Feb 5, 2019 West Indies are braced for the possibility of another ICC sanction ahead of the final Test of the series against England. Just days after Jason Holder, West Indies’ captain, was suspended from playing in the final Test due to his side’s slow over-rate in Antigua, there are concerns that the ICC match
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7:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia will not, after all, play any of their five-match ODI series against Pakistan in Pakistan. The PCB finally released the schedule for the series, which begins from March 22 and sees the bans handed out to Steven Smith and David Warner end in the middle of it. The scheduling
2:05 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s chastened cricketers attempted to mend their ways after being asked to bat first at Gros Islet. But, though a run-rate of two an over suggested a determination to dig in and wait for their chances, the actual runs that they scored in the first session-and-a-half told a different story.
3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes West Indies have won the toss and chosen to bowl in the third and final Test against England in St Lucia. West Indies, who hold an unassailable 2-0 series lead, have made one change to their line-up, with allrounder Keemo Paul in for captain Jason Holder, who is serving a
shares Pat Cummins made a rare appearance for Sydney Thunder © Getty Images Sydney Thunder 6 for 166 (Ferguson 47) beat Hobart Hurricanes 4 for 166 (Bailey 53, Wade 45, McDermott 44*) by four wickets After the astonishing display by Brisbane Heat on Friday, it was always going to be an uphill struggle for
10:42 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Daniel Vettori has departed from another T20 coaching role after he quit as head coach of Brisbane Heat to continue the end of strong New Zealand links to the club following Brendon McCullum’s decision to finish his BBL career. Vettori, the former New Zealand captain, informed the Heat management earlier
3:02 PM ET Had talk at the Darren Sammy ground in St Lucia been of miners’ strikes, war in the Falklands and the plotline of Neighbours, the sense could not have been clearer: England are back in the 1980s. Here we are, after all, watching them try to avoid a whitewash at the hands of
shares Daryl Mitchell was non-plussed after a contentious lbw dismissal © Getty Images For once, DRS was unable to prevent a contentious dismissal. In fact, it only added to the confusion during the second T20I between New Zealand and India. Daryl Mitchell was given out lbw off Krunal Pandya despite HotSpot showing a clear
10:48 PM ET Nathan Lyon hopes to use his belated availability for the Big Bash to kick start a bid to cement a place in Australia’s World Cup squad as he embarks on the most sustained period of white-ball cricket in his career. Lyon is available for the remainder of Sydney Sixers’ campaign which will
2:54 PM ET Jos Buttler has admitted the reaction to England’s defeat in the Caribbean has left the players with “hurt pride”. Buttler, England’s vice-captain, conceded it had been a “really disappointing tour” from an England perspective and accepted that Darren Bravo’s determined innings in Antigua had been “a good example” to England’s batsmen. But