9:04 AM ET On a big-turning pitch such as this, Roshen Silva has shown he has what it takes to succeed. So said team-mate Dimuth Karunaratne, whose 63 was second only to the immense 85 off 174 deliveries that Roshen produced on day two, which pushed Sri Lanka 46 runs beyond England’s first-innings total of
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shares Roshen Silva puts in a dive © AFP Sri Lanka were docked five penalty runs in the third session of the second day at Pallekele, following a strange interpretation of the law governing deliberate short runs by the umpires. Here’s what happened: Roshen Silva was batting alongside Akila Dananjaya, when Roshen cut Jack
shares Play 00:53 ‘New Zealand players will be allowed to play entire IPL’ – NZC general manager Australia’s 2019 World Cup players can expect to have only limited involvement in the IPL if they are able to play at all, after Cricket Australia’s interim high performance chief Belinda Clark outlined the governing body’s approach
shares © Hindustan Times/Getty Images BCCI chief executive Rahul Johri, who is facing sexual harassment allegations, has testified before the independent inquiry committee investigating the issue, as have two women who have levelled those allegations against him. Johri’s deposition is understood to have been spread over ten hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. He was
3:00 AM ET Australia 153 for 7 (Healy 53, Kasperek 3-25) beat New Zealand 120 (Bates 48, Schutt 3-12) by 33 runs Australia’s toughest test of the tournament to-date only proved to further entrench their favouritism for the title. Alyssa Healy continued her stunning form with the bat to help Australia cruise into the semi-finals.
3:00 AM ET Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javeria 74*, O’Reilly 3-19) beat Ireland 101 for 9 (Isobel Joyce 30, Shillington 27, Sandhu 2-8, Riaz 2-16) by 38 runs Nahida Khan congratulates Javeria Khan on her fifty ICC/Getty Ireland were exactly in the contest for eight overs after losing the toss. Then, they saw it sensationally slip.
12:29 PM ET Oman held on in a nervy finish behind Jatinder Singh‘s 73 to maintain their unbeaten run with a three-wicket win over Denmark. In a game which had sloppy fielding from both sides, Denmark paid dearest for dropping Jatinder twice – on 5 and 19 – as he went on to anchor Oman’s
4:57 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Former allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has become the third ex-Sri Lanka player to be charged with corruption-related offences, this time for allegedly breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code. The charges, of which there are three, relate to the T10 Cricket League played in December last year. The charges are
Nov 11, 2018 England have confirmed that Ben Foakes will keep in the second Test in Pallekele with Jos Buttler admitting the standards he set had been “a wake-up call”. Foakes enjoyed what Buttler described as “probably the best debut ever in Test cricket” in Galle. After becoming the first England keeper to score a
12:44 PM ET The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has acknowledged that it could have done more to mark Remembrance Sunday on its social media channels, after receiving a complaint from a member. The players’ union admitted to ESPNcricinfo that not recognising the centenary of Armistice Day on its Twitter feed was “an oversight” but insisted