3:00 AM ET Tea Bangladesh 470 for 7 (Mushfiqur 195*, Mehidy 40*, Jarvis 5-71) v Zimbabwe Mushfiqur Rahim gets on top of the bounce AFP Mushfiqur Rahim solidified Bangladesh’s dominance on the second day in Mirpur with an epic unbeaten 393-ball 195 that stretched well over eight hours and carried his team to 470 for 7
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shares Australia 96 for 1 (Healy 56*) beat Ireland 93 for 6 (Garth 24, Perry 2-12) by nine wickets © International Cricket Council Chances are it may have taken Australia longer to load their kits from the baggage carousel to the team bus than it took to see off Ireland’s small target in Providence.
12:42 PM ET Pakistan have been penalised ten runs for running in the danger zone of the pitch during their Group B match against India in Providence, Guyana. Four batsmen were involved in at least three incidents, with umpires issuing a warning, followed by two separate penalties of five runs each. After a shaky start,
4:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been ruled out of the second Test against England in Pallekele. Chandimal suffered a groin injury during the defeat in Galle and will be out for two weeks, which could also make him a doubt for the third Test, in Colombo, starting on November
shares © Getty Images The ICC are considering moving Women’s World T20 group games from St Lucia to Antigua because of heavy rains and a grim forecast for the next week. The first St Lucia match of the tournament between England and Sri Lanka was rained off and thunderstorms are forecast until at least
shares Most players don’t like to reveal individual goals. It puts too much on the line, raises expectations and lays a marker; anything short of reaching it can too conveniently be deemed as ‘failure’. But Deandra Dottin is refreshingly upfront, if economical with words. So, still sporting the sweat that bore witness to her
4:19 AM ET David Warner has not contemplated the prospect of his year-long ban from international cricket for ball-tampering being reduced, as he continues his time in grade cricket, which he said had brought him “perspective” after living in a “bubble”. Warner took the field alongside Steven Smith for the first time since the ball-tampering
3:00 AM ET Australia women 165 for 5 (Healy 48, Mooney 48, Riaz 2-25, Sandhu 2-42) beat Pakistan 113 for 8 (Maroof 26, Mir 21*, Schutt 2-13, Wareham 2-18) by 52 runs Alyssa Healy looks for the midwicket boundary Getty Images and Cricket Australia In 21 previous limited-overs meetings over the years, Australia had never failed
7:16 AM ET Joe Root, England’s captain, praised his side’s adaptability and game awareness, after they ended a run of 13 overseas winless Tests by sealing a memorable 211-run victory over Sri Lanka on the fourth day in Galle. Having set Sri Lanka an improbable 462 for victory, England sealed the deal in the final
3:00 AM ET South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia Faf du Plessis won his second toss of the series and opted to bowl in Adelaide. With rumours of dew in the evening, du Plessis explained his decision by saying that South Africa wanted to keep the pressure on Australia’s top