1:44 AM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo West Indies’ captain Jason Holder has called on his team-mates, particularly the batsmen, to “look in the mirror” following their heaviest defeat against New Zealand in the first Test, by an innings and 134 runs. West Indies were bowled out for

11:37 PM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Colombo Kings 108 for 3 (Chandimal 35*, Priyanjan 26*) beat Kandy Tuskers 105 (Gurbaz 34, Priyanjan 2-4, Thikshila 2-6, Qais 2-8) by seven wickets How the match played out This was the least competitive match of the tournament so far. After the early overs, the Kandy Tuskers never seemed

9:07 AM GMT Sidharth Monga By the time India begin their second T20I on Sunday, their Test specialists will have played out the first day of their three-day warm-up match against Australia A at Drummoyne Oval. It is not ideal that some of the all-formats players will have to choose between the T20I and Test

Dec 4, 2020 Alagappan Muthu Lunch: West Indies 114 for 5 (Blackwood 18*, Holder 14*, Southee 2-33) trail New Zealand 519 for 7 dec (Williamson 251, Latham 86, Jamieson 51*, Gabriel 3-89, Roach 3-114) by 405 runs It happened suddenly. Blue skies giving way to grey clouds. New Zealand loved that. They could sense the

5:43 PM GMT England have expressed concerns over the integrity of the teams’ bio-secure bubble in South Africa, leaving the ODI leg of their tour in jeopardy, after a positive test for Covid-19 from the hosts’ camp led to the first ODI being postponed on Friday. The match was called off an hour before the

9:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kane Williamson recorded his highest Test score of 251 on the second day of the first Test against West Indies, but said that it hadn’t been easy getting there. The bowlers were “making life really difficult” for him, he said after the day’s play, and “trying to stick to my

5:53 AM IST Alagappan Muthu Lunch: New Zealand 346 for 4 (Williamson 168*, Blundell 8*, Roach 2-71, Gabriel 2-74 vs West Indies Control your game, you control the game. That is Kane Williamson in a nutshell. Every defining trait of his batting -the obsession with playing late, the aversion to hitting in the air, the

4:38 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna ODI status is spurring an ambitious recruitment drive by USA Cricket

9:08 AM GMT Rahul Maniraja Dec 4: Colombo Kings vs Jaffna Stallions, Hambantota Pro Tip: The strength of these two sides is their allrounders. So, go for a lot of allrounders in your XI, backed by some proven overseas players like Laurie Evans and Usman Shinwari. Our XI: Dinesh Chandimal, Laurie Evans, Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya