7:02 AM GMT There are so many contenders for England’s most abject batting display in recent years – they’ve been bowled out in a session several times – that this performance may scarcely gain a podium place among them. But as Joe Root steered a wide one to gully, as Ben Stokes chopped on to
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6:43 PM GMT Hemant Brar KL Rahul‘s blazing half-century against Punjab gave Karnataka their third win in as many matches in the Super League of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20. Prithvi Shaw played a similar knock for Mumbai as they defeated Jharkhand in the other Group B game. Meanwhile, in Group A, Haryana beat Delhi
2:55 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Regret from an uncharacteristically careless early swipe in the first innings led Babar Azam to a second Test hundred, cementing his growing reputation among the world’s foremost all-format batsman. Azam’s hundred, alongside Mohammad Rizwan’s 95, provided some resistance on the fourth day at the Gabba, though ultimately not nearly enough
8:00 AM GMT Lunch New Zealand 452 for 6 (Watling 148*, Santner 55*) lead England 353 by 99 runs New Zealand’s seventh-wicket pair of BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner adopted a circumspect approach during the morning session as they attempted to bat England out of the game at Mount Maunganui. Only 58 runs were scored
6:20 PM GMT Barny Read West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard says it is his will to win that helps drive his franchise cricket career which continues to be littered with success. The 32-year-old allrounder stands on the brink of Abu Dhabi T10 glory after his team Deccan Gladiators made it to Sunday’s final. Pollard
10:18 AM GMT Mohammad Abbas is still Pakistan’s “main man” according to Waqar Younis and will be seriously considered for the second Test in Adelaide after the visitors turned in a listless bowling display in his absence at the Gabba, leaving them facing the likelihood of an innings defeat inside four days. The decision to
7:04 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Glenn Maxwell and Nic Maddinson have made positive returns to cricket playing for their club sides in Victoria premier cricket in Melbourne on Saturday. Maxwell made 5 not out and took 2 for 49 from 19 overs for his club Fitzroy-Doncaster against Geelong. Maddinson hit 58 for St Kilda to
7:31 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Indian selection committee has decided to release Rishabh Pant from the Test squad in order to allow him to get some game-time ahead of India’s limited overs series against West Indies next month. Pant will link up with the Delhi squad that is currently playing in the Super League
© Getty Images Not calling in a single replacement for two batsmen who were unavailable for the second Test against India was a major talking point after Bangladesh were forced to use Mehidy Hasan Miraz as their concussion substitute for Liton Das. Mehidy cannot bowl as he is coming in for a batsman and as
8:00 AM GMT Lunch England 329 for 8 (Buttler 29*, Leach 12*) v New Zealand Tim Southee’s three-wicket burst put England on the back foot during an eventful morning session in Mount Maunganui. Having profited from a cautious approach on day one, England’s batsmen reverted to type during a middle-order collapse, although an unbroken ninth-wicket