Lancashire 327 (Bohannon 113, Hurst 76*, Balderson 54) vs Kent There was a frustrating day for relegation-threatened Kent in the LV= Insurance County Championship at Canterbury, as Lancashire recovered from 18 for three and 240 for eight to reach 327 all out at stumps. Kent at least took the full complement of bowling bonus points, with Matt Quinn and Aron Nijjar both claiming three wickets. The spectre of the drop…
Matthew Mott, England’s head coach, will fly out to India with the World Cup squad on Wednesday night knowing that he has an enviable depth of options available to him in white-ball cricket, after England’s reserve squad put on an extraordinary show of power in the third ODI against Ireland at Bristol. Although a dramatic thunderstorm curtailed the contest after just 31 overs of the first innings, England piled on…
Bangladesh will go to the 2023 World Cup without arguably the best batter in the country’s history, as Tamim Iqbal has been left out of the 15-man squad, seemingly due to his persistent back injury. ESPNcricinfo understands that Tamim had informed the selectors couple of days ago that they should keep his back injury in mind before selecting the final squad. The BCB however didn’t give any official explanation for…
Pakistan may have endured a tumultuous Asia Cup campaign where they finished last in the Super Four stage, but Babar Azam was keen to remind everyone they were the top-ranked ODI side in the world just days earlier. And while Pakistan missed out on a semi-final spot at the last ODI World Cup, Babar was adamant that their goal this time around was not just making it to the top…
Big picture: Can Australia avoid whitewash? The third ODI between India and Australia was expected to be a dress rehearsal for the teams’ opening game at the World Cup but some of the key characters will be missing on Wednesday. India will be without Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and Mohammed Shami. Axar’s inclusion was always subject to fitness; he suffered a left quadriceps strain during the…
Mitchell Starc is in line to return to the Australian side for the third and final ODI against India in Rajkot. The fast bowler has been out of international action since the Ashes in July but hinted his comeback is on track as Australia try to avoid a whitewash. Starc was ruled out of the South Africa tour with groin soreness that had lingered following the Ashes. He travelled to…
Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl in the third and final ODI as the English international home summer comes to an end at Bristol. Following defeat in the second ODI at Trent Bridge over the weekend, Paul Stirling decided Ireland’s best chance of squaring the series was to chase at a traditionally fast-scoring ground, with left-arm spinner Theo…
It’s official – Sri Lanka will be without Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga at the ODI World Cup. Dasun Shanaka, whose role as captain had been under much speculation over the past few weeks, will lead the side in India through October and November. The rest of the 15-member squad has formed up as expected, with the only changes from the side that reached the final of the Asia Cup…
Tasmania wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has been suspended after accumulating a third level one code of conduct breach in 18 months during Monday’s Marsh Cup contest with Victoria, which triggered an automatic two-game ban. Wade hit the pitch forcefully with his bat in frustration at facing a dot ball during his innings of 25 in the three-wicket loss at Junction Oval in Melbourne. That action was deemed a breach of Article…
Axar Patel, Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur have not travelled with the India team to Rajkot for the third and final ODI against Australia on Wednesday. Axar, who has been out with a left quadriceps strain since the Asia Cup, is understood to be recovering well, and the team management expects him to be fit in time for the World Cup. Rohit Sharma, the captain, and Virat Kohli, who both…