7:22 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has intensified the focus on Australian player behaviour after claiming that an unnamed member of their 2015 Ashes team subjected him to a racial taunt during his first appearance against them. Writing in his autobiography, which is being serialised in The Times ahead of the book’s publication later
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12:13 PM ET Moeen Ali has paid tribute to his England colleague, Jos Buttler, as the pair prepare to go head to head in Worcestershire Rapids’ Vitality Blast semi-final against Lancashire Lightning at Edgbaston. “I’m not sure I want to bowl at him too much, the way he’s been playing this year,” said Moeen, as
4:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Leicestershire, already reeling from the loss of Ben Raine and Zak Chappell, have prepared ground for their winter recruitment by releasing four players, including their long-serving wicketkeeper Ned Eckersley. Eckersley, 29, is Leicestershire’s longest serving player, having made his first-class debut in August 2011, and made 205 appearances in all
4:26 PM ET Jon Culley at New Road No one around the Surrey dressing room understands the spirit of the club more than their director of cricket, Alec Stewart, who made his debut as a player in 1981 but who through his father Micky has an association with the county that goes back virtually the
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at New Road Surrey 268 (Burns 122) and 274 for 7 (Burns 66, Stoneman 59) beat Worcestershire 336 (Whiteley 91, Fell 69, Barnard 63, T Curran 4-61) and 203 (Fell 89,Morkel 5-24) by three wicketsScorecard At ten to three on what had been an afternoon of pleasant autumn sunshine for
shares Paul Collingwood remains unsure about his future © Getty Images The handshakes with his team mates at the end of Durham’s victory over Sussex at Emirates Riverside on Wednesday said it all: Paul Collingwood, the former England batsman, has decided to end his first-class career at 42. Collingwood will not be short of
Sep 11, 2018 ECB Reporters Network Kent 192 (Stevens 64, Stewart 63, Fuller 4-49) and 151 for 7 (Kuhn 39, Dickson 32, Billings 31*, Fuller 3-53) beat Middlesex 161 (Stevens 4-44) and 186 (Henry 4-40, Podmore 3-35, Stevens 3-46) by three wicketsScorecard A captain’s cameo innings of 31 not out by Sam Billings helped Kent
12:18 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane has been appointed captain of Mumbai for the Vijay Hazare Trophy which begins on September 19 in Bengaluru. With the World Cup only nine months away and India still looking to fill gaps in their middle order, the tournament comes at a good time for the 30-year old
shares © Getty Images Australia women have picked two uncapped teenagers for their three-match T20I series against New Zealand women at home. Georgia Wareham, the Victoria legspinner, and fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck, both 19 years of age, were named in a 13-player squad, led by Meg Lanning. The series will serve as preparation for
6:56 PM ET George Dobell Jamie Overton and Olly Stone are under serious consideration for inclusion in England’s squad for the tour of Sri Lanka. Overton and Stone, two of the quickest young bowlers in England, are understood to be of interest, not just with a view to exploiting Sri Lanka’s perceived weakness against pace,