3:00 AM ET Essex 148 for 6 (Westley 36, Bopara 36*) beat Worcestershire 145 for 9 (Harmer 3-16) by four wickets Eight hours earlier, Wayne Parnell had successfully defended Notts’ requirement of a single off the final ball to take Worcestershire into the final of the Vitality Blast. Now, at the end of English cricket’s
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10:16 AM ET Matt Roller at Edgbaston Nottinghamshire coach Peter Moores said there was “nothing you can do” to explain his side’s semi-final defeat against Worcestershire, which saw his team score nine runs for the loss of three wickets in the final 12 balls and thus fall one short of a tie that would have
Mohammad Nawaz celebrates a wicket © Associated Press Batsman Iftikhar Ahmed and spin-bowling allrounder Mohammad Nawaz have made comebacks to Pakistan’s ODI squad. Both were part of the first squad announced by Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s new coach and chief selector, ahead of the three-match series against Sri Lanka that is due to take place later this
4:04 PM ET Paul Edwards Edgbaston on the third Friday afternoon in September. A few moments ago Dan Christian was chatting about Nottinghamshire’s second appearance in three years at the Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day. Christian has played for Australia, Barbados Tridents, Brisbane Heat, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Rising
5:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer’s rise in England cricket continues after being awarded an ECB central contract across all formats. Barbados-born Archer only made his international debut in May shortly after he qualified to represent England and then went on to play a crucial role in the triumphant World Cup campaign and the
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff 41 – Balls taken by George Munsey to score his century, making it the third-fastest in T20Is. And it was his maiden hundred in international cricket too. 14 – Sixes hit by Munsey – only one man has managed more in a single T20I innings – Hazratullah Zazai. 3 –
2:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Recently the owners at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) carried out a complete overhaul of the coaching staff, brining in former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson as team director and appointing former Australia batsman Simon Katich as the head coach. On Friday, in Bengaluru, both Hesson and Katich had a media
7:30 AM ET Sri Lanka’s tour of Pakistan will go ahead after SLC confirmed that the Pakistan government had “reaffirmed” its desire to provide the Sri Lanka team with the same level of security afforded to visiting heads of state. “The Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, on behalf of the Pakistan Government, has reaffirmed
Anrich Nortje delivers © Getty Images Toss India chose to bowl v South Africa Virat Kohli has begun a new home season by winning the toss, with India choosing to bowl first in Mohali. He expected dew to come into play in the second half of the match, on what he felt was a “pretty
Sep 17, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 264 for 2 (Sibley 115*, Hain 67*) trail Nottinghamshire 498 (Mullaney 179, Clarke 125) by 234 runs Dominic Sibley reeled off his fourth century of the Specsavers County Championship season on the second day of Warwickshire’s match with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. The 24-year-old Sibley is undefeated on