12:51 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Akila Dananjaya is set to fly to Chennai on Friday morning to reassess his bowling action, as Sri Lanka Cricket looks to fast track his return to the international fold ahead of their tour of South Africa later this month. “Spinner Akila Dananjaya will fly to Chennai, India tomorrow morning
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shares Play 01:40 Miller: Challenge for West Indies is to back up first Test win Big Picture It’s happening again, you know. England’s impressively woeful record in the Caribbean is in serious danger of another four-year extension, after one of the most outstanding team performances ever put together in West Indies’ long and illustrious
3:00 AM ET New Zealand chose to field v India Readers from the US can watch the New Zealand v India series LIVE here, on ESPN+ Pretty close to the World Cup, New Zealand showed they were not fixed on the idea of Colin Munro opening the innings. After they won the toss and decided
12:57 PM ET At the age of 32 years and 321 days, Joe Denly is set to join a select band of England cricketers to have made their Test debut after their 30th birthday. ESPNcricinfo recalls the fate of the last seven men to have earned such late recognition. Mark Stoneman (30 and 52 days)
2:54 AM ET A 13-member West Indies women’s squad led by Merissa Aguilleira with a support staff comprising eight members landed in Karachi on Wednesday for the first visit to Pakistan by a non-Asian women’s team in 15 years. West Indies women are scheduled to play three T20Is in Karachi and the series is being
2:50 PM ET Like the hunt for the Holy Grail and the lost city of Atlantis, England’s search for opening batsmen has gone on so long, you wonder if they exist. For while Rory Burns impressed in Barbados, the worries over Keaton Jennings are mounting. He is still yet to reach 50 in the 11
12:30 PM ET South Africa will be testing more than just their all-round options and bowling combinations in the decider of their series against Pakistan on Wednesday. They’ll also be testing their big-match temperament and gaining vital experience of how to deal with must-win games – experience that could be vital in overcoming the knockout
4:07 AM ET Liam Brickhill Allrounder Wiaan Mulder has been added to South Africa’s squad for the fifth and final ODI against Pakistan. Mulder picked up an Achilles tendon injury during South Africa’s limited overs series against Zimbabwe at the end of September and only completed his rehabilitation in the new year. He returned to
7:49 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia will begin the defence of their T20 World Cup title against India and also face Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in a tournament hoping to conclude with a record crowd for a women’s sporting event at the MCG on March 8, 2020. The current record for a women’s fixture in
shares © Getty Images Rangpur Riders 189 for 2 (De Villiers 100*, Hales 85*, Russell 2-30) beat Dhaka Dynamites 186 for 6 (Talukdar 52, Pollard 37*, Reza 2-32) by eight wickets How the game played out The Rangpur Riders runaway train whistled past Dhaka Dynamites at breakneck speed in a thumping eight-wicket win with