12:56 PM ET Whatever issues Jofra Archer may have experienced in winning acceptance in England’s ODI side, it seems the Test team has long been convinced of his potential value. Certainly Stuart Broad, one of those seamers who may come under pressure for his Test place, is in no doubt of Archer’s qualities. Not only
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1:28 AM ET Kane Richardson‘s first World Cup memory was buying the VHS of Australia’s 1999 triumph. Now, 20 years on, he has the chance to follow the “dream” having as recently as six months ago assumed he may never get the opportunity. Richardson was in the mix for the 2015 tournament on home soil
3:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer has said the last two overs of their chase in the IPL eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad were “like hell”. In that time, Capitals saw a straightforward equation of 12 runs from 12 balls come down to two needed off the last two with three wickets
10:38 AM ET A plan to involve Younis Khan, Pakistan’s highest run-scorer in Test cricket, in the country’s Under-19 coaching set-up has fallen through after the former captain and the PCB failed to reach an agreement. One of the sticking points, ESPNcricinfo understands, had to do with finances, while the other was with the job
3:00 AM ET Glamorgan 348 for 8 (Root 78, Labuschagne 54, Douthwaite 52*) beat Sussex 347 for 7 (Evans 110, Wright 97, Wiese 57*) by two wickets Glamorgan pulled off their record county chase, as well as a record run chase at Hove, as Sussex’s interest in the Royal London Cup ended. Bit-part players at
8:02 PM ET Jhye Richardson has been ruled out of the World Cup having failed to recover from the dislocated shoulder he suffered against Pakistan in the UAE. Kane Richardson has been drafted in to Australia’s 15-man squad. Jhye picked up the injury diving on the boundary during the second ODI in Sharjah and though
3:00 AM ET Big Picture So the prologue is done and dusted – with England picking up two wins out of two in a pair of vastly contrasting contests over the bank holiday weekend. First, they held their nerve on a claggy dog of a deck in Malahide to seal a low-scoring cliffhanger, the like
11:40 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Gayle, set to feature in his final World Cup, has been named West Indies vice-captain for the upcoming 50-over tournament. Cricket West Indies named Gayle as Jason Holder’s deputy for the World Cup, while Shai Hope has been appointed vice-captain for the ongoing tri-nation series involving Ireland and Bangladesh.
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 328 for 9 (Patel 136*, Moores 69) beat Northamptonshire (Vasconcelos 74. Keogh, Cobb 63, Wakely 53) by one wicket Samit Patel’s masterful century saw Nottinghamshire chase 326 to beat Northamptonshire by just one wicket at Wantage Road. In so doing, they sealed top spot in the North Group
shares Captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana pose ahead of the toss © BCCI Toss Supernovas opted to bowl v Trailblazers Supernovas captain Harmanpreet Kaur called it right at the toss and opted to bowl against Smriti Mandhana‘s Trailblazers in the opening game of the first multi-team Women’s T20 Challenge, at the Sawai Mansingh