9:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tasmania have signed young Western Australian quick Alex Bevilaqua for next season as part of a squad littered with fast bowlers. Bevilaqua, 22, played two Sheffield Shield matches for Western Australia in early 2018 but only managed a handful of Futures League games last season. The 207cm quick was a
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3:00 AM ET Somerset 337 (Trego 73, Azhar 72, Banton 59) beat Nottinghamshire 222 (Slater 58, Hales 54) by 115 runs There will be no Lord’s final for Alex Hales, not that even the most ardent county cricket follower would claim that was adequate compensation for missing out on a place in England’s World Cup
1:25 AM ET With the World Cup starting on May 30, 18 days after the IPL final, workload management has been a major talking point throughout the season. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma reckons that the demands of the IPL will help players build towards the showpiece event in England and Wales, rather than lead
May 10, 2019 Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians closed out April with four successive games on the road and then edged Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crazy super-over finish at the Wankhede. As things panned out, they had to win their final league game, also at home, against Kolkata Knight Riders to top the points table. Rohit
3:00 AM ET The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Supernovas elected to bowl against the Mithali Raj-led Velocity in the final of the Women’s T20 Challenge in Jaipur. They went in with the same XI that beat Velocity two nights ago. Meanwhile, Raj announced the inclusion of Devika Vaidya in place of left-arm medium pacer Komal Zanzad, thereby
2:35 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa coach Ottis Gibson put in a request to withdraw “key players” from the IPL in early May to prepare for the World Cup. But Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Thabang Moroe did not bring up the issue with the BCCI, ESPNcricinfo understands, worried of the consequences of
7:21 PM ET Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer reflected on Delhi Capitals’ run to the IPL playoffs as a “dream season” and one he expects his team to build on next year. Capitals, who until last season played as Delhi Daredevils, had finished last on the table with only five wins. This season, apart from changes
3:00 AM ET Big picture Ireland wanted points on the board and they got two of them, but things couldn’t have been worse. A 196-run hammering in the tournament opener against West Indies followed by a washout against Bangladesh leaves them bottom placed and means that another defeat would put them on the brink of
3:00 AM ET Australian XI 5 for 248 (Smith 91*, Maxwell 70) beat New Zealand XI 9 for 286 (Young 111, Worker 59, Cummins 4-32) by five wickets (DLS method) Steven Smith boarded the flight to the World Cup with questions over his form significantly eased as he struck an unbeaten 91 at Allan Border
9:10 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia coach Justin Langer said he “slept a lot better” after Steven Smith showed some of his best form since returning from elbow surgery with the unbeaten 89 in the second match against the New Zealand XI on Wednesday. Smith dominated the back-end of the Australian innings, collecting 39 off