6:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff As far as tight finishes in world tournaments go, Heather Knight‘s England have held their own since she took over as captain following the side’s shock elimination in the 2016 World T20 semi-final. In the World Cup last year, a league-stage win against Australia off the final ball paved the
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shares Lunch: Pakistan 227 and 130 for 4 (Azhar 40*, Sodhi 2-37) need another 46 runs to beat New Zealand 153 and 249 (Watling 59, Nicholls 55, Hasan 5-45, Yasir 5-110) Henry Nicholls takes evasive action as Azhar Ali drives © AFP For Pakistan, this was supposed to be the future after Misbah-ul-Haq and
4:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff BCCI asks Ashwin, Ishant to rest Mindful of player workloads, the Indian team management has asked R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma to sit out of the third round of Ranji Trophy matches starting November 20. The move is to have them fresh and ready for the team’s only four-day fixture
4:16 AM ET Steven Smith and David Warner may return to international cricket as soon as a matter of hours after their bans are lifted at the end of March, after it was revealed that Pakistan’s board is open to the concept of shifting its ODI series with Australia into April ahead of next year’s
Nov 17, 2018 South Africa women 109 for 9 (Kapp 25, Salma 3-20, Kubra 2-20) beat Bangladesh women 79 for 5 (Rumana 34*) by 30 runs Sune Luus is congratulated by Marizanne Kapp ICC/Getty Images It was the same old story for Bangladesh as their bowlers strangled South Africa and restricted them to 109, but their
3:20 AM ET Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has backtracked on his agreement to be a mentor with Islamabad United in the PSL, because he wants to play in the 2019 season, according to the franchise. Misbah, it is understood, is likely to be picked by Peshawar Zalmi in the Gold category. Islamabad said it had
shares Tasmania 81 & 476 (Wade 137, Doolan 94, Siddle 4-100) lead Victoria 282 & 0 for 12 (Dean 7*, Harris 4*) by 264 runs Matthew Wade plays a flick during his half-century © Getty Images A magnificent 137 from Matthew Wade has given Tasmania a chance to pull off a remarkable come-from-behind win
1:51 AM ET Australia’s pacemen have wasted no time plotting their first target of the Indian summer, after Nathan Coulter-Nile predicted a short-pitched barrage to be directed at the opener Rohit Sharma as a way of testing what the fast bowler called a “compulsive” tendency to play the hook and pull shots. Speaking in Brisbane
3:00 AM ET Western Australia 207 (Richardson 53, Worrall 7-64) & 5 for 313 (S Marsh 163*, Bosisto 58, Worrall 3-84) beat South Australia 251 (Head 87, Winter 53, Richardson 5-47) & 268 (Nielsen 82, Cooper 49, Kelly 5-61) by five wickets Bromance: Mitchell Marsh and Shaun Marsh shake hands Getty Images Any doubts about Shaun
shares New South Wales 279 & 3 for 360 dec (Larkin 175*, Hughes 116, Swepson 2-116) beat Queensland 260 & 216 (Wildermuth 84, Burns 38, Lyon 5-94) by 163 runs Nathan Lyon bowls © Getty Images Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood have bowled New South Wales to first Sheffield Shield win of the season