3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Torrential rain and thunderstorms brought havoc to Sydney on Wednesday and washed out the opening day of India’s warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI, as their preparations for the Test series took a hit. The heaviest rain seen in the city in three years swept in during the early
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12:55 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA allrounder Jannisar Khan has been suspended for two matches and
8:22 AM ET Barny Read One month out from the second edition of the T10 League, the tournament chairman Shaji Ul Mulk was in Mumbai for an important meeting. He was bringing a new CEO on board. Arvinder Singh was closely involved with the IPL for ten seasons, serving as CEO of Kings XI Punjab
shares Jhye Richardson celebrates the wicket of Travis Dean © Getty Images New South Wales 261 (Patterson 107*, Abbott 69, Richardson 8-47) lead Western Australia 0 for 1 by 260 runs A career-best eight-wicket haul from Western Australia quick Jhye Richardson overshadowed Kurtis Patterson‘s first Sheffield Shield century in two years on an even
3:00 AM ET Lunch New Zealand 222 for 4 (Nicholls 31*, Watling 16*) and 90 trail Pakistan 418 for 5 dec. by 106 runs Perhaps the biggest surprise this session was that Yasir Shah was kept quiet throughout. Two New Zealand wickets did fall, bringing Pakistan closer to a series-levelling victory, but they went to
6:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Defending champions Surrey will host Essex, who lifted the Specsavers Championship in 2017, in their opening match of the 2019 season – a repeat of their encounter in the final round of last season, when Essex scraped a dramatic one-wicket win despite taking a 410-run lead on first innings. The
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shares Harmanpreet Kaur eyes the leg side © International Cricket Council India women captain Harmanpreet Kaur has jumped up to the third spot in the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings. Harmanpreet finished the World T20 as the second-highest run-scorer after Australia’s Alyssa Healy. Her 183 runs from five innings at 45.75 with a strike-rate
Nov 26, 2018 India begin their only tour game before the Test series in Australia on Wednesday, but they do so in a manner similar to the one in England despite efforts to do it otherwise. They will play a non-first-class fixture against a weak side in a game that might not see more than
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 167 (Handscomb 81, Finch 50, Steketee 4-52) lead Queensland 2 for 120 (Burns 71*, Khawaja 41, Tremain 2-20) by 47 runs Queensland’s pacemen razed Sheffield Shield leaders Victoria on day one at the Gabba to put the Bulls in command at stumps and in position to establish a big