1:00 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Yasir Shah has only just recuperated from a hipbone injury, and is feeling his way back in since returning to full fitness after the series against Australia. Here in Dubai, with Pakistan needing to lift their game by several notches to level the series, he quickly understood the need to
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shares © Associated Press England have shown they can no longer be considered “a one-trick pony” who can only win at home, according to their captain, Joe Root. While they have long had a strong reputation at home, where their seamers are often able to exploit helpful conditions and a Duke’s ball, England’s results
12:18 PM ET Diana Edulji, the former India women captain who is part of the two-member Committee of Administrators (CoA), has said the CoA will not interfere in the controversy surrounding Mithali Raj‘s omission from India’s side for their Women’s World T20 semi-final against England last week. Raj, India’s senior-most player and their highest run-getter
11:34 AM ET Liam Brickhill The Mzansi Super League attracted a live television audience in excess of 3.4 million South African viewers during it’s opening weekend that featured four matches. The league is only just starting to gain traction and attract fans to matches as summer sets in, but TV figures suggest the league has
8:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka will hop over to Scotland for two ODIs before making their trip to England and Wales for the 2019 World Cup, Cricket Scotland has confirmed in a press release. They will compete in two ODIs – on May 18 and May 21 – with the venues slated to
shares Play 00:50 Root’s England emulate Ponting’s Australia Ben Stokes turned matches, and Sri Lanka’s batting lacks maturity, but even with all that, and despite the 3-0 result, there wasn’t much separating the teams. These are Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha‘s views after Sri Lanka were whitewashed at home by England. While in the
9:54 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo Jack Leach has described his run-out of Kusal Mendis on the fourth afternoon in Colmbo as “the best moment” of his career to date. Leach finished the series as England’s equal-leading wicket-taker – he and Moeen Ali both claimed 18 – but it was the moment of brilliance
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 240 and 164 for 5 (Mendis 77*, Roshen 37*) need a further 163 runs to beat England 336 and 230 (Buttler 64, Dilruwan 5-88) Kusal Mendis swept, cut and pulled his way to an unflustered 77 off 101 balls, while Roshen Silva joined him for an unbeaten 82-run partnership, as
9:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset have confirmed the return of Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali for the whole of the 2019 season. Azhar, 33, will be available to play a full part in the Specsavers Championship and the Royal London Cup. Azhar is currently Pakistan’s leading active Test run-scorer, but he retired earlier this month
shares Mashrafe Mortaza finds a reason to smile in a press interaction © AFP Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza is set to contest the country’s 11th parliamentary election, after he received confirmation of his nomination from the ruling Awami League. He will be contesting in the Narail-2 constituency, his home district, with the polls