1:01 PM ET George Dobell in Antigua Joe Denly has admitted the prospect of earning a spot in England’s Ashes team is hard to ignore. Denly made his Test debut in Antigua becoming, aged 32, England’s oldest debutant since Alan Wells in 1995. While he didn’t enjoy the best of games, scoring 6 and 17
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shares Snell Patel hit his second first-class century © PTI Lunch: Saurashtra 284 for 9 (Snell 102, Unadkat 34*, Sarwate 5-90, Wakhare 3-72) trail Vidarbha 312 by 28 runs Snell Patel completed his second first-class century, but it really was their gutsy lower-order batting, led by captain Jaydev Unadkat, that kept Saurashtra in the
10:34 PM ET Australia’s chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns has no intention of following the soon-to-retire Greg Chappell out the door at Cricket Australia, wanting to see the role through to at least 2020 even as the governing body looks to appoint a new head of team performance and considers revising the selection structure. In
12:26 PM ET Mid West Rhinos 304 for 9 dec. (Chisoro 56, Moor 46, Ziwira 2-28) and 347 for 8 dec. (Moor 92, Chapungu 62, Ziwira 5-62) beat Mashonaland Eagles 269 (Chigumbura 71, Chibhabha 56, Jarvis 3-42) and 120 (Mutombodzi 49, Mavuta 4-28, Madziva 3-20) by 262 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mashonaland Eagles slumped
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Chittagong Vikings chose to bat v Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka Dynamites: 1 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 2 Nurul Hasan (wk), 3 Rubel Hossain, 4 Shuvagata Hom, 5 Rony Talukdar, 6 Qazi Onik, 7 Mahmudul Hasan, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Kieron Pollard, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Upul Tharanga Chittagong Vikings: 1
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 215 and 5 for 87 (Mendis 13*, de Silva 1*) need 429 more runs to beat Australia 5 for 534 dec and 3 for 196 dec Mitchell Starc scythed through Sri Lanka’s batting order for the second time in the Test, reducing them to 5 for 87 at lunch on
1:08 PM ET Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, has admitted that the Test team’s batting may have become “muddled” by the demands for extra aggression in one-day cricket. England were bowled out for 187 and 132 in Antigua, having mustered just 77 in their first innings in Barbados, to give West Indies an unassailable 2-0
3:00 AM ET Saurabh Somani in Nagpur Tea Vidarbha 130 for 4 (Kale 35, Unadkat 2-20) v Saurashtra Saurashtra kept a tight leash on Vidarbha’s scoring, but the middle order defended stoutly as the defending champions recovered from three early strikes to reach tea at 130 for 4 on the first day. Saurashtra are still
3:00 AM ET India chose to bat v New Zealand India continued to put their batting in the spotlight by choosing to do the difficult thing after winning the toss. It doesn’t all have to do with the 92 all out in the previous game, but about putting the batsmen in a situation where they
3:00 AM ET Lunch England 187 and 9 for 0 (Burns 4*, Denly 0*) trail West Indies 306 (Bravo 50, Brathwaite 49, Broad 3-53, Moeen 3-62) by 110 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A tenacious half century from Darren Bravo has led West Indies to a handy lead against England on day three of the