South Africa v West Indies, ICC World Cup 2019 warm-up match, Bristol May 26, 2019 The Report by Shamya Dasgupta shares Carlos Brathwaite celebrates a wicket with his team-mates © Getty Images Toss West Indies chose to bowl against South Africa Jason Holder won the toss and asked South Africa, led by JP Duminy
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6:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Asghar Afghan’s removal as Afghanistan’s ODI captain less than two months before the World Cup had garnered criticism from some of the team’s senior players, but his replacement Gulbadin Naib quelled any murmurs of disharmony within the team, saying he still considered Asghar as his captain. “Asghar Afghan is still
3:00 AM ET Innings break Hampshire 244 for 8 (Northeast 56, Fuller 55*, J Overton 3-48) v Somerset Royal London Cup holders Hampshire face a task on their hands with the ball if they are to retain the trophy after scrapping their way to 244 for 8. Shorn of three of the mainstays of their
6:56 AM ET England’s World Cup hopes may have sustained a serious blow after injury scares to both of their fastest bowlers. Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, the two men in the England squad who can regularly surpass 90 mph with the ball, were obliged to leave the pitch within minutes of one another in
12:28 AM ET “This won’t be as fun as when I was playing,” quipped Brad Haddin as he dropped into the chair that was set up in front of cameras and journalists in the Ageas Bowl indoor school ahead of Australia’s warm-up match against England. Whether it was fun or not, it was hardly surprising
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl against South Africa in the World Cup warm-up against South Africa in Cardiff. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne felt that there’d be some assistance for his seamers early on, while Faf du Plessis was happy
9:05 AM ET An officer from the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) will, for the first time, travel alongside each of the 10 participating teams in the World Cup. The move is part of the ACU’s drive to stave off the ever-increasing, ever-present danger of corrupt elements who have been frequently implicated in various sport-fixing scandals.
10:43 PM ET Michael Slater, the former Australia opening batsman and now commentator, will be heard on Channel Nine’s World Cup broadcast after the ICC confirmed he remains a part of the world broadcast feed for the event, due to begin on May 30. Following a highly publicised incident on Sunday when Slater was escorted
3:00 AM ET Sussex 422 (Jordan 166, Brown 156) and 339 for 4 dec (Salt 122, van Zyl, 81*, Brown 60*) drew with Northamptonshire 368 (Vasconcelos 83, Buck 51) and 288 for 6 (Rossington 69*, Cobb 68, Hamza 4-51) It has been a tough start to the season for Northamptonshire, who had a chastening time
8:39 AM ET Paul Edwards The last domestic final played at Lord’s will not take place in September. There will be no sense of summer’s farewell, a last hurrah for careless heat before football recolonises sport. Such occasions belong to distant seasons, when Lancashire or Kent always seemed to be playing and St John’s Wood