3:00 AM ET Through the course of an as-of-yet unbroken 109-run partnership, Kusal Mendis quelled New Zealand’s short-pitched bowling, flayed the fuller balls, moved to 65, and generally made resistance batting appear a breeze. At the other end, Angelo Mathews looked like he was in a dogfight – wearing balls on the body, having his
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12:18 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Eoin Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, has been added to the player list for Tuesday’s IPL auction, alongside four other late inclusions: South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen, uncapped Australian Riley Meredith, and Indians Mayank Dagar and Pranav Gupta. Morgan will be entered at the highest base price of INR 2
8:07 AM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Josh Hazlewood has given his stamp of approval to the Perth Stadium pitch but has also admitted to being puzzled by its characteristics. The pitch has played differently throughout each day of the Test, at times offering considerable assistance to the bowlers
shares Tom Latham hardly strayed from the textbook © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 403 for 3 (Latham 168*, Nicholls 45*, Kumara 2-110) lead Sri Lanka 282 by 121 runs Three New Zealand batsmen have scored double-hundreds against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve, and Tom Latham could soon become the fourth, joining Martin
3:00 AM ET Jozi Stars 115 for 2 (van der Dussen 59*, Siboto 1-18) beat Cape Town Blitz 113 for 7 (Behardien 23, Hendricks 2-21) by eight wickets Rassie van der Dussen brings out his trademark reverse sweep Getty Images Jozi Stars claimed the inaugural Mzansi Super League title with a barnstorming eight-wicket win over Cape
7:21 AM ET Poor form has held back some of Bangladesh’s young cricketers who, at the start of the year, were touted for big things. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said that Afif Hossain, Zakir Hasan and, to a lesser extent, Mahedi Hasan had been disappointing in domestic and representative sides since making their T20I debuts
11:41 PM ET Andrew Symonds has revealed that an emotional Harbhajan Singh apologised to him in private for racially abusing him during the 2007-08 “Monkeygate” scandal in India and Australia when the pair played together for Mumbai Indians in the IPL four years later. Speaking to his former team-mates Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee for
8:41 AM ET Liam Brickhill Ahead of what is expected to be a tough home series against Pakistan, South Africa coach Ottis Gibson has insisted he has no concerns regarding the form of his top order. Hashim Amla, Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram averaged below 15 during South Africa’s last Test series, in Sri Lanka,
5:38 AM ET Liam Brickhill Born in Johannesburg, schooled at Westville Boys’ High, and fluent in Afrikaans, Mickey Arthur is as South African as they come. But Arthur hasn’t been here for five years, having last visited for a family funeral, and his intentions for this homecoming are clear: “I’ll make no secret of it,
3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand opt to bowl v Sri Lanka Neil Wagner struck twice late in the day Getty Images Fresh off a magnificent series win in UAE – their first win away against Pakistan in 49 years – New Zealand began their home summer with the toss favouring them on a grassy Wellington