1:31 AM ET Having challenged his players to play “bold, courageous cricket” on their tour of Sri Lanka, England’s captain Joe Root said that he would take immense pride in the manner in which his players backed up their words with deeds to secure their first series win in Asia for six years. Root himself
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2:06 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland’s Joyce twins, Isobel and Cecelia, announced their retirement from international cricket after Ireland’s eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in their final group-stage match in the World T20. It was also the last international game for their team-mates, Clare Shillington and Ciara Metcalfe, who had, in May this year, announced
3:00 AM ET England 290 and 346 (Root 124, Foakes 65*, Burns 59, Dananjaya 6-115) beat Sri Lanka 336 and 243 (Mathews 88, Karunaratne 57, Leach 5-83, Moeen 4-72) by 57 runs Alright Jack: success for Jack Leach Associated Press A five-wicket haul from Jack Leach has helped England secure a 57-run victory over Sri Lanka
3:00 AM ET New Zealand women 81 for 2 (Devine 51) beat Ireland women 79 for 9 (Lewis 39, Kasperek 3-19, Tahuhu 2-17, Kerr 2-18) by eight wickets Sophie Devine drives through the covers Getty Images New Zealand put an end to their tournament with all the verve that was expected of them at the start,
shares Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 127 for 5 (Duckett 75, Hendricks 2-5) beat Jozi Stars 124 for 7 (Vilas 38*, Gayle 23, Smuts 3-20) by seven wickets © Getty Images He isn’t a recognised T20 name worldwide yet, but Ben Duckett showed he has the ingredients to become one. A fine exhibition of back
shares India women 167 for 8 (Mandhana 83, Kaur 43, Perry 3-16, Gardner 2-25) beat Australia women 119 (Perry 39*, Patil 3-15, Radha 2-13) by 48 runs © Getty Images India’s spinners choked out a weakened Australian line-up with relentless accuracy to send them crashing to 119 all out, and a 48-run defeat in
Nov 16, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Batting allrounder Devika Vaidya, who bowls legspin, has been named as replacement for the injured quick-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar in India’s World T20 squad after the latter was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury sustained during India’s warm-up game on November 4 against West Indies. Twenty-one-year-old
3:00 AM ET Toss Australia chose to bowl v South Africa The start of the first international cricket match ever hosted on the Gold Coast was delayed by an hour and 50 minutes due to heavy downpour that turned the T20I into a 10 overs-a-side affair. The Powerplays were reduced to three overs and the
7:40 AM ET A week after coach Chandika Hathurusingha praised the progress Angelo Mathews had made on his fitness and attitude since being axed from the ODI team, Mathews has claimed that his preparation for the ongoing Tests, in which he has now hit three half-centuries in four innings, was no different than usual. Essentially,
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 176 for 1 (Rutherford 106*, Young 49) trail India A 467 for 8 dec (Parthiv 94, Vihari 86, Shankar 62, Tickner 4-80) by 291 runs Hamish Rutherford punches down the ground Getty Images The lower-order trio of Parthiv Patel, Vijay Shankar and K Gowtham propelled India A to