Pat Brown was the star of last year’s Blast with 31 wickets in his debut season © Getty Images It happened to Mark Haddon. After his first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time sold more than two million copies, Haddon was the British author to watch. Remember his follow-up, A Spot

7:00 AM ET Danyal Rasool In what may yet be the first of several departures in the PCB’s coaching and management set-up, Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to leave his post of chief selector once his contract ends at the end of this month. Addressing the media at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Inzamam said he would

Jul 15, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff India A 295 for 6 (Pandey 100, Gill 77, Cornwall 2-37) beat West Indies A 147 (Paul 34, Krunal 5-25) by 148 runs Three days before the selectors meet to pick India’s senior squad for the Caribbean tour, Manish Pandey, the A team captain, made a statement with an 86-ball

2:49 PM ET So the domestic structure is being revamped again? Imagine my surprise! Well, yes, but this one might be different? Historically, the PCB has been revamping its domestic circuit every other year. The format of the first-class tournament has been tweaked with regions and departments playing separately one season and together another, like

7:38 AM ET Anamul Haque and Taijul Islam have been recalled into Bangladesh’s 14-member squad for the three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26. They have come in as replacements for Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das, who have been granted leave by the BCB. Shakib will reportedly be travelling for

9:10 PM ET “Did I sleep at all? Hmm. I did sleep. I did.” Kane Williamson talks in the dry, wry, inimitable tone of his. We are standing at arm’s length. I am trying hard to find an emotion in the man’s face. This is no ordinary man. This man, this leader of men, lost

3:00 AM ET Somerset 196 (J Overton 52*, Maharaj 7-52) and 159 for 4 (Banton 58*, Abell 53) trail Yorkshire 520 by 165 runs If he plays many more tricks upon them, Somerset will begin to suspect that Keshav Maharaj has emerged from the underworld of Annwn which is said to exist beneath the magical

6:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The umpires made an “error of judgement” in awarding six runs, instead of five, to England for the overthrow that hit Ben Stokes’ bat and ran to the boundary, says Simon Taufel, confirming the story that ESPNcricinfo broke right after the World Cup 2019 final. Currently part of the MCC’s

11:12 PM ET Kane Williamson admitted it was “tough to swallow” the fact that the number of boundaries struck by each side eventually decided the World Cup winners. England and New Zealand were equal on runs after both the regulation part of the match and the Super Overs that followed, but England had scored a

3:07 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand – 241 for 8 in 50 overs. England – 241 all out in 50 overs. Super Over. England – 15 for no loss. New Zealand – 15 for 1, Martin Guptill run out off the last ball. England win the World Cup, for the first time, on boundary