India B 321 (Musheer 181, Akash 4-60) and 184 (Pant 61, Akash 5-56) beat India A 231 (Rahul 37, Mukesh 3-62) and 198 (Rahul 57, Akash 43, Dayal 3-50, Saini 2-41) by 76 runs For over three hours on the final day of the Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru, KL Rahul‘s discipline kept India B waiting. Victory had seemed a mere formality post lunch when India A stumbled to 99…
Innings Sri Lanka 263 (Dhananjaya 69, Kamindu 64, Stone 3-35, Hull 3-53) trail England 325 by 62 runs Three wickets apiece to Josh Hull and Olly Stone preserved a 62-run first-innings lead for England early on the third day of the third Test against Sri Lanka at The Oval. Sri Lanka had resumed on 211 for 5 with a deficit of 114, and despite three of their players passing fifty,…
Big picture: Back at it after a break When New Zealand last played Afghanistan, during the T20 World Cup in June, they suffered a defeat so catastrophic it precipitated a rare group-stage exit from an ICC tournament. That match was in Providence, Guyana, on the other side of the planet from where the teams are now for their first meeting in Test cricket. The possibly spin-friendly conditions in Greater Noida,…
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has appeared to confirm that the entirety of Pakistan’s three-Test series against England in October will take place in Pakistan. Speaking to reporters after inspecting development work at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, he was reported as saying Multan and Rawalpindi would host all three Tests. Naqvi’s spokesperson Mohammad Rafiullah confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that the ECB has given the go-ahead to hold the series in Multan…
Apart from hoping to play Test cricket more frequently going forward, Hashmatullah Shahidi wants “one good home venue” in India instead of going from place to place, as they currently cannot play international cricket back home in Afghanistan. Afghanistan will host New Zealand for a one-off Test starting on Monday in Greater Noida, near Delhi. Their other home Tests since becoming a Full Member have been in Dehradun, Lucknow and…
Moeen Ali, the England allrounder, has announced his retirement from all internationals. “I’m 37 years old and didn’t get picked for this month’s Australia series,” Moeen said in a Daily Mail interview. “I’ve played a lot of cricket for England. It’s time for the next generation, which was also explained to me. It felt the time was right. I’ve done my part.” Following an international debut in 2014, Moeen played…
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s interim head coach, said that his team’s success in frustrating Harry Brook had been integral to their fightback on the second day at the Kia Oval, as they reached the close on 211 for 5 in their first innings, trailing by just 114 after bowling England out for 325 in the morning session. England had seemed to be in a familiarly dominant position overnight, having raced…
Durham have signed West Indies fast bowler Chemar Holder for their final three games of the County Championship season. Holder, who has played a Test and an ODI for his country, will be available for the round of Championship games starting on Monday, when Durham host Lancashire at Chester-le-Street. He replaces Neil Wagner, the New Zealand left-armer, whose stint was cut short by injury. “We are pleased to welcome Chemar…
Sunrisers 281 (Griffith 55, MacLeod 53, Dattani 5-51) beat Southern Vipers 88 for 8 by five runs (DLS method) Sunrisers reached the knockout stages of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the first time after beating holders Southern Vipers in a rain-affected thriller. Grace Scrivens’ side failed to win a match in the first three editions of the competition, before narrowly missing out on qualification last year. But after fifties…
South East Stars 275 for 8 (Davidson-Richards 79, Jones 47) beat Northern Diamonds 119 (Stonehouse 4-27, Moore 3-10) by 156 balls New-ball seamer Alexa Stonehouse returned a career-best four for 27 to help South East Stars clinch a home semi-final in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as they crushed already confirmed group stage winners Northern Diamonds by 156 runs at Durham. A season’s best run-a-ball 79 from Alice Davidson-Richards anchored…