3:00 AM ET Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javeria 74*, O’Reilly 3-19) beat Ireland 101 for 9 (Isobel Joyce 30, Shillington 27, Sandhu 2-8, Riaz 2-16) by 38 runs Nahida Khan congratulates Javeria Khan on her fifty ICC/Getty Ireland were exactly in the contest for eight overs after losing the toss. Then, they saw it sensationally slip.
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12:29 PM ET Oman held on in a nervy finish behind Jatinder Singh‘s 73 to maintain their unbeaten run with a three-wicket win over Denmark. In a game which had sloppy fielding from both sides, Denmark paid dearest for dropping Jatinder twice – on 5 and 19 – as he went on to anchor Oman’s
4:57 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Former allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has become the third ex-Sri Lanka player to be charged with corruption-related offences, this time for allegedly breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code. The charges, of which there are three, relate to the T10 Cricket League played in December last year. The charges are
Nov 11, 2018 England have confirmed that Ben Foakes will keep in the second Test in Pallekele with Jos Buttler admitting the standards he set had been “a wake-up call”. Foakes enjoyed what Buttler described as “probably the best debut ever in Test cricket” in Galle. After becoming the first England keeper to score a
12:44 PM ET The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has acknowledged that it could have done more to mark Remembrance Sunday on its social media channels, after receiving a complaint from a member. The players’ union admitted to ESPNcricinfo that not recognising the centenary of Armistice Day on its Twitter feed was “an oversight” but insisted
3:00 AM ET Tea Bangladesh 470 for 7 (Mushfiqur 195*, Mehidy 40*, Jarvis 5-71) v Zimbabwe Mushfiqur Rahim gets on top of the bounce AFP Mushfiqur Rahim solidified Bangladesh’s dominance on the second day in Mirpur with an epic unbeaten 393-ball 195 that stretched well over eight hours and carried his team to 470 for 7
shares Australia 96 for 1 (Healy 56*) beat Ireland 93 for 6 (Garth 24, Perry 2-12) by nine wickets © International Cricket Council Chances are it may have taken Australia longer to load their kits from the baggage carousel to the team bus than it took to see off Ireland’s small target in Providence.
12:42 PM ET Pakistan have been penalised ten runs for running in the danger zone of the pitch during their Group B match against India in Providence, Guyana. Four batsmen were involved in at least three incidents, with umpires issuing a warning, followed by two separate penalties of five runs each. After a shaky start,
4:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been ruled out of the second Test against England in Pallekele. Chandimal suffered a groin injury during the defeat in Galle and will be out for two weeks, which could also make him a doubt for the third Test, in Colombo, starting on November
shares © Getty Images The ICC are considering moving Women’s World T20 group games from St Lucia to Antigua because of heavy rains and a grim forecast for the next week. The first St Lucia match of the tournament between England and Sri Lanka was rained off and thunderstorms are forecast until at least