2:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After enjoying an unbeaten run in the group stage of the Women’s World T20 in Guyana, India’s batsmen collapsed spectacularly against England in their semi-final in North Sound and exited the tournament. An attacking approach – amplified by captain Harmanpreet Kaur‘s blistering hundred in the tournament opener – had served
2:10 AM GMT New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has leapt to the defence of his captain Kieran Read in the wake of criticism of recent performances by the 117-cap veteran. Hansen, at a news conference ahead of Saturday’s fixture against Italy, hit out at reports suggesting the 33-year-old loose forward may no longer be good
12:45 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank gave coach Dan Quinn a vote of confidence after Thursday’s 31-17 loss dropped the Falcons to 4-7 and all but ended their playoff hopes. Blank expressed total faith in Quinn, who guided the Falcons to the 2016 Super Bowl. “Absolutely. We love our coach,”
3:00 AM ET England 116 for 2 (Jones 53*, Sciver 52*) beat India 112 (Mandhana 34, Rodrigues 26, Knight 3-9, Gordon 2-20, Ecclestone 2-22) by eight wickets Nat Sciver muscles a shot during her half-century Getty Images Eight wickets in hand, 17 balls remaining. Margins of victory can occasionally mislead, but this wasn’t one of those
12:13 AM GMT Wallabies defence coach Nathan Grey has hit back at claims from All Blacks boss Steve Hansen that something is not right about Australian rugby. Hansen was responding to an article in the New Zealand media claiming the world champions struggled against northern hemisphere sides this year due to a one-sided Bledisloe Cup
11:57 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said leading into Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints his team couldn’t afford to look ahead at the big picture in terms of the playoffs. After Thursday’s 31-17 loss, the Falcons need to start looking ahead toward 2019. The sense of urgency was
4:30 PM ET The Bears, led by quarterback Chase Daniel, downed the Lions in the early game. Then, the Cowboys ran their win streak to three and Saints to 10 on Thursday. All that and more in Week 12’s biggest takeaways from NFL Nation. Chase Daniel, who filled in for Mitch Trubisky, was 27-for-37 for
11:21 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 And look what we’ve got here. The Dallas Cowboys have overtaken the Washington Redskins for first place in the NFC East. The Cowboys’ 31-23 victory on Thursday over the Redskins left the
11:34 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Who was Dat?! Quarterback Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes to four different undrafted players on Thursday night as the New Orleans Saints beat the rival Atlanta Falcons 31-17 for their 10th straight victory. The Saints are the first team in the Super Bowl era to have four different
11:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women are hoping to heal the scars of their recent near-misses at global tournaments after convincingly overcoming defending champions West Indies to reach the World T20 final. The hosts were overwhelmed in North Sound, bowled out for 71 in reply to Australia’s 142 for 5, which was built on