shares Joe Root and Shannon Gabriel face off © Getty Images Shannon Gabriel has extended an “unreserved apology” to Joe Root and the wider cricketing world for his sledge during the St Lucia Test, which has since led to a four-match suspension on him, also calling the episode an “opportunity for myself and all
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2:23 PM ET Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s best batsman on day one of the first Test, has conceded that Sri Lanka’s inexperienced quicks caught his team “off guard” at Kingsmead. There are few real surprises in top-level cricket any more, such is the preponderance of video analysis. Generally, it is also a disadvantage to
3:00 AM ET Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South Africa Captaining in a Test match for the first time, Dimuth Karunaratne called correctly at the toss and put South Africa in to bat on a grassy, green-tinged Kingsmead track. “There’s a little moisture in the surface and we want to make the most
12:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It could have been worse, but Ashok Dinda, the former India paceman, has been cleared of anything too ‘alarming’ following scans after he copped a blow to his forehead while trying to take a catch off his own bowling during a Bengal T20 team training session in Kolkata on Monday.
6:04 PM ET Joe Root, England’s captain, acknowledged Shannon Gabriel could have said something he “might regret” during their exchanges on the third day’s play in St Lucia. Stump mics caught an interaction between Gabriel, the West Indies fast bowler, and two England batsmen, Root and Joe Denly, which ended with Root saying: “There’s nothing
6:10 AM ET Amit Bhandari, the former India bowler and now chairman of selectors for Delhi senior and Under-23 teams, is in hospital after being attacked by men wielding hockey sticks and iron rods, during a practice match in Delhi on Monday. Bhandari, who suffered head and ear injuries, was watching a selection trials match
12:14 PM ET Sri Lanka crushed South Africa 2-0 last July, and now, at the tail end of an excellent home summer, it’s South Africa’s turn to return the favour. So said left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who knows better than most that these two teams have been trading whitewashes over the past few years. The
shares Joe Denly adds to his runs tally © Associated Press Lunch England 277 and 108 for 2 (Denly 45*, Root 18*) lead West Indies 154 (Campbell 41, Wood 5-41, Moeen 4-36) by 231 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Joe Denly is closing in on a half-century to help push England’s lead to 231
shares Mark Wood walks off with the match ball after his five-wicket haul © Associated Press Mark Wood believes his maiden five-wicket haul against West Indies in the third Test has allowed him to finally show he is an England player. The 29-year-old fast bowler admitted the dark times were “really bad” as he
9:33 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan will step down from his role following the World Cup in England later this year. After five years in the position, having been brought in by Mike Hesson in 2014, McMillan cited the heavy international schedule as one of the key reasons he felt