Play 00:48 Ashes not about redemption for Smith, Warner – Langer Australia have traded off the breakup of the fast bowling “big three” by selling Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood the idea that spreading the workload among more pacemen will extend their careers, with the captain Tim Paine declaring his team have been

5:01 PM ET England must “hit the ground running” if they are to regain the Ashes, Ben Stokes believes. England boast an outstanding record at Edgbaston, the venue for the first Test. They have won 11 international matches in succession at the ground and haven’t been beaten by Australia in any format there since 2001.

10:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Test opener Prithvi Shaw has been suspended until November 15, 2019 for a doping violation. A BCCI release said Shaw had “inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.” Shaw had provided a urine sample as part of the BCCI’s anti-doping testing programme during

8:08 AM ET The ICC officially launched the inaugural World Test Championship on Monday. It begins on August 1 with the first Ashes Test. Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament that is set to bring new meaning and context to bilateral Test cricket What is this World Test Championship all about? Essentially,

6:22 PM ET Alex Malcolm Cricket Australia has opted not to reprise a fully-fledged home and away domestic men’s 50-over competition in 2019-20 as the format continues to feel the squeeze in the summer schedule. However, CA has placed a priority on playing more 50-over domestic games on international-sized grounds in order to better replicate

10:41 AM ET Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai India captain Virat Kohli is “baffled” about media reports that have surfaced recently about fights or rifts between him and ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Kohli also said it was “absolutely ridiculous” and “disrespectful” to bring players’ personal lives into the picture when the team’s focus has been on

2:27 AM ET Since 2015, a major part of Bangladesh’s success in ODI cricket was because of their ability to take wickets with the new ball. However, since the start of 2019, their main quicks have managed only seven wickets in the first Powerplay, at a strike-rate of 113.14 and a bowling average of 103.

6:21 PM ET At the lowest moment of a tumultuous first six months, mentoring a weakened Australian team through the troubles waters that followed the Newlands scandal, Justin Langer‘s wife Sue broke down in tears at the toll the job was taking on their family. Over breakfast at the team hotel in Sydney, the Langer

9:50 AM 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 bomb threat delayed the start of the GLT20 clash between

3:00 AM ET Big picture The margin of defeat may have been large, but Bangladesh Captain Tamim Iqbal was optimistic in his analysis of the first ODI. “I thought the wicket was really good, 310 [314] I felt was a decent score. At half time we were happy, because I thought we came back strongly.