1:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rishabh Pant played four matches for India in the 2019 World Cup, batting at No. 4 in each game. Scores of 32, 48, 4 and 32 seemed to suggest Pant had the potential to be the long-term solution for India, batting at that troublesome number. The No. 4 spot hasn’t
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3:00 AM ET Big picture While all eyes will rightfully be on Lasith Malinga ahead of his final ODI, the Sri Lanka quick’s swansong also brings into the focus the journey both these sides have been on over the last several years. In 14 ODIs against Bangladesh, Malinga has tasted defeat just three times, and
3:00 AM ET England 122 for 1 (Leach 60*, Roy 52*) and 85 are level with Ireland 207 (Balbirnie 55) England found resistance from an unlikely source on the second morning of their Test against Ireland at Lord’s. Jack Leach, seizing the opportunity presented as nightwatchman on the first evening, posted a maiden Test fifty
11:21 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lakshan Sandakan and Lahiru Madushanka have missed the cut, as Sri Lanka announced their finalised squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh which starts on July 26. As such there will be six changes to the squad that travelled to England for the World
3:00 AM ET Toss England chose to bat v Ireland Jason Roy will have an early opportunity to show his value as Test opener after England won the toss and chose to bat on the first morning of the Test against Ireland. Roy and Rory Burns are England’s 16th opening pairing since the retirement of
10:39 AM ET Chandika Hathurusingha‘s return as Bangladesh’s head coach is closer to becoming reality after Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board president, said he could become a candidate for the job after the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh ODI series. Khaled Mahmud will be the coach of the team in an interim capacity for the Sri Lanka
2:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli is “very excited” by the idea of the soon-to-start World Test Championship (WTC), which, for India, will begin with a tour of the West Indies next month. India have picked younger players for the tour that will start with three T20Is, followed by as many ODIs, and end
3:00 AM ET Middlesex 209 for 3 (Malan 117) beat Surrey 172 for 9 (Pope 47, Roland-Jones 4-35) by 37 runs The World Cup is over but the summer party has just begun, judging by the enthusiastic capacity crowd at The Oval, who watched Dawid Malan as the life and soul of Middlesex’s 37-run win
3:00 AM ET Bangladesh 285 for 5 (Mithun 91, Mushfiqur 50, Kumara 2-26) beat Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 282 for 8 (Shanaka 86, Shehan 56, Soumya 2-29, Rubel 2-31) by five wickets Mohammad Mithun and Mushfiqur Rahim steered Bangladesh to a five-wicket win in their only warm-up match against Sri Lanka Board President’s XI
2:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The conclusion of the Women’s Ashes Test in Taunton has raised the question whether the format should be played across five days, after a combination of rain and stodgy scoring rates stymied the contest. Australia batted out the final day of the one-off match, securing the draw they needed to