shares BJ Watling drives through the covers © AFP Lunch Pakistan 0 for 1 (Imam 0*, Boult 1-0) v New Zealand 274 (Williamson 89, Watling 77*, Bilal 5-65, Yasir 3-75) Having faced 180 balls for 42 on the first day, BJ Watling would have slept rather soundly. He can look forward to another good
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2:43 PM ET English cricket could be forgiven for feeling as if the Ghost of Christmas Past was visiting over the next few days. Events that the game may well have wanted to put behind it – notably, the late-night brawl involving Ben Stokes and Alex Hales in Bristol in September 2017 – will be
shares India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and coach Ramesh Powar at the pre-departure press meet © Annesha Ghosh Days after BCCI put out an advertisement to hire a new head coach for the Indian women’s team, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, two of India’s senior-most players, have strongly urged the board to stick with Ramesh
2:30 AM ET Australia’s chances of thriving against India this summer will rest as much upon the capacity of Nathan Lyon to restrain the touring team’s talented batting line-up as on the ability of the “big three” of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to attack them. Entering a home Test series without the
3:00 AM ET Northern Warriors sealed T10 League glory in Sharjah on Sunday night, thanks to a 22-run win over Pakhtoons. The Warriors had Rovman Powell (61*) and Andre Russell (38) to thank with the bat while Chris Green (2-11) and Hardus Viljoen (2-24) starred with the ball to deny Shahid Afridi, his thousands of
3:00 AM ET Big picture After everything that could go wrong, went wrong for Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, everything that could work, worked like a charm for them in Dubai. In many ways the hosts have stayed true to their reputation of blowing hot and cold, epitomised by the dramatic batting collapse in the first
1:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi is likely to make his Test debut in the third Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi. A shoulder injury to Mohammad Abbas in the second Test in Dubai set to open up a place for Shaheen in the deciding Test of the series, which starts
8:04 AM ET Barny Read Jofra Archer has hinted that he may consider pulling out of this winter’s stint with Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL, in the wake of the ECB rule-change that has raised the possibility of him making England’s squad for next year’s 2019 World Cup. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo in the UAE, where
10:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sabbir Rahman and Ebadat Hossain helped North Zone salvage a draw in Bogra, but it didn’t stop Central Zone from staying on top of the BCL points table. The pair lasted the final 19 minutes before bad light stopped play. North Zone ended on 255 for nine in the fourth
3:00 AM ET Lunch Bangladesh 387 for 6 (Mahmudullah 75*, Liton 53*) v West Indies Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das put Bangladesh in a strong position at lunch on the second day, as the home side rapidly added 128 runs in 25 overs in the morning to reach 387 for 6 at lunch. Shakib