 165 for 8 (de Grandhomme 66, Gregory 3-46) by seven runs At the highest-scoring T20 ground in the world defending a total of 172 is near-impossible, not least with an in-form Colin de Grandhomme hitting 66 off 34 balls in a run-chase. But…