6:23 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Nic Pothas has been appointed West Indies’ interim head coach for the tour of Bangladesh following the end of Stuart Law’s stint. Law was named Middlesex coach in September and the recently concluded India tour was his final assignment having originally joined West Indies in early 2017. West Indies hoped
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12:16 PM ET Danyal Rasool Kane Williamson has hailed the astonishing four-run win in Abu Dhabi as New Zealand’s “best in recent memory” and among the best in his career. Speaking just after New Zealand triggered a Pakistan collapse that saw the hosts lose their last six wickets for 24 runs to be bowled out
11:29 AM ET A day ahead of the draft for the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars have an envious conundrum to resolve: AB de Villiers or Steven Smith? Both Smith and de Villiers are likely to be the first two players to be snapped up, and with just two picks available
10:06 AM ET Danyal Rasool Despite all the decades of groundwork Pakistan have laid building a reputation of unpredictability, nothing could have prepared their fans for this. The post-lunch capitulation on Monday in a target of 176 – what is it with that number and Pakistan? – was so improbable, it caught even the ever-pessimistic
3:00 AM ET United States of America 162 for 5 (Malhotra 66*, Abhiraj 2-24) beat Singapore 161 (Dutta 30, Netravalkar 3-19) by five wickets Captain Saurabh Netravalkar reciprocates applause from team-mates after his three-for Peter Della Penna USA’s struggles to get past WCL Division Three finally came to an end on Monday at the Oman Cricket
3:00 AM ET West Indies 303 for 7 dec (Hope 88, Powell 72, Nayeem Hasan 2-104) drew with Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 232 for 5 (Soumya 78, Shadman 73, Gabriel 2-24) Shai Hope drives down the ground AFP Shai Hope, Kieran Powell and Soumya Sarkar struck fifties in the two-day practice match between West Indies and
6:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff As far as tight finishes in world tournaments go, Heather Knight‘s England have held their own since she took over as captain following the side’s shock elimination in the 2016 World T20 semi-final. In the World Cup last year, a league-stage win against Australia off the final ball paved the
shares Lunch: Pakistan 227 and 130 for 4 (Azhar 40*, Sodhi 2-37) need another 46 runs to beat New Zealand 153 and 249 (Watling 59, Nicholls 55, Hasan 5-45, Yasir 5-110) Henry Nicholls takes evasive action as Azhar Ali drives © AFP For Pakistan, this was supposed to be the future after Misbah-ul-Haq and
4:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff BCCI asks Ashwin, Ishant to rest Mindful of player workloads, the Indian team management has asked R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma to sit out of the third round of Ranji Trophy matches starting November 20. The move is to have them fresh and ready for the team’s only four-day fixture
4:16 AM ET Steven Smith and David Warner may return to international cricket as soon as a matter of hours after their bans are lifted at the end of March, after it was revealed that Pakistan’s board is open to the concept of shifting its ODI series with Australia into April ahead of next year’s