2:14 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo England were once again indebted to an outstanding piece of fielding from Keaton Jennings for a breakthrough on the second morning in Colombo. For the third time in the space of two Sri Lanka innings, Jennings pulled off an outstanding catch at short leg (to be scrupulously correct,
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8:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shuvagata Hom and Abu Hider shared nine wickets between them in the fourth innings as Central Zone beat South Zone by 77 runs in Sylhet. After the two sides were in a near deadlock after their respective first innings, South Zone were bowled out for 188 runs while chasing 266
7:31 AM ET Adil Rashid said that he is relishing being part of England’s three-man spin attack, with a clear remit to be the bowler who “makes things happen”, after producing a brilliant five-wicket haul to transform the balance of play in the third Test at Colombo. Rashid’s haul of 5 for 49 in 13.5
6:41 AM ET Over the course of their first Test against Bangladesh, West Indies had only two stands that went past fifty, one in each innings. Shimron Hetmyer and Shane Dowrich put on 92 runs for the sixth wicket in the first dig, while Sunil Ambris and Jomel Warrican added 63 runs for the ninth
3:00 AM ET England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) v Sri Lanka Left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan completed a second five-wicket haul, as Sri Lanka needed only 28 deliveries to claim the three remaining England wickets on the second morning. Meanwhile the visitors added 22 to their overnight score, moving to 336 all out
3:00 AM ET West Indies 246 and 11 for 4 (Taijul 2-0, Shakib 2-5) need another 193 runs to beat Bangladesh 324 and 125 (Mahmudullah 31, Bishoo 4-26, Chase 3-18) Mushfiqur Rahim loses his stumps to a corker from Shannon Gabriel Getty Images Chasing 204, West Indies imploded in the 5.5 overs they had to negotiate
3:00 AM ET Big Picture The rain has followed Australia’s T20Is around: the one-off match against South Africa was reduced to a T10, the opening game against India had overs lopped off, and in Melbourne the contest didn’t get beyond the first innings as showers teased everyone that they would allow a resumption. On balance,
shares Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 131 for 1 (Smuts 62*, Marais 42) beat Durban Heat 127 for 6 (Morkel 28, Dala 2-16) by nine wickets © Getty Images After a couple of modestly-attended matches, the Mzansi Super League needed a showpiece exhibition of what the league might offer, and under Friday night’s lights, a
2:03 PM ET Barny Read If there’s one thing the Caribbeans know how to do, it’s party. And on day three of this year’s T10 League they brought the house down in typically legendary fashion. The first game of the day was settled by Pakhtoon’s Andre Fletcher sending Rajputs’ Samit Patel over the rope to
shares Play 01:11 ‘Pakistan won’t take us lightly now’ Big Picture Even the most ardent Pakistan supporters will have struggled to suppress a grin at their team’s comedy of errors on a fantastical fourth afternoon in Abu Dhabi. The humour is unlikely to have spread to the dressing room, however, where a devastated set