3:00 AM ET England 294 and 313 for 8 (Denly 94, Stokes 67) lead Australia 225 by 382 runs The urn is gone, but England gave themselves a terrific chance of levelling the series – in what would be the first drawn Ashes since 1972 – following a day of steady accumulation under the autumn
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3:00 AM ET Zimbabwe chose to bowl v Aghanistan Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza decided to field after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second match of the tri-series. Masakadza said that they wanted to win this game to ensure that their last two games don’t become dead rubbers. Afghanistan are currently on a hot
4:59 AM ET When he started out, Jasprit Bumrah was the mix-it-up short-format paceman with good speed, excellent yorkers, and clever variations of pace. But 62 wickets – at an average of 19.24 in 12 Tests – later, he is as potent a force in Test cricket. Virat Kohli’s “complete bowler” also showed off a
3:00 AM ET England 294 (Buttler 70, Root 57, Marsh 5-46) and 9 for 0 lead Australia 225 (Smith 80, Archer 6-62) by 78 runs If Australia want to take a series victory as well as retaining the Ashes they will have to do it the hard way after Jofra Archer claimed his second six-wicket
Temba Bavuma punches with a high elbow © AFP Having established himself as a red-ball player over the years, South Africa batsman Temba Bavuma said he was “surprised” by his call-up to the T20I side to play India later this week. In a post World Cup shake-up, South Africa had made a number of changes
4:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Andrew Strauss, England’s former director of cricket, is set for a new role with the England and Wales Cricket Board [ECB] following his appointment as the chair of the board’s cricket committee. His new role will involve “monitoring and developing the delivery” of men’s and women’s professional cricket, as well
5:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The second season of the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) has been postponed to 2020 after the Afghanistan Cricket Board terminated the league’s Sanction and Commercial Rights Agreement with Snixer Sports over failure to pay the complete rights fees and “risks for the integrity of the league posed by people connected
10:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has decided to take an indefinite break from red-ball cricket in order to focus on limited-overs formats. He has also withdrawn from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, just two days before the start of the tournament, where he was set to represent his domestic side Central Punjab.
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women 182 for 2 (Healy 61, Lanning 58*) beat West Indies women 180 (Knight 40, Schutt 3-24) by eight wickets The final ODI of the three-match series between West Indies women and Australia women in Antigua played out in the much same way as the previous two games, with
Sep 10, 2019 Nottinghamshire 35 for 2 (Slater 18*, Fletcher 1*) trail Kent 304 (Stevens 88, Kuhn 56, Bell-Drummond 45, Ashwin 4-121) by 269 runs Derbyshire have rejuvenated so many ageing cricketers over the decades that they must presumably have a season’s pass at Tissington’s holy wells where Peak District locals have reputedly given thanks