2:57 PM ET The MCC cricket committee has proposed the introduction of a ‘shot clock’ in an attempt to combat slow over-rates which are at their lowest level for 11 in Tests and the lowest ever in T20. The data about the slide in over-rates was shared by the ICC which led the MCC cricket
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3:25 PM ET Melinda FarrellCricinfo The ECB has confirmed to the MCC Cricket Committee that they are likely to ditch six-ball overs in The Hundred tournament with bowlers instead sending down 20 deliveries, probably in sets of five balls. The ECB’s chief commercial officer, Sanjay Patel, who is also the managing director of the new
12:03 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 The people have spoken and they want change as USA Cricket
3:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s 22nd Test century and his 200-run tally in the Edgbaston Test has vaulted him to the top of the ICC Test rankings for batsmen. He has dethroned Steven Smith, the former Australia captain, and is the first Indian to be No. 1 since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011.
shares Colin Ingram gets well forward to drive © Getty Images Colin Ingram has spoken of his relief of overcoming a mystery illness although there remains uncertainty over what caused the problem which left him with breathing difficulties. Ingram’s illness came on suddenly while he was at his flat in Cardiff and he was
6:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Do you remember when Virender Sehwag and Evin Lewis were denied centuries by no-balls? A similar situation arose in a controversial finish to a match in the Somerset Cricket League as Minehead took on Purnell Cricket Club. Batsman Jay Darrell was on 98 – within touching distance of a maiden
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,
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