4:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan have picked three specialist spinners – a legspinner, a mystery spinner and a left-arm spinner – in their squad of 17 for the Asia Cup to be held in the UAE later this month. Sharafuddin Ashraf, the left-arm spinner, is among just two new additions – uncapped wicketkeeper Munir
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1:25 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Banned Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft will be part of a new-look Perth Scorchers squad that will see Mitchell Marsh filling the captaincy position left vacant by Adam Voges. With 25-year-old Bancroft’s nine-month suspension expiring in December, he is expected to turn up against the Hobart Hurricanes on December 30 in
3:00 AM ET Yorkshire 357 for 5 (Ballance 104, Kohler-Cadmore 92*, Tattersall 51) trail Nottinghamshire 448 by 91 runsScorecard There was an old-fashioned feel to the third day here. For one thing, it rained. Spectators arrived ill-equipped, having left their umbrellas in the porch or in the car, lulled into thinking them an unnecessary accessory.
Big Picture When the Test series began in England, there were murmurs about this Indian side being well equipped to end their horror overseas run – they had last won a Test series outside Asia and the Caribbean in 2009. After India had lost the first two Tests and then bounced back to stun England
shares Trinbago Knight Riders 170 for 7 (Munro 90, Ramdin 39, Tanvir 3-27) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors (Primus 36*, Ali Khan 3-22, Fawad 2-20) Colin Munro looks to steer the ball behind point © Getty Images Trinbago Knight Riders erased the bad memories of some early season woes at Queen’s Park Oval as they
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 20 for 0 trail Blankshire 251 (Godleman 95, Wagg 3-36, van der Gugten 3-66) by 231 runsScorecard Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman continued his recent impressive run of form with 95 to steer his side to respectability on the opening day of the Division Two match against Glamorgan at
9:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Alastair Cook addressed a variety of issues, from mental strength to Kevin Pietersen to his future with Essex, in the wake of his announcement that he will retire from Test cricket at the end of the Oval Test What do you make of the reaction to your retirement news over
3:00 AM ET St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 169 for 8 (Allen 64*, Irfan 3-37) beat Barbados Tridents 168 for 5 (Pooran 44, Chase 38*, Shamsi 2-16) by two wickets Tabraiz Shamsi wheels away after taking a wicket Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty A sparkling half-century in Fabian Allen‘s maiden CPL innings salvaged a
3:00 AM ET Nottinghamshire 332 for 7 (Slater 109, Duckett 80, Brathwaite 71, Waite 3-72) v YorkshireScorecard If Ben Slater‘s motivation for leaving Derbyshire for Trent Bridge was to improve his conversion rate for fifties into hundreds then so far it has been 100 percent successful. The busy left-hander completed 25 half-centuries in a little
3:00 AM ET India A 63 for 2 (Agarwal 25*) and 274 need a further 199 to beat Australia A 243 and 292 (Head 87, Khawaja 40, Siraj 3-77) Travis Head celebrates his sixth first-class century Getty Images Australia A edged ahead at the end of the third day, thanks to Travis Head‘s free-flowing 87, crucial