12:49 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Ibrahim Khaleel, who captained USA to victory over Canada in the
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2:18 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Worcestershire have completed their second signing in the space of two weeks with Riki Wessels moving from Nottinghamshire. Wessels, 32, has been released from his contract to take up a three-year deal after Nottinghamshire strengthened their batting resources with the signings of Ben Slater, Joe Clarke and Ben Duckett. He
8:02 AM ET Angelo Mathews‘ recent fall in limited-overs cricket was dramatic. Following Sri Lanka’s embarrassing Asia Cup exit, Mathews was first stripped of the captaincy, then dropped from the one-day team altogether, only 10 months after the same coach and selectors had requested him to lead the team. Chandika Hathurusingha and chief selector Graeme
2:24 PM ET Ankur Dhawan in Mumbai Test cricket needs saving and the players can be its saviours by embracing day-night Tests, Sanjay Manjrekar said at the Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture. Manjrekar felt that cricket’s “cocky” attitude towards fans and archaic traditions in dissension with the changing times were impeding the format’s popularity. He expressed
2:05 PM ET The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is covered under India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act and answerable to the people of the country under its mechanism, the Central Information Commission (CIC) ruled on Monday. The commission, the top appellate body in RTI matters, went through the law, orders of
5:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have added allrounder Mohammad Hafeez to their 17-man squad for the two-Test series against Australia in the UAE. Hafeez will fly out to Dubai on the first available flight, ahead of the first Test that begins in a week’s time on October 7. Hafeez played the last of his
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A soggy outfield at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad meant the third T20I between West Indies women and South Africa women was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday. South Africa needed to win the match to keep their hopes of a series-victory alive, but a tropical rain
12:29 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The second ODI between India and West Indies, scheduled for October 24, could be shifted away from Indore. This is the potential outcome of a tussle over complimentary-ticket allocation between the BCCI and the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA). The disagreement concerns the Holkar Stadium’s pavilion block, which according to
3:00 AM ET Toss South Africa chose to bowl v Zimbabwe Dale Steyn made way for David Wiese against Afghanistan Getty Images The wait for Dale Steyn’s return to white-ball cricket continued as he was left out of South Africa’s XI for their first one-day international against Zimbabwe in Kimberley, where stand-in captain JP Duminy won
11:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan and Karun Nair have been dropped the Indian team that will play West Indies in a two-match Test series starting October 4. This means India are likely to go in with another new opening combination with one of Mayank Agarwal or Prithvi Shaw making their Test debut when