Aug 2, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj will return for Yorkshire’s next two Championship matches, as well as a spell in the Vitality Blast, having enjoyed success during his initial three-match spell in July. Maharaj will be available to play against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough later this month, and for the trip to
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10:02 PM ET It may be three weeks later, but the sting of India’s World Cup semi-final exit has been a tough pill to swallow for India captain Virat Kohli. Speaking in Florida on the eve of his team’s first T20I against West Indies, Kohli said the initial days after his side’s loss to New
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley Nottinghamshire 184 for 4 (Clarke 50, Moores 69) beat Birmingham 113 (Carter 3-14, Wood 3-16) by 71 runs Having blamed dropped catches for their first defeat of the season at Northampton last week, Birmingham Bears counted the cost of another mistake in the field as they allowed Nottinghamshire to build
12:33 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell has ruled himself out of West Indies’ first two T20Is against India in Florida. The allrounder had only just returned to action after knee surgery but experienced “some discomfort” while playing in the Global T20 Canada and then expressed his unavailability to the West Indies selectors. However, only
3:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former England captain Charlotte Edwards has lauded Ellyse Perry, the Player of the 2019 Women’s Ashes, as the “greatest” player the women’s game is “ever going to see”, following Australia’s emphatic run in the multi-format series where they beat the hosts 12-2, losing only the tour-ending T20I. A record 7
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Gloucestershire 172 for 7 (Salter 4-12) tied with Glamorgan 172 for 5 (Fakhar 58) Glamorgan’s Andrew Salter returned the superb figures of 4 for 12 in three overs, including a first-ball wicket and three more in the space of seven deliveries, but AJ Tye battled back for Gloucestershire to seal
10:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has said that the absence of cricket from state schools is “nowhere near good enough” as the governing body looks to capitalise on the “inspirational moment that can spark that interest in the game” provided by the World Cup final. Speaking to Sky during
4:02 AM ET Andrew McGlashanDeputy editor, ESPNcricinfo Close Deputy Editor Andrew arrived at ESPNcricinfo via Manchester and Cape Town, after finding the assistant editor at a weak moment as he watched England’s batting collapse in the Newlands Test. Andrew began his cricket writing as a freelance covering Lancashire during 2004 when they were relegated in
3:00 AM ET England 139 for 5 (Winfield 26*, Brunt 25*) beat Australia 122 for 8 (Perry 60*, Brunt 3-21, Ecclestone 3-22) by 17 runs England have denied Australia a limited-overs whitewash with a consolation 17-run victory in the third T20I, the final encounter of their Ashes series, having finally struck on a successful combination
12:00 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC have released the playing conditions for the inaugural World Test Championship, which begins on August 1 with the first Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston. Here’s what’s new. Separating teams level on points If at the end of the group stage, two or more teams are