1:20 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Shakib Al Hasan has undergone an emergency operation on the injured little finger on his left hand, after it had become infected during the Asia Cup. The pus had spread quite badly, going up to his left wrist, which was only spotted when he had gone to a Dhaka hospital
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3:00 AM ET Big Picture Johannesburg is closer to Harare than it is to Cape Town, but it’s been eight years since Zimbabwe last played an ODI in South Africa. The cricketing gap is far wider than the geographical one between these two teams, and the financial realities of modern cricket add a further constraint.
11:01 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The rift that presently exists between Angelo Mathews and coach Chandika Hathurusingha must be repaired as soon as possible, so that Mathews can return to the ODI side quickly, the former Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has said. Sangakkara, who has been a long-time advocate of Mathews and Hathurusingha
10:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sarah Taylor, the England wicketkeeper, will miss the Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean in November after suffering a relapse of the anxiety issue that has caused her to take regular time away from the game in recent seasons. Taylor, who played a key role in England’s World Cup victory
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 387 (Short 257, Kuhnemann 3-50) beat Queensland 271 (Heazlett 107, Lynn 58, Tye 6-46) by 116 runs D’Arcy Short’s knock got him into the List A record books ESPNcricinfo Ltd D’Arcy Short came within 11 runs of the highest individual List A score, plundering 257 off 148 balls aided
3:16 PM ET George Dobell Colin Graves, the ECB chairman, was forced to abandon plans to present the County Championship trophy after a tense meeting with the chairmen of the first-class counties. Graves was hoping to present Surrey with the trophy after the meeting at The Oval. Instead Jim Wood, a non-executive director on the
12:35 PM ET Danyal Rasool Mohammad Amir will not be part of the side that takes on Australia in two Test matches next month. The 26-year-old, who has missed just one Test since his comeback to international cricket in 2016, appears to have paid the price for his poor ODI form in the recent Asia
12:29 AM ET Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine now has joint lieutenants in Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood, at the end of a formal examination of the vice-captaincy that sought to avoid the continuation of a long pattern of failed leadership duos that included the banned Steven Smith and David Warner. While Hazlewood has been
3:00 AM ET Toss: Bangladesh chose to bat v Pakistan Soumya Sarkar leans into a drive Getty Images Bangladesh have decided to bat first in their virtual semi-final against Pakistan. Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh’s captain, hoped his top order would turn their form around and put on a total his bowlers would be confident of defending, on
shares Jason Roy’s hundred lifted Surrey’s prospects © Getty Images Jason Roy’s hopes of adding a maiden Test cap to his status as an England one-day regular have received a boost after he was named in the England Lions squad for their four-day Test against Pakistan A in November. Roy, who made a second-innings