12:54 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli felt India being reduced to 99 for 4 against Australia was “good for the team” as it allowed their lower-middle order to see off the game. Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni put together an unbroken 141-run stand to secure victory by six wickets. “It was a difficult sort
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shares Tom Curran runs in to bowl © Getty Images Toss West Indies win toss, bowl v EnglandLive Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary West Indies have won the toss and sent England in to bat in the fifth and final ODI in St Lucia. Play is due to get underway shortly in clear, breezy conditions
3:00 AM ET Toss Australia opt to bat v India In his 100th ODI, Aaron Finch called correctly, as Australia elected to bat first in Hyderabad. The dryness of the surface, he felt, would help give their bowlers a slight edge later while defending. Virat Kohli felt the exact opposite, saying the ball would come
shares Kane Williamson celebrates his 20th Test hundred © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 605 for 6 (Williamson 166*, Latham 161) lead Bangladesh 234 all out (Tamim 126, Wagner 5-47) by 371 runs New Zealand continued pummeling Bangladesh’s bowlers as they rose to 605 for 6 at lunch on the third day in Hamilton.
3:00 AM ET How the game played out Multan needed to win every one of their remaining games to have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. To say they failed to do that today against Quetta Gladiators today would be something of an understatement. Shoaib Malik’s men turned in perhaps their worst performance all
2:49 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai Sarah Taylor and Katherine Brunt, two of England’s most experienced women’s players, have given the thumbs-up to the ECB’s new 100-ball tournament, saying it will only help improve the health of women’s cricket in the country, the scrapping of the Kia Super League [KSL] from 2020 onwards notwithstanding.
New Zealand 86 for 0 (Raval 51*, Latham 35*) trail Bangladesh 234 (Tamim 126, Wagner 5-47) by 148 runs Neil Wagner upset Bangladesh’s rhythm with a trademark short ball barrage as they were bowled out for 234, after being 121 for 1 shortly before lunch on the opening day in Hamilton, undoing the good work
12:41 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai India ODI captain Mithali Raj has called for more consistent use of the Decision Review System in the women’s game. Her view comes in the wake of some erroneous umpiring decisions during the three-match ODI series against England, which did not feature DRS. “We would love to have
5:59 AM ET ICC chairman Shashank Manohar might feel Test cricket is dying, but David Richardson, the global cricket body’s chief executive, says he has numbers to show that view is incorrect. According to Richardson, based on a survey the ICC carried out last year, Test cricket has a strong and committed fan base of
3:00 AM ET New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh New Zealand captain Kane Williamson decided to field first in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton. The home side, on the back of four consecutive Test series wins, have already released Matt Henry to play in the Plunkett Shield, and