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
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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
3:00 AM ET Jozi Stars 230 for 3 (Hendricks 104*, Rickleton 45) beat Durban Heat 177 (va Wyk 66, Rabada 4-27) by 53 runs Reeza Hendricks cracked the maiden century of the Mzansi Super League as Jozi Stars buried Durban Heat under a mountain of runs to climb to third place on the table with
9:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland will begin their first overseas Test match on St Patrick’s Day – March 17 – when they take on Afghanistan next year, in what will be a second Test outing for both of the game’s newest senior nations. The Test will be the culmination of a nine-match itinerary, which
7:18 PM ET India suffered a major injury scare on the third day of their warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI when Prithvi Shaw rolled his left ankle attempting to take a catch on the deep midwicket boundary. Shaw got under the catch – from a lofted shot by Max Bryant – but went
11:41 AM ET Barny Read in Sharjah Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies and Northern Warriors batsman, believes the T10 League can further increase scores in both T20s and 50-over cricket, a potential knock-on effect of cricket’s shortest format. Pooran has been a revelation this season in Sharjah and following his 43* from 18 balls on
9:18 AM ET Liam Brickhill Cape Town Blitz fast bowler Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the remainder of the Mzansi Super League with an ankle injury that will require surgery. “Anrich has several small avulsed bone fragments from the inferior tip of the lateral aspect of the talus in his left ankle,” explained
shares Mushfiqur Rahim celebrates his double-century © AFP Big Picture ‘Spin it to win it’ seems to be the watchword in the Bangladesh-West Indies Test series. The Dhaka pitch for the second game is likely to be as helpful to the spinners as the Chattogram surface was, although the home side will tell you
3:00 AM ET Paarl Rocks 98 for 2 (Davids 46, Markram 29) beat Durban Heat 80 for 6 (Miller 22, Fortuin 2-6, Moreki 2-18) by 32 runs (DLS method) Henry Davids hits out during his 56 LatinContent/Getty Images A frustrating rain-filled evening in Durban eventually turned joyful for Paarl Rocks as they lifted themselves off the
8:13 AM ET Three years into its existence and with none of the teams close to making profits, PSL franchises are urging the PCB to revisit its revenue-share model ahead of the fourth season. One of their main demands is to be exempted from government taxes, at least until they break even on their investments.