3:00 AM ET Big picture Brathwaite c Boult b Neesham 101. It’s been 16 days since that happened, and it’ll be 17 days when tomorrow’s semi-final begins. For New Zealand, it will be 17 winless days. And yet, here they are, two wins away from getting their hands on the World Cup. The carping about
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3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia A 203 for 0 (Harris 100*, Burns 88) trail Sussex 263 (Rawlins 69, Pattinson 4-60) by 60 runs Marcus Harris and Joe Burns, who could be playing off for one spot in the Ashes squad, dominated the second day of Australia A’s match against Sussex with an unbroken double-century
Jul 7, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 108 (Morris 4-26) and 19 for 0 lead Worcestershire 113 (Reece 4-30) by 13 runs Twenty wickets fell on the opening day of Worcestershire’s Specsavers County Championship match with Derbyshire at Kidderminster. Derbyshire opted to bat and were dismissed for 108 in 44.2 overs with Worcestershire club captain
4:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Days after being dropped from Ireland’s ODI squad, for the three-match series against Zimbabwe, left-arm spinner George Dockrell has been left out of the long-format squad, too, for the one-off Test against England at Lord’s. James Cameron-Dow, also a left-arm spinner, seamer Barry McCarthy, and wicketkeeper-batsman Stuart Poynter, who were
8:12 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex 118 for 5 (Pattinson 3-38) v Australia A James Pattinson made an early impression with the red ball for Australia A ahead of a likely Ashes call-up as he bagged three wickets on a truncated opening day against Sussex. Rain and bad light prevented play until mid-afternoon and only
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 124 for 4 (Horton 50) lead Durham 117 (Wright 5-30) by seven runs Leicestershire’s seamers bowled outstandingly to dismiss Durham for just 117, their lowest score of the season, after the visitors had won the toss and chosen to bat first in the Specsavers County Championship match at
6:33 PM ET Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis are fitness doubts for Australia ahead of their World Cup semi-final after both sustained injuries during defeat to South Africa at Old Trafford. Khawaja retired hurt on 6 with what was subsequently described as a “hamstring strain” by a team spokesperson and will undergo a scan on
8:46 PM ET The mind games have begun in earnest. Moments after it was determined Australia were going to face England in the semi-final of the World Cup, Nathan Lyon sought to put all the pressure of expectation on England while saying Australia will have fun and play with smiles on their faces. Lyon said
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 450 for 6 (Donald 173, Holland 143, Northeast 59) v Warwickshire Ian Holland scored his maiden first-class century and Aneurin Donald reached three figures for the first time since joining Hampshire during the first day of their Specsavers County Championship fixture with Warwickshire. Holland provided the glue to
5:13 PM ET Sidharth Monga Fielding is one of cricket’s grey eras even in this age of data. It is debatable how much it matters, clearly being the least important of the four main skills, behind bowling, batting and wicketkeeping. Then there is no agreement on how to measure or assess fielding. It is mostly