Aug 4, 2018 Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat first against West Indies in the series-deciding third T20I in Lauderhill. The home side have dropped Evin Lewis to bring in Chadwick Walton. Shakib reasoned that the surface may slow down and offer turn in the second innings while explaining his decision. Carlos Brathwaite,
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Birmingham 187 for 7 (Woakes 57*, Bell 43) beat Northamptonshire 170 for 7 (Cobb 103) by 17 runsScorecard Chris Woakes celebrated his call-up to the England squad for the second Test against India by making a match-winning career-best 57 from 23 balls for Birmingham Bears as they beat Northamptonshire
7:23 AM 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 Walking along the Museumplein on a weeknight evening in Amsterdam, the
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Try as they might, Sri Lanka can’t seem to put together a competent ODI performance against South Africa. In the first ODI of the series, the batsmen failed spectacularly. In the second, they hauled themselves to a competitive score, only for fielders to drop near-undroppable catches early in South Africa’s
1:37 PM ET George Dobell Yorkshire could be set to lose another player with Jack Brooks understood to be in talks with Somerset. Yorkshire have already seen Liam Plunkett join Surrey and look destined to lose Adil Rashid and perhaps Alex Lees as well. Durham are the only club to publicly express an interest in
shares Ishant Sharma has earned a demerit point and a fine of 15% of his match fee for his send-off to Dawid Malan in England’s second innings at Edgbaston. The Level 1 offence violated Article 2.1.7 of ICC’s code of conduct, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could
3:00 AM ET Nepal 216 (Kami 61, Khadka 51, Klaassen 3-38) beat Netherlands 215 (Barresi 71, Lamichhane, 3-41) by one run Paras Khadka drives Pieter Seelaar over long-on for six during his maiden ODI fifty Peter Della Penna A crucial 61 off 46 balls from Sompal Kami was followed by a game-changing spell of legspin by
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 195 for 7 (Whiteley 60) beat Durham 194 for 7 (Latham 78) by three wicketsScorecard Ross Whiteley smashed 60 off 26 balls as Worcestershire Rapids gained a dramatic three-wicket win over leaders Durham Jets in a Vitality Blast thriller at New Road. He rescued a game which appeared
6:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli is not convinced his epic 149 against England at Edgbaston is his best Test innings. It was Kohli’s first Test century in England – he had had a torrid time on his only other visit in 2014 – and it helped pull India back into the Test after
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 191 for 4 (Billings 56*) beat Essex 163 (Bopara 42, Milne 4-15) by 28 runsScorecard Despite dropping four catches in a sloppy fielding display Kent moved into second place in the Vitality Blast T20 South Group following their 28-run win over basement side Essex in Canterbury. England white-ball