12:19 PM ET George Dobell Hugh Morris has described as “incredibly difficult” the decision to end Robert Croft’s 30-year career with Glamorgan. Morris, the club’s chief executive, acknowledged Croft’s “incredible contribution” to Glamorgan but conceded that, after a grim year, this was “the right time for a change”. Croft had been head coach at Glamorgan
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3:22 AM ET Liam Brickhill Chris Morris is one of three returnees in South Africa’s squad for their limited-overs tour of Australia. Morris, who missed South Africa’s engagements with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe after being sidelined by injury he picked up during the IPL this year, was recalled alongside Farhaan Behardien and Dwaine Pretorius. Heinrich
Oct 15, 2018 Toss Pakistan chose to bat v Australia Mir Hamza celebrates a wicket Getty Images Sarfraz Ahmed, the Pakistan captain, has won his second toss of the series and, much like in Dubai, had no hesitation in deciding to bat first. The pitch, like most others in the UAE, is expected to become more
4:51 AM ET An extraordinary juggling catch at short leg by Marnus Labuschagne recalled classic efforts by Mark Taylor and David Boon while setting the scene for a dominant morning for Australia in the second Test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. The Test was only three overs old when Mohammad Hafeez flicked a straight delivery
shares Hanuma Vihari drives the ball square © PTI After finding no takers in the 2014 IPL auction, Hanuma Vihari signed up with Hutton CC in the Essex league in England. During his time off, he was in the stands for the Lord’s Test that year, soaking in Ajinkya Rahane’s counterattacking century. Four years
6:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged with two counts of breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code. The charges relate to failure or refusal to cooperate with an Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) investigation and obstructing or delaying an investigation, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information which may be relevant.
3:00 AM ET Hyderabad 281 for 8 (Sandeep 96, Ayyappa 2-38) beat Andhra 267 for 9 (Vihari 95, Siraj 3-50) by 14 runs Mohammed Siraj reacts after dismantling the stumps BCCI A day after being released from India’s Test squad that swept West Indies 2-0, both Mohammed Siraj and Hanuma Vihari starred in the Vijay Hazare
1:47 AM ET “We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations.” This message, one of many famous lines delivered by Sir Winston Churchill in his speech to the House of Commons following the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, was not a million
3:39 PM ET Sharda UgraSenior Editor BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhary is expected to represent the board at the ICC’s chief executives’ meeting to be held in Singapore this week, a task that would normally have fallen to its CEO Rahul Johri. The decision follows #MeToo allegations, made public on Friday, around Johri’s conduct with a
3:00 AM ET Liam Brickhill Match abandoned South Africa v Zimbabwe Rain interrupted South Africa’s charge AFP Zimbabwe’s limited-overs tour of South Africa came to a soggy end as a persistent highveld storm settled over Benoni and ruled out any chance of play in the third and final T20I. Two pitch inspections were postponed as repeated