5:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer’s rise in England cricket continues after being awarded an ECB central contract across all formats. Barbados-born Archer only made his international debut in May shortly after he qualified to represent England and then went on to play a crucial role in the triumphant World Cup campaign and the

3:24 PM ET Liam Plunkett says that “disappointment is an understatement” after he was surprisingly overlooked in England’s list of centrally contracted white-ball players for 2019-20. Plunkett played a key role in England’s maiden World Cup triumph this summer, including three wickets in their victory in the final against New Zealand at Lord’s, and has

Sep 19, 2019 Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Nottinghamshire go into Finals Day’s first quarter-final as favourites with the bookmakers, but have struggled in recent games against Worcestershire. Player-on-player match-ups and tactical phases are a crucial part of modern T20’s vocabulary: here are the battles

2:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Marnus Labuschagne is set to slot swiftly back into domestic action for Queensland after being Australia’s find of the Ashes series, but the majority of the squad who were involved in the physically and emotionally draining series will be rested for the start of the Marsh Cup this weekend. Labuschagne

2:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Recently the owners at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) carried out a complete overhaul of the coaching staff, brining in former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson as team director and appointing former Australia batsman Simon Katich as the head coach. On Friday, in Bengaluru, both Hesson and Katich had a media

6:20 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women are likely to experiment with their batting order in the T20Is against Sri Lanka later this month as they further fine-tune planning ahead of defending the T20 World Cup title next year. Having completed a comprehensive 3-0 victory over West Indies in Barbados, they have now won 19

10:15 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mickey Arthur will coach Central Stags in New Zealand’s Super Smash T20 competition later this year. Arthur, who left his role as Pakistan coach following the World Cup, will officially take charge of defending champions the Stags on December 1 ahead of the first match on December 13. “I have

3:00 AM ET Durham 131 and 212 for 8 (Eckersley 54*, Hutton 4-54) trail Northamptonshire 217 and 315 (Proctor 86*, Levi 60, Rossington 52) by 189 runs When Durham were relegated by the ECB as part of the financial rescue in 2016, figures at the club predicted a five-year journey back to the first division.

5:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Paine has revealed he suffered a broken thumb towards the end of the final Test against England, and praised Peter Siddle for battling through an injury he sustained early in the match. The exact details of Paine’s injury are yet to be confirmed, but he expects to be back