11:45 PM ET Aaron Finch is set to bat No. 3 for Victoria behind Marcus Harris and Travis Dean in what appears a compromise between his likely opening role for Australia in the looming Test series against India and the state team’s clear desire to avoid breaking up their own settled combination at the top
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3:00 AM ET Paarl Rocks 144 for 5 (du Plessis 54, van Jaarsveld 32, Steyn 2-21) beat Cape Town Blitz 140 (de Kock 31, Fortuin 4-15, Paterson 3-23) by five wickets Bjorn Fortuin‘s four-wicket haul and Faf du Plessis‘ half-century helped Paarl Rocks register their first win of the Mzansi Super League. Their victory also
11:32 AM ET Danyal Rasool For a man with a supposed inaptitude to Test cricket, Babar Azam does end up with an awful lot of big scores in the format. In his last four Test innings, the 24-year old has managed 92, 62, 13 and an unbeaten 127 on Sunday. It was his fifth 50-plus
11:20 AM ET It is possible the no-balls were the result of straining too hard for wickets. That was the only explanation Sri Lanka spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge could offer for the events on the third morning in Colombo, when left-arm spinner Lakshan Sandakan had Ben Stokes caught at cover on 22, then at slip
10:38 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket has named an all-new selection committee headed by former Sri Lanka fast bowler Ashantha De Mel, a move which comes just six months from the World Cup. Alongside De Mel, the committee comprises three other former national players in Brendon Kuruppu, Hemantha Wickramaratne and Chaminda Mendis. De
10:03 AM ET Mark Robinson, England women’s coach, admitted the team felt they had been “playing catch-up” throughout the Women’s World T20, due to rain affecting the early part of their tournament, as a rusty batting line-up failed to fire in the final against Australia. Despite an eight-wicket defeat ending their hopes of adding the
Nov 24, 2018 Jos Buttler credited a TV re-run of a Michael Clarke masterclass as the inspiration behind his much-changed batting approach on the third day in Colombo, as he switched from the use of the sweep to the use of nimble footwork to combat Sri Lanka’s spinners during another vital, momentum-seizing half-century. After arriving
3:00 AM ET Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143 for 9 (Marais 47, Mendis 4-22, Sipamla 3-29) beat Tshwane Spartans 35 for 3 (5.1 overs) by seven runs (DLS method) Jeevan Mendis celebrates a wicket Associated Press The arrival of a highveld thunderstorm, and the threat of lightning that came with it, brought Tshwane Spartans’ game against
9:28 AM ET There was no brotherly support for Krunal Pandya after his torrid start to the T20I series against Australia, but then he wouldn’t have expected any. Krunal and Hardik Pandya are more used to ribbing each other when things go badly than taking the arm-round-the-shoulder approach, but when they next speak Krunal will
9:19 AM ET A spin-friendly pitch in Chattogram is as acceptable as a green and bouncy track in Antigua, said Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes. He said that visiting teams are not surprised with these conditions when they come to play in the subcontinent, adding that batsmen didn’t quite manage to play well under pressure against