Aug 23, 2020 Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna St Lucia Zouks 144 for 7 (Chase 66, Tahir 3-22) beat
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1:19 AM IST Dom Bess has criticised the umpires’ decision to keep players on the field despite poor light on the third evening of England’s third Test against Pakistan, suggesting it had been “seriously dangerous” for tailenders to be facing fast bowlers in gloomy conditions. England dropped two slip catches late in Pakistan’s first innings,
3:46 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas and Lisa Sthalekar have been inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame. Kallis, who retired from international cricket in 2014, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame almost as soon as he became eligible; the ICC rule mandates a five-year gap after a player’s last
4:25 AM IST Guyana Amazon Warriors 118 (King 29, Brathwaite 3-14, Lamichhane 3-18) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 104 for 7 (Russell 52*, Green 2-10) by 14 runs A valiant effort from Andre Russell with the bat fell just short in the Jamaica Tallawahs’ chase after a sterling spin-bowling display by Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Sandeep Lamichhane
1:40 AM IST Danyal Rasool If you saw Pakistan’s pace bowlers reduce England to 12 for 3 in five overs earlier this month, and wondered how it was possible that very attack appeared so comprehensively helpless against a 22-year-old and a supposed imposter in Test cricket for the best part of a hundred overs, a
5:50 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Gary Ballance is dealing with “heightened feelings of anxiety and stress” related to the coronavirus lockdown in the UK and won’t be available for selection, his county, Yorkshire, have said. Ballance recently suffered from a viral illness, but according to the Yorkshire Post has twice tested negative for Covid-19. However,
8:38 AM IST Annesha Ghosh Alyssa Healy has reiterated her stance that the success of women’s domestic competitions such as the WBBL and the Women’s T20 Challenge is contingent upon the participation of the “best players from around the world.” Stressing on South Africa women’s run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals earlier this year
1:08 AM IST Zak Crawley experienced “an unbelievable feeling of elation” the moment he reached a maiden Test century on the first day of the final Test against Pakistan. Crawley, the 22-year-old from Kent, has earned a reputation as one of the hardest workers in game. But the moment he reached the milestone, he says
Pradeep Sangwan turned out for Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL © Gallo Images/Getty Images Over 12 years years after he impressed with his incisive swing bowling in the Under-19 World Cup, which India won under Virat Kohli, 29-year-old left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan will travel to the UAE
7:22 AM IST Australia fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck has been ruled out of the series against New Zealand starting next month and the WBBL after a setback in her recovery from the foot injury that forced her to miss the T20 World Cup. Maitlan Brown, who plays for Australian Capital Territory and the Melbourne Renegades,