3:00 AM ET West Indies 246 and 11 for 4 (Taijul 2-0, Shakib 2-5) need another 193 runs to beat Bangladesh 324 and 125 (Mahmudullah 31, Bishoo 4-26, Chase 3-18) Mushfiqur Rahim loses his stumps to a corker from Shannon Gabriel Getty Images Chasing 204, West Indies imploded in the 5.5 overs they had to negotiate
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Nov 22, 2018 Big Picture Football didn’t bring it home for England, but cricket well might. And that may happen before their football manager Gareth Southgate’s waistcoat-inspired Christmas jumper becomes a nationwide rage. England’s entry into the first-ever standalone Women’s World T20 final came about in a manner similar to that of the other finalist
3:00 AM ET Toss Pakistan chose to bat v New Zealand Azhar Ali plays a reverse sweep AFP Pakistan elected to bat first in Dubai after winning the toss. On a cool morning, Sarfraz Ahmed said the pitch was ripe for setting up the game with a handy first innings total, insisting the team had put
2:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James is on a mission to boost second-year point guard Lonzo Ball‘s confidence, and it appears to be paying off for the Lakers. “I think Zo, I think he just sometimes he doesn’t realize how great he is,” James said after a 90-83 win over the Utah Jazz
Australia’s Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman fired a seven-under-par 65 during Saturday’s four-ball (best ball) round, but their 13-under total means they’ll start Sunday’s foursomes six shots behind Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry, who carded a 63. On a calm day at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club, Pieters and Detry secured a five-shot lead over
2:28 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant says he doesn’t want the Warriors to lose focus after snapping the first four-game losing streak in the Steve Kerr era. In the wake of Golden State’s 125-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, the All-Star forward was hopeful his team can maintain the
2:14 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo England were once again indebted to an outstanding piece of fielding from Keaton Jennings for a breakthrough on the second morning in Colombo. For the third time in the space of two Sri Lanka innings, Jennings pulled off an outstanding catch at short leg (to be scrupulously correct,
2:09 AM ET MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said he couldn’t understand the calls that essentially wiped out two Mountaineers touchdowns Friday night, which proved to be a huge difference in Oklahoma’s 59-56 victory. “Obviously, I have to be careful with what I say, but I don’t understand, in a game
3:00 AM ET England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) v Sri Lanka Left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan completed a second five-wicket haul, as Sri Lanka needed only 28 deliveries to claim the three remaining England wickets on the second morning. Meanwhile the visitors added 22 to their overnight score, moving to 336 all out
1:45 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook disappeared, somewhere in the back of the locker room, re-emerging with a blue dry-erase marker in his hand. He stood in front of the ceremonial Thunder postgame press conference whiteboard, and as he answered questions – featuring a highly sarcastic self-aware “stat-padding” response when asked about his