shares Stuart Broad and James Anderson could be competing for one spot in the Test side © Getty Images Stuart Broad could be dropped from England’s Test side for the first time since 2012. Broad, the second-highest wicket-taker in England’s Test history, would appear to be vulnerable as England balance the desire to play
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3:56 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has said he “feared for his life” after becoming the first high profile figure to be caught up in violence, in Sri Lanka’s unfolding political crisis. One person has died from injuries after Ranatunga’s security detail opened fire during the clash at the Ceylon Petroleum
11:02 PM 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. Players being treated
3:00 AM ET Toss Pakistan opt to bat v Australia Usman Khan in his delivery stride AFP Pakistan will bat first in the third and final T20I in Dubai. Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and decided Pakistan would set a target for the third consecutive match, noting it looked like a good wicket on which they
4:29 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Two months after completing a five-year ban for match-fixing, Mohammad Ashraful has found his way back into the Bangladesh Premier League. The 34-year old batsman was picked up by Chittagong Vikings during the player draft for the sixth season of the tournament which begins on January 5. May 31, 2013
12:04 AM ET Andrew McGlashan Melinda Farrell Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes the previous lack of stringent punishments for ball-tampering manifested itself in things getting “out of control” with the Newlands controversy that led to the suspensions of Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. The trio were handed severe sanctions by Cricket Australia
3:33 PM ET The 10-ball period in which Sri Lanka dropped three catches – all of them off England top-scorer Jason Roy – was when the hosts lost the one-off T20I in Colombo, according to captain Thisara Perera. Roy was spilled in the deep three times, and the first two chances off the bowling of
3:00 AM ET Toss India opt to bowl v West Indies Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah wait for proceedings to begin AFP Under sunny skies, the India captain Virat Kohli chose to chase in Pune against West Indies, while announcing three changes to the side that tied in Visakhapatnam. India brought back fast-bowling reinforcements in the
11:33 PM ET Banned Australia batsman David Warner has been involved in a bizarre incident during a grade match in Sydney on Saturday where he walked off the pitch mid-innings. Playing for Randwick-Petersham against Western Suburbs, Warner left the field when on 35. The suggestion from the ground was that he had taken offence to
11:43 AM ET Danyal Rasool A new cricketing committee will be given wide-ranging powers to oversee the state of all aspects of Pakistan cricket. It will be chaired by Mohsin Khan, and includes among its members Wasim Akram, Misbah-ul-Haq and Urooj Mumtaz. Three other former cricketers – Mudassar Nazar, Zakir Khan and Haroon Rasheed –