6:54 PM 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 Another of USA’s fine generation of cricket stalwarts in southern California
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3:00 AM ET Big Picture Pakistan exhibit characteristics of a person with dual-personality disorder when they switch between the two shorter formats. Give them 20 overs to play, and they are unstoppable. They can defend low scores, chase tricky targets, go ballistic at the top, and inflict collapses. Ask them to go a little longer,
3:00 AM ET Alex MalcolmESPN Close Alex Malcolm is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and broadcaster. He has been a long-time contributor to ESPNcricinfo and reported for the AFL website for four seasons. He has also worked as a television commentator calling Australian Rules Football, Athletics and Tennis for a number of networks. New South Wales
3:00 AM ET Toss: New Zealand chose to bat v Pakistan Kane Williamson and Trent Boult at a practice session Getty Images On a hot November afternoon and what looks like a flat track, New Zealand opted to set a total for Pakistan to chase. Looking to come back from a whitewash in the T20I series,
11:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Arise, Sir Alastair? He was England’s hero in whites for more than a decade, a record-breaking run-scorer and distinguished former captain, but Alastair Cook could be in line for even higher honours after being proposed for an early knighthood. Cook retired from England duty in September, having amassed 12,472 Test
3:00 AM ET He’s been compared to Shane Warne and proclaimed a saviour of Australian cricket, all before his 19th birthday. But rather than being overawed by it all, legspinner Lloyd Pope is embracing his life-changing experiences as he turns heads with his leg-breaks and wrong ‘uns. Pope burst onto the global scene with his
9:18 AM ET Umar Farooq Several PSL franchises have embarked on a warpath with the UAE-based T10 league, writing a letter to the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani to express alarm at the encroachment of the T10 league into what they consider their territory. The letter, which ESPNcricinfo has obtained a copy of, “highlights serious concerns”,
3:00 AM ET England won the toss and chose to bat first against Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test in Galle, handing both opener Rory Burns and wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes Test debuts. Batting first is a substantial advantage at this venue. The last
shares Bangladesh 143 and 111 for 5 (Imrul 43, Raza 3-41) need another 210 runs to beat Zimbabwe 282 and 181 (Masakadza 48, Taijul 5-62) © AFP Bangladesh are chasing their first Test win in five years after having Bangladesh five down by lunch on day four in Sylhet. For that, they have Sikandar
Nov 4, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Corey Anderson has been ruled out of the one-day series against Pakistan while legspinner Todd Astle is doubtful as injuries trouble New Zealand in the UAE. Anderson is heading home with a heel problem which kept him out of the final T20I and Astle has picked up a knee “irritation”