New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) and 211 for 2 (Williamson 96*, Taylor 84*) lead England 476 (Root 226, Burns 101, Pope 75, Wagner 5-124) by 110 runs Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor capitalised on an end-of-term vibe on the final day at Hamilton, batting …
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6:15 PM GMT Mohammad Isam Close Bangladesh correspondent, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo BPL side Chattogram Challengers expect Chris Gayle to be available for them after he recovers from a hamstring injury. Gayle is likely to play in the BPL after …
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If Test cricket is professional wrestling, Neil Wagner is an ECW guy. ECW was aggressive, it was extreme, it was chaotic, it was “hardcore”. Traditional rules and grammar don’t apply to hardcore wrestling. There are no disqualifications, it is not confined to a ring, foreign objects are allowed. Wagner doesn’t …
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Mitchell Starc bowls in the nets © Getty Images Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and Chris Lynn are among seven players who have listed their base price at the maximum of INR 2 crore (USD 279,000 approx) for the IPL 2020 auction, scheduled for December 19 in Kolkata. Fellow Australian Mitchell Starc, …
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Marcus Trescothick and Jonathan Trott will form part of the England Lions’ coaching staff in Australia next year as batting coaches for the white-ball and first-class legs of the tour respectively. Both men worked with the England set-up during this summer, joining training ahead of Test matches in unofficial batting …
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Australia 3 for 589 dec (Warner 335*, Labuschagne 162) beat Pakistan 302 (Yasir 113, Azam 97, Starc 6-66) and 239 (Masood 68, Shafiq 57, Lyon 5-69) by an innings and 48 runs There was resistance, as there had been before, but it came when the game was so far beyond …
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Rene Farrell, the former Australia fast bowler, joined Alex Blackwell and Kristen Beams in announcing her retirement from the Women’s Big Bash League following the exits of their sides from the latest edition of the T20 tournament on Sunday. Sydney Thunder’s Blackwell, Australia’s most-capped woman cricketer, and Beams, who turned …
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England 379 for 5 (Root 178*, Pope 46*) lead New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) by four runs Joe Root was closing in on his second Test-match double century by lunch on the fourth day in Hamilton, as he and Ollie Pope ticked off their …
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Rory Burns admitted he was left with a “bittersweet” sensation at the end of the third day of the second Test in Hamilton. Burns had earlier recorded his second Test century to help England into a potentially match-winning position. But his run-out opened the door to a New Zealand recovery …
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Just over a month after being elected BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly had plenty to sort through at his new administration’s first annual general meeting (AGM), in Mumbai on Sunday. His team had to look at variety of issues dating back to 2016, when the previous AGM was held. After the …
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