Cricket

5:57 PM IST With England having to maintain separate Test and white-ball squads this summer, there were chances for a number of fringe players to win selection to face Ireland later this week. Here we size up the players who caught the selectors’ attention and those still outside looking in. Winners Joe Denly While it’s

Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates a dismissal © AFP Team Green 113 and 133 for 3 (Masood 49) lead Team White 198 (Alam 43, Naseem 4-53) by 48 runs Pakistan’s frontline pace attack impressed on the third day of the final scheduled intra-squad match at the Incora County Ground in Derby. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah

2:05 AM IST ECB Reporters Network England Lions 297 for 3 (Salt 100, Vince 66, Billings 54*) beat Ireland 296 (Balbirnie 60, Tector 55, Stirling 53, Helm 3-49) by seven wickets Phil Salt boosted his hopes of a call-up ahead of the Royal London Series against Ireland after putting the same opponents to the sword

5:30 PM IST Taking the IPL to the UAE would be quite a task logistically for the tournament organisers, but for BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit head Ajit Singh, the move will make monitoring the event “slightly easier” as it would be restricted to just three venues. IPL 2020 is set to start in the UAE on

12:10 AM IST Stuart Broad has said that his recent upturn in form with the bat stems from a decision to ditch the reticence and be more like Shane Warne at the crease. Speaking to Sky Sports after a rampant innings of 62 from 45 balls had helped put England in command of the third

1:23 AM IST England 258 for 4 (Pope 91*, Buttler 56*, Burns 57) v West Indies A steadying innings from Ollie Pope rescued England in the face of some threatening West Indies bowling early on the opening day of the series-deciding Test at Emirates Old Trafford. At the close of play, and with rain expected

4:15 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff CSA has made public its plans to tackle alleged racism in cricket in the country, its Transformation Committee announcing a sustainable response strategy project called Cricket for Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN). “The national outcry by cricket fans, the greater South African public and broad stakeholder groups could not

1:33 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Team White 88 for 3 trail Team Green 113 (Khan 5-37) by 25 runs Pakistan’s leading batsmen fluffed their lines on the opening day of their final intra-squad warm-up game before the first Test against England at Emirates Old Trafford next month. Experienced pace bowler Sohail Khan took 5

12:07 AM IST Kraigg Brathwaite has defended his captain Jason Holder’s decision to bowl first for the second match in a row, despite England putting themselves into a commanding position in the deciding Test in Manchester. No team has ever won at Emirates Old Trafford after choosing to bowl first, and the team that batted

Virat Kohli has a chat with Sachin Tendulkar © Associated Press Virat Kohli has credited Sachin Tendulkar‘s technical inputs, including the importance of “the forward press against fast bowlers,” to help him regain his touch after a dismal England tour in 2014. Despite managing only 134 runs in 10 innings on that tour, Kohli said

8:10 AM IST Shakib Al Hasan has admitted to having “made mistakes” that led to his ongoing ban from international cricket. In an interview on ESPNcricinfo’s Cricketbaazi series, hosted by Deep Dasgupta, Shakib said he wanted to serve as a cautionary tale for other players. Last October, Shakib accepted three charges of breaching the ICC

9:57 PM IST Jos Buttler remains a “vital” member of the England team, according to his captain, Joe Root, and the national selector, Ed Smith. Buttler’s position has started to come under scrutiny after a year in which he has averaged 21.26 from 12 Tests. But both Root and Smith have defended Buttler’s longer-term record

4:43 PM IST The South African national women’s squad will return to training on Sunday. The week-long camp at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria will serve as preparation for their proposed tour of England in September. Cricket South Africa (CSA) are still in the process of seeking government clearance for the tour, but are

12:18 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Anil Kumble, the former India captain, doesn’t regret walking away as the team’s head coach in 2017, but feels “the end could have been better”. He stepped down immediately after the Champions Trophy in June, where India finished runners-up to Pakistan, after his partnership with Virat captain Kohli became “untenable.”

12:24 AM IST Sir Andrew Strauss, the former England captain, is confident that the cricket-loving public will get behind next week’s #RedForRuth day at Emirates Old Trafford and help raise awareness and funds for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, even though the Covid-19 pandemic means that no spectators will be present to emulate last year’s inaugural

4:47 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sripali Weerakkody, the 34-year-old Sri Lankan bowling allrounder, has announced her retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, hanging up her boots after playing 89 ODIs and 58 T20Is since making her debut in 2006. “I have decided to call it a day. So I feel this is the right

5:39 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women’s captain Meg Lanning will return to the Melbourne Stars for the next WBBL season following three years with the Perth Scorchers. The move had been expected for some time but the contracting embargo for the tournament was only lifted last Friday due the disrupted off-season with Covid-19. Lanning

12:10 AM IST Team Moeen 325 for 9 (Bairstow 127, Moeen 85, Rashid 4-65) beat Team Morgan 225 (Duckett 68, Moeen 3-40) by 100 runs Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali starred as England’s two World Cup winners outshone the rookies in the first intra-squad match at the Ageas Bowl ahead of the one-day international series