As Mohammad Shami ran in to deliver the hat-trick ball, he had MS Dhoni’s words in mind. Afghanistan needed 12 off three balls, but were nine down. Only one Indian – Chetan Sharma – had taken a World Cup hat-trick earlier, in 1987. This was his chance to join an elite club. And he did
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11:25 PM ET Carlos Brathwaite was dropped for West Indies’ last match. There is a good chance he wouldn’t have been playing at Old Trafford had Andre Russell not been unfit. It wouldn’t have been a particularly harsh decision because Brathwaite had scored only five half-centuries in 158 innings since his sensational four sixes to
3:00 AM ET India 224 for 8 (Kohli 67, Jadhav 52, Nabi 2-33) beat Afghanistan 213 (Nabi 52, Shami 4-40) by 11 runs As it happened Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi sent India on a tailspin and threatened a Sri Lanka-style comeback as a second successive upset loomed large in the World
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Dieticians around the world like to engage their clients by rewarding cheat meals every now and then for achieving certain targets. Similarly, India can think of the Afghanistan clash as a ‘cheat meal’ and try out options ahead of the England clash on June 30, which in a sense will
Jun 20, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Former Queensland captain Chris Simpson has been appointed the new Cricket Queensland chairman after Sal Vasta stepped down to continue significant upheaval at the state. It is understood that the Bulls Masters, a group formed of former Queensland players Jimmy Maher, Ian Healy, Andy Bichel, Martin Kent and Michael Kasprowicz,
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 232 for 9 (Mathews 85*, Avishka 49, Kusal Mendis 46, Wood 3-40, Archer 3-52) beat England 212 (Stokes 82*, Root 57, Malinga 4-43, Dhananjaya 3-32) by 20 runs As it happened Lasith Malinga conjured a vintage spell, part-time offspinner Dhananjaya de Silva struck three times in nine balls, Angelo Mathews
6:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dennis Silk, the former chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board, has died at the age of 87. Silk, who chaired the board between 1994 and 1996, was one of many outstanding batsmen to come out of Cambridge in the 1950s, and were it not for the demands of
8:30 PM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo Marcus Stoinis feared his World Cup was over when he suffered the side strain which kept him out of Australia’s team for two matches. Stoinis returned to the side and took two wickets in the 48-run win against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge
shares Joe Root celebrates with Chris Woakes after taking the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer © Getty Images Big picture After the deluge of rain, the flood of sixes. This World Cup has had to battle the elements, as well as some lop-sided contests, but England fired things up in Manchester with their record-breaking performance.