3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 160 for 5 (Short 68, Steel 47) beat Derbyshire 153 for 9 (Godleman 39, Trevaskis 3-16) by seven runs Liam Trevaskis and D’Arcy Short delivered match-winning performances as Durham edged out the Derbyshire Falcons by seven runs in a rain-affected North Group match at Derby. Short top scored

Moeen Ali was dropped for the Lord’s Test after a tough time at Edgbaston © Getty Images Moeen Ali has enjoyed as many highs as he has endured lows in his Test career. After his omission from England’s squad for the Ashes Test at Lord’s, we track his many ups and downs over the last

6:25 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Warne has been named as the head coach of the Lord’s-based Hundred franchise, with Lisa Keightley taking the equivalent role for the women’s team, ahead of the first year of the ECB’s new 100-ball competition in 2020. Warne, 49, is the third men’s coach to be confirmed for the

Aug 7, 2019 Josh Hazlewood has effectively dared England to prepare green, seaming pitches for the remaining four Ashes Tests, arguing that the balance of the 2019 squad – featuring Pat Cummins, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Michael Neser and himself – is far better than the combination chosen four years ago. In 2015,

1:02 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Just how wholesome can Kane Williamson get? He’s fielding in a ground in the northernmost reaches of Colombo, as New Zealand warm up for their Test series in Sri Lanka, which begins next week. His bowlers aren’t having a lot of luck on a surface that seems to have

3:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez have been dropped from the PCB’s annual central-contracts list for the 2019-2020 season. The board has trimmed the pool from 33 to 19, reducing the number of categories from five to three. The board has, however, increased the value of the retainers in each category,

3:00 AM ET Leicestershire 189 for 6 (Swindells 63, Hill 58) beat Birmingham Bears 134 (Hain 61, Ackermann 7 for 18) by 55 runs Colin Ackermann went into this match with 31 wickets in 90 T20 matches, a few gathered now and then in England and South Africa. Now he can add the best bowling

2:08 PM ET 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 A player protest erupted at the Global T20 Canada on Wednesday

5:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dinesh Chandimal and spinners Akila Dananjaya and Dilruwan Perera have returned to the Sri Lanka Test squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand starting August 14 in Galle. Uncapped batting allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya and fast bowler Asitha Fernando were also named among the squad of 22 that will

4:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff “We are looking at Rishabh Pant as the future.” This was Virat Kohli, point-blank, when asked about the 21-year old’s role in the Indian set-up going forward. Batting at No. 4 in each of the three T20Is, Pant repaid the team management’s faith following two poor outings in Lauderhill. On