3:00 AM ET Toss Australia chose to bowl v Pakistan Shaheen Afridi in his delivery stride AFP Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to send Pakistan in to bat in the fifth match of the triangular series at the Harare Sports Club. Both sides have already qualified for Sunday’s tournament final, making this
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3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 219 for 6 (Ackermann 66*) beat Northamptonshire 218 for 3 (Duckett 96) by four wicketsScorecard Colin Ackermann struck 66 in 31 balls as Leicestershire chased down 219 to beat Northamptonshire at Wantage Road in the opening game of the Vitality T20 Blast. Ackermann single-handedly revived Leicestershire’s chase when
1:17 PM ET “Get The Game On” is the name of the campaign devised by the ECB to aid the survival of amateur cricket clubs up and down the country. But they may have an insurmountable task getting sides to turn out for Saturday afternoon’s league fixtures as leagues grapple with the worst headache imaginable
shares Pakistan chose to bowl v Zimbabwe © Getty Images Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who says his side has much to improve upon after a chastening loss to Australia two days ago, has opted to put Zimbabwe in in cool conditions in Harare. Pakistan have made two changes to the side that played their
9:57 AM ET It took Dale Steyn 10 years and 225 days – and 80 Test matches – to take 400 Test wickets. He was the third-fastest in the world to get there in match terms. It has been three years since, and Steyn’s career has been punctuated with injuries. He has played only six
3:00 AM ET Big Picture The battle between the eighth and ninth-ranked Test sides will not necessarily attract a lot of viewers, particularly with the football World Cup getting into its business end at the same time. The Antigua Test, therefore, might go under the radar, but it will still be mightily important for West
shares Toss Zimbabwe chose to bowl v Australia Chris Mpofu finds a reason to smile during training © AFP Zimbabwe’s captain Hamilton Masakadza won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the third match of the Twenty20 triangular tournament in Harare. The day after Billy Stanlake obliterated Pakistan, Masakadza’s call means Aaron
3:00 AM ET Alan Gardner at The Oval India A 267 for 5 (Pant 64*) beat England Lions 264 for 9 (Hain 108, Livingstone 83, Khaleel 3-48) by five wicketsScorecard The shape of the English summer is set to be defined over the next ten weeks by Virat Kohli’s India. A day out from that
12:27 PM ET It’s not just that Australia are currently lacking half a first-choice team due to injury and suspension, and it’s not just that India are currently rated No. 2 in the ICC’s ODI and IT20 rankings. There’s little doubt that, after a 6-0 start to the white-ball leg of England’s home summer, the
3:00 AM ET Toss Australia chose to bowl v Pakistan Sarfraz Ahmed and Aaron Finch at the toss AFP Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan in the second match of the Twenty20 triangular tournament in Harare. Having trounced the hosts Zimbabwe in the tournament opener on Sunday, Pakistan named