3:19 AM ET Daniel BrettigAssistant editor, ESPNcricinfo Close Assistant editor Daniel Brettig had been a journalist for eight years when he joined ESPNcricinfo, but his fascination with cricket dates back to the early 1990s, when his dad helped him sneak into the family lounge room to watch the end of day-night World Series matches well
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7:14 PM ET It is the 25th over of the chase. Kane Williamson has caressed his way to 45 off 56. It is a slow pitch where every batsman has struggled because of the dual pace, but he has been smoother than the others. Lungi Ngidi runs in, Williamson punches sweetly again, but he hits
11:45 AM ET Confidence, Mashrafe Mortaza stressed, was high in the Bangladesh camp after the win over West Indies, and key ahead of the upcoming game against Australia, on Thursday at Trent Bridge. West Indies attacked Bangladesh with a short-ball plan, which didn’t work at all. Bangladesh scored 78 in the 36 bouncers they faced
2:57 PM ET Marcus Stoinis could return to the Australian team for Thursday’s group game against Bangladesh after a side strain forced him to miss two matches. The allrounder bowled and batted during training at Trent Bridge and, while Justin Langer said Stoinis wasn’t certain to play in the next match, he has allayed initial
3:35 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff June 18 Hashmatullah Shahidi will never forget Old Trafford and Old Trafford can never forget Hashmatullah. Hit flush on the side of his helmet by a Mark Wood short ball when on 24, Afghanistan’s top-scorer ignored his broken helmet and the doctor’s advice to walk off the field. He stood
3:00 AM ET Big Picture South Africa entered this World Cup ‘under the radar’, but that’s essentially where their campaign has stayed. Still, after three defeats, a washout and a solitary win so far, they are definitely a threat even as the scrap for positions in the top four heats up. New Zealand, meanwhile, invented
3:15 AM ET Alex Malcolm Australia women’s wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy has channelled Glenn McGrath in predicting Australia will not lose a game in the upcoming women’s Ashes series against England. Australia are the current women’s Ashes holders but retained them only after a drawn series in Australia in 2017-18. The women’s Ashes are determined under
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 112 for 3 (Labuschagne 51) trail Middlesex 410 (Stirling 138, Robson 107) by 298 runs Centuries for Paul Stirling and Sam Robson put Middlesex firmly in charge after two days of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash with Glamorgan at Radlett. Stirling hit a Championship career-best 138,
shares Play 03:50 Hussey: How Afghanistan play Archer and Wood will be key Big picture Now here’s a contest that England would once have feared. A surely-can’t-lose clash with an aggressive band of ball-striking badmashs, backed up by some of the best and most varied spin bowlers in the world game. Sides of a