2:12 AM ET A looming broadcast conflict has been averted after the Seven and Nine networks agreed terms to allow the latter to air the 2019 Australian Open tennis – a year earlier than originally scheduled. This leaves Seven free to air Tests and Big Bash League matches in high definition on their main channel.
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shares Play 02:03 Great to win games you might not deserve to – Buttler Jos Buttler has been hailed as “the best white-ball wicketkeeper batsman in the world” in the aftermath of England’s dramatic victory at Old Trafford. Buttler helped England recover from an apparently hopeless position of 114 for 8 to secure a
3:00 AM ET Australia won the toss and decided to bat against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia’s captain Tim Paine won the toss for the fifth match in a row and chose to bat first against England in the final ODI at Old Trafford. Seeking a 5-0 sweep of Australia for the first time
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies opt to bat v Sri Lanka Jason Holder rejoices after his opposite number, Kane Williamson, fell cheaply Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images Exactly ninety years after making their Test debut, West Indies opted to bat in their first day-night Test in Barbados against Sri Lanka. With the sun out and a cool
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at New Road Worcestershire 247 (Mitchell 118, Mennie 4-43, Clark 4-56) and 484-7 dec (Mitchell 163, Guptill 111, Fell 62, Cox 58*) beat Lancashire 130 (Jennings 55, Barnard 5-34) and 399 (Jennings 177, Davies 64, Barnard 4-95) by 202 runsScorecard In reality, the chances of Lancashire reaching their monumental target
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 380 (Taylor 146, Nash 51, Harmer 4-78) and 266 (Moores 87, Libby 51, Quinn 3-25) beat Essex 206 (Bopara 69, Carter 4-34, Fletcher 4-43) and 139 (Milnes 4-44) by 301 runsScorecard Nottinghamshire required just an hour and three-quarters on the fourth morning of the Specsavers County Championship game
Jun 21, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal will miss the day-night Test against West Indies in Barbados. After a four-hour hearing on Friday, Michael Beloff QC, the ICC-appointed judicial commissioner, dismissed Chandimal’s appeal against his one-match suspension for ball-tampering. According to an ICC release, Beloff will provide a written reasoned decision on
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 350 (Ballance 109, Brook 79, Steyn 5-56) and 91 for 2 trail Hampshire 443 ((Adams 147, Berg 84*, Alsop 63, Brooks 5-124) by two runsScorecard Ollie Rayner grabbed his first two Hampshire wickets but Yorkshire kept the game in the balance by taking a slender two-run deficit into
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 282 (Procter 70, Levi 63, Duckett 52, Taylor 4-70) and 32 for 0 beat Gloucestershire 62 (Sanderson 5-16) and 250 (Higgins 63, Hutton 8-57) by 10 wicketsScorecard Northamptonshire took just 32 minutes on the third day to wrap up a 10-wicket victory over Gloucestershire at Wantage Road to
11:35 PM ET Australia have been left with “nowhere to hide” in their ODI series against England, according to their vice-captain, Aaron Finch. Another defeat, this time in Durham, left Australia four-down with one to play in the Royal London series, and Finch admitted it felt as if his side was “always chasing the game”.