1:35 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 Two rounds of voting were not enough to break the deadlock
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6:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex, who claimed a quarter-final place with three wins in less than a week, have been rewarded with a 500-mile round trip to Chester-le-Street where they will meet the North Group’s surprise packets, Durham. Quarter-final ties: Kent Spitfires v Lancashire Lightning – Thursday 23 August (7pm) Durham Jets v Sussex
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has been recalled to the England side for the third Test against India at Trent Bridge in place of Sam Curran. Stokes was acquitted of affray on Tuesday at Bristol Crown Court and brought straight back into the squad. On Thursday, coach Trevor Bayliss said there would be
shares Nasir Jamshed failed again, this time falling for 4 © AFP Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for ten years after an independent anti-corruption tribunal found him guilty of five breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption code. In a short verdict, the three-man tribunal ruled on Monday that apart from suspension from any
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 231 for 5 (Billings 57*, Blake 42) beat Somerset 226 for 5 (Hildreth 45, Davies 45, Gregory 44*) by five runsScorecard Kent Spitfires downed South Group leaders Somerset by five runs in a high-scoring thriller at Canterbury to book their place in the last eight of this year’s
8:21 AM ET England coach Trevor Bayliss has called on Ben Stokes to make a public apology following his involvement in the brawl in Bristol last September. Bayliss revealed that Stokes, who was recalled to the Test squad just hours after his acquittal for affray, had apologised to his England team-mates when he joined up
3:00 AM ET Jamaica Tallawahs 178 fo 4 (Taylor 51*, Kennar 49, Lamichhane 2-21) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 131 (Santokie 2-13, Wasim 2-21) by 47 runs Ross Taylor swats the ball away Getty Images Arguably the most well-rounded team performance of the season for Jamaica Tallawahs helped them maintain their perfect start to CPL
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Birmingham 105 for 3 (Pollock 36, Bell 34) beat Lancashire 102 (Hannon-Dalby 4-20) by seven wicketsScorecard Birmingham Bears preserved their hopes of qualifying for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Lancashire Lightning at Edgbaston. Lancashire, already assured a place in the last eight, chose to
8:14 AM ET Ben Stokes was added to the England squad for the third Test against India less than two hours after being acquitted of affray at Bristol Crown Court. From a purely cricketing point of view, England now have the dilemma of how to fit him back into the team after the success of
11:59 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Gary Stead, the former New Zealand batsman, has been named Mike Hesson‘s successor. He will take over as New Zealand coach for a two-year term, following Hesson’s resignation from the post in June. This means Stead will oversee New Zealand’s run to the 2019 World Cup; he already has some