2:47 PM ET Afghanistan will miss his buoyant stroke-making at the top of the order, as well as the experience he provides, but just as great a loss to their long World Cup campaign will be the energy wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad brings to the dressing room. So said captain Gulbadin Naib, a day after it
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1:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff June 6 Yuzvendra Chahal‘s 4 for 51 against South Africa played a big role in India’s first win of the World Cup. What was most impressive about Chahal’s performance was the quality of the batsmen he dismissed: Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, David Miller and Andile Phehlukwayo. After
shares Amy Jones drives down the ground © Getty Images England 318 for 9 (Knight 94, Jones 91) beat West Indies 110 (Nation 42*) by 208 runs Before this match, West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor had bemoaned the lack of so much as a full-time masseuse within her team’s set-up. And, as a number
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Lancashire 449 (Livingstone 114, Bohannon 98*, Bailey 57, Croft 51; Klein 3-89) drew with Leicestershire 288 (Klein 87, Cosgrove 70, Gleeson 4-58) and 151 for 5 As far as playing for Lancashire is concerned Liverpudlians have had to walk alone. Only ten cricketers either born or raised in the city
7:31 AM ET Alex Wakely has resigned as captain of Northamptonshire in both red-ball and white-ball cricket with immediate effect. His decision ends a period in which the club won the domestic T20 title twice – making Wakely the first captain in Northants’ history to lift two major trophies. Under Wakely’s leadership, Northants became one
6:17 PM ET Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza defended Mushfiqur Rahim after he hit the stumps with his elbow when trying to run out Kane Williamson. The incident took place in the 12th over of the New Zealand innings when the Ross Taylor – Williamson partnership was at an embryonic stage. As the two batsmen got
3:00 AM ET Nottinghamshire 97 (Patel 6-16) and 116 for 1 (Duckett 71*) trail Warwickshire 391 for 9 dec (Hose 111, Sibley 87) by 178 runs Paul Farbrace addressed a Warwickshire members’ forum following another refreshing day in a dreamily good week that made his appearance post-play feel a whole lot easier. These can be
11:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Five Test matches, three against South Africa and two against Bangladesh, will be the highlight of a packed home season for the Indian team – the top-ranked Test team – one in which they will host five teams. The season kicks off with South Africa’s tour in September-October 2019, in
3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 311 for 7 (Sibley 87, Hose 84*) v Nottinghamshire Plan B for Bouncer sounds like it might be the title of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, but there was not a lot of mystery or intrigue about the storyline as conjured by Stuart Broad on a day heavily punctuated by bad light
3:00 AM ET Essex 18 for 1 trail Yorkshire 390 (Lyth 95, Bess 91*, Kohler-Cadmore 83) by 372 runs Dom Bess‘ short professional career has not been short of incident. As a teenager, he was a Somerset debutant thrown spectacularly into a Championship challenge which only failed on the last day of the season. At