3:27 AM ET Mickey Arthur was disappointed that people he trusted – and, as it turns out, helped appoint – ultimately made the decision to not extend his stint as Pakistan coach. Arthur was keen to carry on in a position he had been in for three years and, post-World Cup, had conversations with the
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1:53 PM ET In its bid to bring international cricket back to Pakistan, the PCB has been spending substantially on players and boards over the years. Whenever international or PSL games have been played in the country since 2015, the PCB has spent millions of dollars to make some headway towards changing perceptions of visiting
The covers at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium were water-logged with rain © Getty Images Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the T20 tri-series trophy after rain ruined the final in Dhaka. The weather stayed true to forecasts, as it began to rain at around 5pm local time, an hour before the scheduled start, and continued to rain till
2:56 AM ET Alex Malcolm Australia’s ODI and T20 captain Aaron Finch wants to make one more push at trying to play Test cricket again after a brief and ultimately unsuccessful stint last summer. Finch was surprisingly drafted into the Test team for the UAE series against Pakistan last October, in the wake of the
3:00 AM ET Durham 197 for 6 (Watling 83*) v Glamorgan Before Marnus Labuschagne came to wider attention in the Ashes series, he set an unlikely event in motion: a Glamorgan promotion challenge. Few would have predicted that a year ago after they finished bottom of the heap in Division Two. Those of fiercely patriotic
10:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have dropped Jonny Bairstow from the Test squad for New Zealand, while handing first call-ups to Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley. Bairstow, who averaged 19.45 in Tests this summer, was named in the T20I squad, along with a host of new faces that includes Somerset opener Tom Banton and
1:26 AM ET Sreshth Shah Madhav Apte, the former India Test opener, died in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Monday, aged 86. In his seven Tests for India in 1952-53, Apte averaged 49.27, the highlight being a match-saving, unbeaten 163 against West Indies in Port of Spain. Five of his seven Tests were played on
3:00 AM ET Karthik Krishnaswamy Toss India chose to bat v South Africa With one eye already on next year’s T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli’s India have chosen to bat first at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, a venue where teams usually prefer to chase. In fact, this was the first time in seven T20Is at the
10:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ahead of the Under-19 World Cup next year, Bangladesh will have an opportunity to gain match time when they play New Zealand in five Youth ODIs. The tour is significant given this will be the first time a Bangladesh team will travel to New Zealand following the terror attacks in
3:00 AM ET No result St Lucia Zouks 99 for 4 (Ingram 52*, Pierre 1-18) v Trinbago Knight Riders St Lucia Zouks picked up their first points in three games after persistent rain washed out their match against Trinbago Knight Riders. The venue had copped heavy rain before the match, and, although the game started