11:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff John Murray, the former Middlesex and England wicketkeeper, has died at the age of 83. Murray was taken ill at Lord’s on Tuesday, after Middlesex’s victory over Warwickshire, and passed away later that evening. Acknowledged as one of the game’s finest keepers – his record of 1527 first-class dismissals remains
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3:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Steven Smith is set to play his second T20 tournament after being axed from Australian cricket for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal. Smith has now signed with Barbados Tridents for the upcoming CPL season after he played the Global T20 Canada tournament earlier this month. Smith will replace Shakib
5:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has moved to quell mounting speculation around possible innovations for The Hundred by issuing a statement to say that “no final decisions have been made” about the new competition planned for 2020. Following a string of reports last week suggesting that the idea for a ten-ball final over
6:55 AM ET Sreshth Shah With Australia in the midst of world domination in the 2000s, then coach John Buchanan was still looking for ways to add an extra dimension – or an extra arm. “I am disappointed senior coaches are not spending time with fielders, batters and bowlers to develop new skills,” Buchanan had
3:41 AM ET Colin Benjamin A return to the West Indies’ ODI team is a distinct possibility for the Bravo brothers, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard, following discussions between the players and Cricket West Indies (CWI). The development could potentially pave the way for the players to be involved in the 2019 World Cup. The
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 327 (Wells 71, Hogan 4-39, Lawlor 3-59) beat Glamorgan 85 (Archer 4-15, Jordan 3-23) and 88 (Archer 4-31, Robinson 3-20) by an innings and 154 runsScorecard Sussex stepped up their promotion campaign with a comprehensive defeat of Glamorgan by an innings and 154 runs inside two days at
11:28 AM ET In the hours and days following James Sutherland‘s resignation announcement in early June, a host of names were thrown around as possible successors to the chief executive’s position at Cricket Australia. One name didn’t figure much, a name that should not be discounted. Among the cricket fraternity, most of the names that
Jul 22, 2018 South Africa 124 and 246 for 7 (de Bruyn 85*,Bavuma Herath 4-75) need another 244 runs to beat Sri Lanka 338 and 275 for 5 dec Temba Bavuma hugs Theunis de Bruyn after the latter’s first Test half-century Associated Press Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma shared in South Africa’s first century stand
3:00 AM ET Bangladesh 279 for 4 (Tamim 130*, Shakib 97, Bishoo 2-52) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle puts down a touch chance to reprieve Shakib Al Hasan at slip CWI Tamim Iqbal’s longest ODI innings, which ended with his 10th hundred, and a 207-run second-wicket stand with Shakib Al Hasan, gave
11:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the ‘Player Code of Conduct’, pending inquiry. The board will also withhold Gunathilaka’s match fee for the ongoing Test against South Africa, in addition to the suspension that will come into effect