shares Imam-ul-Haq ventures a pull © AFP Big Picture The chasm between Pakistan and Zimbabwe may make this five-match ODI series look meaningless: Pakistan grounded the hosts into the dust at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo in the first ODI, winning by a hefty margin of 201 runs. There was no resistance, no challenge,
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12:05 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe batsman Malcolm Waller has withdrawn from the team’s ODI squad citing, through correspondence between his lawyer and Zimbabwe Cricket, labour-practice concerns. Waller had been part of Zimbabwe’s squad for the T20 tri-series in Harare, playing in Zimbabwe’s last two games against Australia and Pakistan, and was also named in
3:00 AM ET West Indies 354 and 108 for 6 (Chase 23*, Dowrich 4*, Shakib 4-25) lead Bangladesh 149 by 313 runs Keemo Paul is stumped by Nurul Hasan AFP Bangladesh’s bowlers again kept them hanging in the contest, this time by reducing West Indies to 108 for 6 at lunch in their second innings. The
3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 5 for 0 (Elgar 3*, Markram 2*) & 126 need another 347 runs to beat Sri Lanka 190 (Karunaratne 60, Maharaj 4-58, Rabada 3-44) & 287 Kagiso Rabada gets a high-five from Vernon Philander AFP South Africa’s attack staged an impressive comeback on the third morning in Galle to nip
9:20 AM ET Get your defense in order, but when the ball is there to hit, make sure you score. That’s Hashim Amla‘s advice to himself and his teammates after an abysmal second day, in which they found themselves 6 for 51 at one stage, before eventually crashing to 126 not out. As is often
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 130 for 3 (Head 37, Whiteley 36*) beat Northants 89 for 6 (Wakely 54*, Pennington 4-9) by 41 runsScorecard Dillon Pennington picked up four wickets in two overs as Worcestershire Rapids maintained their 100 per cent winning start in the Vitality Blast in a rain-reduced encounter with Northamptonshire
3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 86 for 6 (du Plessis 22*, Bavuma 17, Perera 3-28) trail Sri Lanka 287 by 201 runs Dilruwan Perera appeals for a wicket AFP The ghosts of India 2015 returned to haunt a South African line-up that crumbled to 51 for 6 on the second morning in Galle. Captain Faf
5:11 PM ET Eoin Morgan admitted Kuldeep Yadav “exposes” a weakness in England’s game. Kuldeep, the left-arm wristspinner, claimed 6 for 25 as England were thrashed by eight wickets with 59 balls remaining at Trent Bridge. But despite the margin of defeat, Morgan played down the significance of the result. Suggesting that Kuldeep offers such
3:00 AM ET Toss won by Bangladesh who chose to fieldLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Keemo Paul celebrates with Miguel Cummins (right) CWI Media Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to field first against West Indies in the second Test in Kingston. West Indies, who are already without Kemar Roach, who was rested due to a
3:00 AM ET Big Picture One of these two sides hasn’t won an ODI all year. The other one… is Zimbabwe. Even if you were a consummate optimist, that’s about the only thing you could think of that makes this series even faintly competitive. Because while Pakistan did begin this year with an ignominious trip