Cricket

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England have named Adil Rashid as their lone spinner for the first Test against India, which begins on Wednesday at Edgbaston. It will be his first Test since the fifth Test against India in Chennai in December 2016. Graphic: Adil Rashid will play his first Test for England since December

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire Thunder 151 for 5 (Bolton 87) beat Surrey Stars 148 for 5 (Sciver 95) by five wicketsScorecard India’s Harmanpreet Kaur held her nerve to secure a third successive Kia Super League win for Lancashire Thunder as they squeezed past Surrey Stars by five wickets with one ball to

1:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand are set to play hosts to Asian teams Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh during their 2018-19 home season from December to March. The India tour will be particularly significant given both the men’s and women’s teams will feature in three T20I double-headers in early February after they complete

  shares Chadwick Walton prepares for a net session © Getty Images Chadwick Walton and Sheldon Cottrell have been recalled into a 13-man West Indies squad to take on Bangladesh in the three-match T20I series beginning in St. Kitts on Tuesday, July 31. Chris Gayle, 37, has been rested according to a Cricket West Indies

3:00 AM ET Ilford CC 173 for 4 (Akhtar 59, Hamza 44) beat Ilford Town 170 for 9 (Bopara 50, Tavarasa 3-20) by six wicketsScorecard Mohammad Akhtar starred with bat, ball and in the field, as Ilford CC beat their rivals Ilford Town in a tense finale under gloomy skies in East London. Akhtar followed

3:39 AM ET South Africa allrounder Wayne Parnell will play for Worcestershire until mid-September in both the Vitality Blast and County Championship first division as part of his preparation for the home summer. Parnell recently returned to action from a shoulder injury that had sidelined him since the start of the year. He finished as

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire Thunder 137 for 6 (Jones 69, Farrant 3-24) beat Southern Vipers 133 for 9 (Bates 40, Lamb 4-17) by four runsScorecard England left-arm seamer Tash Farrant claimed only the second Kia Super League hat-trick, but it wasn’t enough for the Southern Vipers to secure victory over a buoyant

1:08 PM ET Stuart Broad is ready for the the possibility of England rotating their pace bowlers during the Test series against India, which involves five matches in six weeks. Broad, who has overcome an ankle injury to be ready for the series, is one of five pace options in the squad for the first

3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v West Indies Sheldon Cottrell salutes after taking a wicket AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss for the third successive occasion, this time choosing to bat first against West Indies in the third ODI in Basseterre, St Kitts. The home side have picked Kieran Powell and

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 136 for 3 (Clark 64, Collingwood 40*) beat Nottinghamshire 132 for 7 (Patel 32) by seven wicketsScorecard Durham Jets secured their fourth win on the bounce in the Vitality Blast, cantering to a comfortable win over Nottingham Outlaws by seven wickets at Emirates Riverside. Graham Clark played the