8:12 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex 118 for 5 (Pattinson 3-38) v Australia A James Pattinson made an early impression with the red ball for Australia A ahead of a likely Ashes call-up as he bagged three wickets on a truncated opening day against Sussex. Rain and bad light prevented play until mid-afternoon and only

3:00 AM ET A stunning performance with the ball by Ellyse Perry handed Australia a thumping 194-run victory over England and a commanding lead in their Ashes contest. Perry claimed a career-best 7 for 22, which surpassed her assistant coach Shelley Nitschke’s 7 for 24 against England in 2005 as the leading ODI bowling figures

4:16 AM ET Ian Gould walked out of a cricket field one last time whistling. That whistle was something you could always see ‘Gunner’, as Gould was known to cricketers and the media, do, whether in the middle of a high-pressure situation in an international match or as you passed him. Like many famous umpires,

Jul 5, 2019 Faf du Plessis has hinted he would like to continue as South Africa captain until the T20 World Cup in Australia next year. While du Plessis continued to rule out the suggestion that he would retire from international cricket after the current World Cup he expressed a belief that his experience could

11:02 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Previous World Cup Central entries: May 24-June 5 | June 6-June 18 | June 19-July 3 July 4 Glenn Maxwell feels he is hitting the ball as well as any stage of his career and is confident a telling score is around the corner after not quite being able to

5:31 PM ET Sarfaraz Ahmed‘s comments from the eve of the match, about putting up “600, 500 or 400”, had become social media fodder. But as is wont to happen depressingly often these days, the rest of his answer got lost in the jokes and memes. Sarfaraz wasn’t just saying that he hoped Pakistan scored

© Getty Images Pakistan 315 for 9 (Imam 100, Babar 96, Mustafizur 5-75) beat Bangladesh 221 (Shakib 64, Shaheen Afridi 6-35) by 94 runs The ridiculous fantasies of engineering an improbable win aside, this was an excellent Pakistan performance, subduing a side that three weeks ago, most would have fancied to turn them over. It

11:25 AM ET Going into their final round-robin match, Sri Lanka may be out of semi-final contention, and yet, there is a strong argument they have surpassed expectations at this World Cup. Ranked ninth in ODIs ahead of the tournament, they have won half the matches they’ve played so far, beating England, West Indies and

3:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff He opened the batting, and scored an 18-ball 7. He bowled six overs and picked up a wicket. He strutted around the Headingley turf, mostly with a big smile on his face, and threw in as much drama as possible into pouching a sitter on the field and, if that