Dom Sibley and Rory Burns walk out to open the innings © Getty Images Rory Burns has only played a dozen Tests but looks set to link-up with his fifth* opening partner later this week in Mount Maunganui. But this time, at least, there will be a familiar face at the other end when he
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1:46 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Sydney Sixers face being without captain Ellyse Perry for the rest of the WBBL group stage after she sustained a shoulder injury against the Melbourne Renegades but are hopeful she will be fit for the finals if the Sixers secure their spot in the knockouts. Perry landed awkwardly while
6:00 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo The closing stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20 were enlivened by a tight race for the Super League and two prominent names making a comeback in Prithvi Shaw and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Sunday was to be the last day of
Nov 15, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Sophie Devine continued her stunning all-round form to ensure Adelaide Strikers remain top of the WBBL table after thumping the struggling Melbourne Stars in Nuriootpa. Devine thumped her fourth consecutive half-century and her fifth of the tournament, making 77 not out from 58 balls as the Strikers posted 2 for
2:19 AM GMT Alex Malcolm James Pattinson is out of the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba after receiving a one-game suspension from Cricket Australia for a code of conduct breach during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield match with Queensland that concluded on Friday. ESPNcricinfo understands that the charge was driven by umpires John Ward and
6:45 PM GMT Barny Read The toss is one of cricket’s many, many nuances. That one flip of the coin that, for club cricketers, goes a long way to determining the happiness of a weekend forfeited to chasing leather around a field. For the professionals, it has the potential to decide the outcome of a
Nov 14, 2019 India 493 for 6 dec (Agarwal 243, Rahane 86, Jadeja 60*, Pujara 54, Jayed 4-108) beat Bangladesh 150 (Mushfiqur 43, Shami 3-27) and 213 (Mushfiqur 64, Shami 4-31) by an innings and 130 runs It is not unnatural for visiting batsmen in India to feel like they are trapped; to spend over
8:10 PM GMT Barny Read in Abu Dhabi The T10 League’s third edition – first under its newly minted Abu Dhabi T10 moniker and debut in the UAE capital – was given a perfect day one endorsement by one of its highest profile players on Friday, after being hailed as “so sexy” by West Indies
6:01 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo A star-studded Mumbai suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Meghalaya in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20, going down by six wickets against a team that came into being only last season. Meghalaya, who have been a mid-table Plate
9:02 PM GMT Sam Curran seems all but certain to play as England’s third seamer in next week’s first Test against New Zealand, after being preferred to Chris Woakes in the England side to play New Zealand A in Whangerai. With the England management having made clear that the side named here will, fitness permitting,