11:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell, man of the tournament in IPL 2019, had criticised the “decision making” of his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders midway through the tournament, when losses for the team were piling up. That criticism had come on the back of Russell having suggested a week earlier that he wouldn’t mind
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4:34 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Reece Topley could win his first cap in more than four years after being recalled to England’s ODI squad to face Ireland this week. In the absence of a number of first-choice white-ball players, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson and David Willey have also returned to contention for the three-match series.
2:05 AM IST ECB Reporters Network England Lions 297 for 3 (Salt 100, Vince 66, Billings 54*) beat Ireland 296 (Balbirnie 60, Tector 55, Stirling 53, Helm 3-49) by seven wickets Phil Salt boosted his hopes of a call-up ahead of the Royal London Series against Ireland after putting the same opponents to the sword
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
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 Rauf, Haider
1:23 AM IST England 258 for 4 (Pope 91*, Buttler 56*, Burns 57) v West Indies A steadying innings from Ollie Pope rescued England in the face of some threatening West Indies bowling early on the opening day of the series-deciding Test at Emirates Old Trafford. At the close of play, and with rain expected
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
12:35 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Kane Williamson and Gary Stead, the New Zealand captain and coach respectively, have had to answer questions about their supposedly frayed relationship ever since they got to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for a training session. After Williamson called the relationship “very good”, Stead has called it “really strong”, adding
1:33 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Team White 88 for 3 trail Team Green 113 (Khan 5-37) by 25 runs Pakistan’s leading batsmen fluffed their lines on the opening day of their final intra-squad warm-up game before the first Test against England at Emirates Old Trafford next month. Experienced pace bowler Sohail Khan took 5
Ollie Pope acknowledges his half-century © Getty Images England 258 for 4 (Pope 91*, Buttler 56*, Burns 57, ) v West Indies A steadying innings from Ollie Pope rescued England in the face of some threatening West Indies bowling on the opening day of the series-deciding Test at Emirates Old Trafford. At the close of