7:23 PM ET Like a couple who have just moved in together, Jofra Archer and the England team are still coming to terms with each other’s little ways. Both know this is a special relationship. And both know it’s made to last. But, as they settle down together, they are still marvelling at their new

© BCCI West Indies’ Lendl Simmons will replace New Zealand opener Colin Munro for the first three matches for Trinbago Knight Riders. Munro will be in Sri Lanka for the upcoming T20Is starting September 1 and Simmons will fill in for the CPL matches on September 4, 6 and 8. This will be Simmons’ fifth

3:00 AM ET Stumps Bangladesh 194 for 8 (Mominul 52, Mosaddek 44*, Rashid 4-47, Nabi 2-53 ) trail Afghanistan 342 (Rahmat 102, Afghan 92, Rashid 51, Taijul 4-116) by 148 runs Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan placed his side in a strong position against Bangladesh at the end of the second day with a fine allround

3:00 PM ET For a while it looked as though Australia were still haunted by Headingley. In their first stint in the field since Ben Stokes tore them apart, a raucous Old Trafford crowd made a point of ironically cheering every time Nathan Lyon caught a return from his fielders. The first of two extended

9:41 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Chattogram pitch was the “opposite” of what Bangladesh expected it to be, said captain Shakib Al Hasan, and hinted that their line-up of four specialist spinners was enough to understand what they were looking for. Shakib said that he was surprised that his bowlers could take five wickets on

9:46 AM ET In Afghanistan’s captaincy debacle this year, Rahmat Shah unwittingly led the side in no Tests after being named captain. That’s right. After he was named in their leadership reshuffle in April, Rashid Khan replaced him in July. Going by what he achieved today in Chattogram, becoming Afghanistan’s first Test centurion, even a

3:00 AM ET Jon Culley Nottinghamshire 165 for 0 (Hales 83*, Nash 74*) beat Middlesex 160 (Morgan 53) by 10 wickets A bleak season at Trent Bridge might yet have something to redeem it. Seemingly doomed to relegation in the County Championship, thrashed here at the semi-final stage in the One-Day Cup, Nottinghamshire inflicted a

6:21 AM ET There is a perception around Misbah-ul-Haq that he is a bit defensive. The man has hit the second-fastest hundred in Test history and led Pakistan’s team to No. 1 in the longest format and yet he was typecast as tuk-tuk. That nickname hasn’t had much occasion to pop up in the last

3:00 AM ET Toss Afghanistan chose to bat v Bangladesh In his first Test as Afghanistan captain, Rashid Khan chose to bat against Bangladesh in Chattogram. The visitors handed Test debuts to Qais Ahmed, Zahir Khan and Ibrahim Zadran, apart from picking their core group of senior cricketers. Qais and Zahir are spinners, while Zadran

3:00 AM ET Essex 165 for 4 (ten Doeschate 45*, Delport 44, Bopara 39* beat Lancashire 159 for 5 (Davies 80*, Bopara 2-28) by 6 wickets This was one of the great county cricket fixture shambles of all time. Lancashire forced to play a home Vitality Blast quarter-final on a neutral ground because of a