9:20 AM ET Match referees will take the final call on concussion substitutes under new ICC regulations, giving them the power to rule out a replacement player entirely if the referee deems there is no appropriate “like for like” player available. The concussion substitute rule will make its start in Test cricket in the first
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2:27 AM ET Since 2015, a major part of Bangladesh’s success in ODI cricket was because of their ability to take wickets with the new ball. However, since the start of 2019, their main quicks have managed only seven wickets in the first Powerplay, at a strike-rate of 113.14 and a bowling average of 103.
Jul 27, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand have named four spinners in their squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka which marks the beginning of the World Test Championship for both teams. Offspinner Will Somerville and left-armer Ajaz Patel are reunited after their role in helping New Zealand to their 2-1 victory over Pakistan
9:50 AM ET 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 A bomb threat delayed the start of the GLT20 clash between
3:57 AM ET Standing in the middle of the Trent Bridge outfield during warm-ups for the pivotal Test match of the 2015 Ashes series, Peter Siddle confided to Ricky Ponting that he thought his international career was at an end. Siddle had just been told by the selectors Darren Lehmann and Rod Marsh that he
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 125 for 3 (Lilley 66) beat Nottinghamshire 104 for 6 (Moores 44*) by 21 runs Arron Lilley helped Leicestershire Foxes pick up their first Vitality Blast win of the season in a rain-reduced match against Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge. Lilley scored 66 from only 30 balls, hitting
11:12 AM ET Charl Langeveldt, the former South Africa fast bowler, will take over as Bangladesh’s new fast-bowling coach. He will join the team full-time on a two-year contract. The BCB has also appointed Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand left-arm spinner, as Bangladesh’s spin-bowling coach, on a short-term basis. Vettori will be with the
12:25 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer has revealed he was in “excruciating” pain as he battled a side injury during the second half of the World Cup. The tournament finished with him bowling the dramatic tied Super Over that enabled England to win the title on boundary countback. Archer sustained the injury against Afghanistan,
3:00 AM ET Australia 226 for 3 (Lanning 133*, Mooney 54) beat England 133 for 9 (Winfield 33, Schutt 3-25) by 93 runs Not content to have retained the Ashes, Australia captain Meg Lanning ground England into the dirt with a record-breaking knock before her bowlers ensured their opponents stayed down, consigning them to their
11:11 AM ET In the cruellest cut to Australia’s Ashes squad, the selection chairman Trevor Hohns has conceded that Joe Burns‘ bout of post-viral fatigue, forcing him home after just one match of a contracted stint with Lancashire in county cricket, played heavily against him in the final deliberations for choosing the 17 players to