9:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Indian women team’s decision to drop their senior-most player Mithali Raj for their semi-final against England on Thursday – a match they lost – has sparked a controversy with Raj’s manager publicly criticising captain Harmanpreet Kaur on various fronts on Twitter. Raj’s manager, Annisha Gupta, called Harmanpreet a “manipulative,
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11:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Only days after the BCCI had asked Mohammed Shami to limit his workload to 15 overs an innings, the fast bowler overshot the mark playing for Bengal in the third round of the Ranji Trophy. Shami, who is part of the set of fast bowlers that India are taking to
9:00 AM ET West Indies’ target on Saturday is to keep Bangladesh’s lead below 200 runs, and they plan on doing that by “going hard at them” in the morning session. Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who battled hard with an unbeaten 63, admitted that West Indies will need to pick up early wickets on day three
10:07 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando In general, umpires do not need an excuse to do their job badly in Sri Lanka. Over the last four years, there has been an abundance of botched decisions, over-officiousness, as well as a banning of papare bands in the stands while the over is in motion, so that
shares Jonny Bairstow roars after reaching a hundred © Getty Images Jonny Bairstow insisted that his instant success as England’s new No.3 would not distract him from his ultimate goal of winning back the Test wicketkeeper’s role, after his emotionally charged century had underpinned England’s batting on the first day of the third Test
5:44 AM ET Liam Brickhill Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi will be out of action for a minimum of three months after sustaining a knee injury during the T20I against Australia last Sunday. The injury means Ngidi will be unavailable for South Africa’s upcoming home summer series against Pakistan, as well as dropping out of Tshwane
shares Toss England chose to bat v Sri Lanka Joe Root made good use of the sweep shot © Getty Images Joe Root has won the toss for the eighth successive Test – a 256-1 chance, apparently – and chosen to bat first in the final Test of the series in Colombo. It could
4:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has received a one-Test suspension from the ICC, following an incident in the Chattogram Test wherein he made physical contact with Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes. This means Gabriel will not be available for the second Test of the series, which will be played in Mirpur
shares Bangladesh 324 (Mominul 120, Gabriel 4-70, Warrican 4-62) v West Indies Mominul Haque raises his bat after bringing up fifty © AFP Bangladesh’s eventful first innings against West Indies ended on 324 all out on Friday, when Jomel Warrican removed both Nayeem Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman in the fifth over of the second
Nov 22, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 221 for 5 (Young 117, Van Woerkom 32, Siraj 2-26) v India A Hamish Rutherford falls over while batting Getty Images Opener Hamish Rutherford , who copped a blow on his helmet, will see a doctor before any decision is made on whether he would resume batting for