3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northants 74 for 3 trail Derbyshire 260 (Wilson 66, Hosein 58) by 186 runsScorecard Gary Wilson made his highest score in the County Championship for 14 months as Derbyshire fought back against Northamptonshire on the opening day of the Division Two match at Chesterfield. Wilson made 66 after Harvey Hosein with 58 started a recovery that lifted Derbyshire to 250 after Ben Sanderson had…
Moeen Ali makes Test case as Steven Davies digs in to guide Somerset
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 324 for x9(Davies 72, Hildreth 57) v WorcestershireScorecard Steven Davies top-scored against his former county as Somerset twice fought back from testing situations on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship Division One clash with bottom-placed Worcestershire at Blackfinch New Road. The wicketkeeper batsman hit a fluent 72 and there were also half centuries from Tom Abell and James Hildreth as Somerset…
Ryan Higgins shows his class as Ben Stokes finds his bowling boots
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 315 for 7 (Higgins 105, Roderick 67) v DurhamScorecard A maiden first-class century from Ryan Higgins put Gloucestershire in a decent position on the opening day of the Specasavers County Championship match with Durham at Cheltenham. The 23-year-old former Middlesex all-rounder was out in the last over of the day for 105 as his side ran up 315 for seven after winning the…
Tammy Beaumont stars for Vipers to put Surrey Stars to the sword
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Southern Vipers 145 for 3 (Beaumont 62*) beat Surrey Stars 141 for 9 (Dunkley 66) by seven wicketsScorecard Southern Vipers’ bid to repeat their success of 2016 in the Kia Super League began with an impressive seven-wicket win over Surrey Stars at Guildford. Tammy Beaumont, making her Vipers debut after switching from Surrey during the winter, led her side to victory with an unbeaten…
Heather Knight's 97 sets Storm on course for seven-wicket win
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Storm 166 for 3 (Knight 97, Mandhana 48) beat Yorkshire Diamonds 162 for 5 (Kimmince 55, Winfield 41) by seven wicketsScorecard Heather Knight posted a superb match-winning 97 as defending Kia Super League champions Western Storm defeated Yorkshire Diamonds by seven wickets in a high-scoring contest at Taunton. Australia’s Delissa Kimmince posted an unbeaten 55 in her maiden KSL innings as Diamonds registered a…
Jenny Gunn and Sophie Devine lead Lightning rout of Thunder
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Loughborough Lightning 74 for 4 beat Lancashire Thunder 72 (Gunn 3-10) by six wicketsScorecard Loughborough Lightning opened their 2018 Kia Super League campaign with a six-wicket win over Lancashire Thunder at Southport. In a low-scoring contest, a 29-run partnership between Georgia Adams and Georgia Elwiss guided the visitors to the victory over a Thunder side who were winless in the 2017 season. Jenny Gunn…
Karunaratne has been brilliant in the last year or so – Mathews
11:52 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Dimuth Karunaratne‘s outstanding run over the past 18 months is down largely to his experience. So said Angelo Mathews, of a batsman he has known since high school. He and Karunaratne played together for St. Joseph’s College in Colombo, for a team in which Mathews was the star captain. But Mathews, like everyone else, has been lavishly outscored by Karunaratne in bowler-friendly series. Karunaratne’s…
Gunathilaka suspended by SLC from all forms of international cricket
11:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct’, pending inquiry. The board will also withhold Gunathilaka’s match fee for the ongoing Test against South Africa, in addition to the suspension that will come into effect immediately after the match at SSC. Without divulging more details, an SLC release said, “the…
Sri Lanka "street-smart" in denying us preparation for turners – Elgar
11:08 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Yes, Sri Lanka have “outplayed” and “outclassed” South Africa in the series, opener Dean Elgar said, but he believes the hosts have also been “street-smart” in denying the visitors preparation on pitches that were similar to those they would encounter in the Test series. South Africa played a two-day warm-up at the P Sara Oval in the approach to the series, but Elgar’s contention…
Bangladesh bat first, Anamul Haque picked ahead of Liton Das
3:00 AM ET TossWon by Bangladesh, who chose to batLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Anamul Haque was bowled off an inside edge Associated Press Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza chose to bat first against West Indies in the first ODI in Providence, Guyana. Given the dryness on the pitch, the home side went in with both their spinners, Devendra Bishoo and Ashley Nurse, leaving out Kieran Powell and Keemo Paul from their…