3:00 AM ET Big picture There were two particular things in evidence in the first T20I. The more obvious of them was India’s complete difference in class to their opponents Ireland. At no point, other than when catches were being dropped in both innings, did the match come close to being a contest. The second
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1:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Darren Sammy has asked the media to move on from the Newlands ball-tampering controversy and get off Steven Smith‘s back. Sammy is set to captain Smith on Thursday night, when they team up for Toronto Nationals against Vancouver Knights in the inaugural match of Global T20 Canada. Deposed Australia captain
Surrey 267 (Pope 69*, Burns 59, Coad 5-53) and 89 for 0 (Burns 55*, Stoneman 32*) require a further 139 runs to beat Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70, Bresnan 54, Dernbach 4-104) and 152 (Morkel 5-39)Scorecard “Roll up, roll up, roll up and see the Mighty Morkel! He’s 6ft 5ins tall, he bowls at 85mph, he
3:00 AM ET Toss Ireland chose to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Suresh Raina taps the ball down the ground BCCI Ireland captain Gary Wilson elected to bowl in sunny conditions in Malahide and said that his team’s focus would be on their own game rather than India’s strengths. Ireland came into the match
Jun 26, 2018 Osman Samiuddin T20 will continue to be used as cricket’s primary vehicle for global growth, meaning that for all the continuing and polarising debate surrounding the 50-over World Cup, the 10-team format is not being expanded anytime soon. The ICC reaffirmed this even as they make public the results of a first,
3:00 AM ET Middlesex 56 (Stewart 6-22) and 22 for 2 require a further 445 runs to beat Kent 241 (Fuller 4-86) and 281 (Stewart 103, Kuhn 57)Scorecard If yesterday was Grant Stewart‘s perfect day, today was his nirvana. Going into this match, Stewart’s highest first-class was a gritty 31 against Sussex. His best effort
Big Picture As one-sided series go, England’s bagelling of Australia in the fifth and final ODI at Old Trafford on Sunday was about as fraught as they come – a low-scoring epic, sealed by a high-achieving white-ball wizard at the absolute peak of his powers. Jos Buttler‘s refusal to be beaten while his team-mates were
shares © AFP An ambulance had to be rushed into the field of play on Monday after Kusal Perera sustained injuries while attempting a catch at the long-on boundary. He was immediately rushed to hospital for a scan. The incident occurred in the 29th over, with West Indies reeling on 82 for 9. Kusal
6:00 PM ET Melinda FarrellCricinfo The Vitality T20 Blast, which gets underway next week, remains a vital part of the English domestic calendar, according to Dawid Malan and Mark Wood, in spite of the uncertainty surrounding its future in light of the ECB’s plans for a new 100-ball competition from 2020 onwards. Both Malan and
shares Graeme Cremer and Sikandar Raza discuss in the middle © IDI via Getty Images Zimbabwe have named a squad sans Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Graeme Cremer, Sean Williams for their upcoming T20 triangular series at home against Australia and Pakistan next month. While Raza will be playing in the Global T20 in Canada,