3:00 AM ET New Zealand 249 (Taylor 86, Dananjaya 5-80, Lakmal 4-29) v Sri Lanka The lower half of New Zealand’s batting order unravelled dramatically on the morning of day two, with the wicket of Ross Taylor setting in motion a collapse that cost them five wickets for 44 runs. Seam bowler Suranga Lakmal claimed
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4:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The inaugural season of the Euro T20 Slam has been cancelled, just two weeks before the tournament had been scheduled to start. The tournament’s organisers released a statement saying that “the board of the Euro T20 Slam, funding partners and franchise owners of this exciting new T20 tournament have reluctantly
3:00 AM ET Lancashire 160 for 2 (Davies 75*) beat Northamptonshire 157 for 7 by eight wickets After the rare taste of defeat against Birmingham Bears, normal service resumed as Lancashire Lightning eased home with nine balls to spare on a night on which one sensed they would not have broken into a sweat even
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies opt to bat v India For the first time in the white-ball leg of India’s tour of the United States of America and West Indies, Virat Kohli lost the toss, asked to field first by West Indies captain Jason Holder. The hosts need a win to level the ODI
2:53 PM ET West Indies have won only two of their last 11 completed ODIs. It’s an alarming stat on paper, but the team, according to Carlos Brathwaite, isn’t doing as badly as those results might suggest. “I don’t think we are that far away,” Brathwaite said after West Indies’ training session on Tuesday. “We
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 181 for 2 (Godleman 92, Reece 51) beat Worcestershire 161 for 7 (Guptill 45, Critchley 4 for 36) Worcestershire missed the chance to close the gap on Vitality Blast North Group leaders Lancashire when they lost by 20 runs away at Derbyshire Falcons, who moved into the top
8:46 AM ET Liam Brickhill Quinton de Kock will captain South Africa’s T20 side during their upcoming trip to India. There are also three newcomers in the squad for the three-match T20 International series, with Temba Bavuma and Anrich Nortje included and Lions allrounder Bjorn Fortuin in line for an international debut. Faf du Plessis
1:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The next head coach of the senior India men’s team is expected to be chosen on Friday from a shortlist of six: the incumbent, Ravi Shastri, as well as Tom Moody, Mike Hesson, Phil Simmons, Lalchand Rajput and Robin Singh. The BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, headed by Kapil Dev, will
2:19 PM ET One minute, the stadium was abuzz with chatter. West Indies were very much in the game – their death bowling had limited India to under 300 and with Nicholas Pooran and Roston Chase on the field, it looked like they had it under control. Then wickets fell like a pack of cards.
7:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rassie van der Dussen has qualified for a Cricket South Africa contract for the 2019-20 season, having cleared the revised threshold during South Africa’s World Cup 2019 campaign. In an otherwise lacklustre campaign, van der Dussen was among South Africa’s bright spots, scoring 311 runs at an average of 62.20