10:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tamim Iqbal has given Bangladesh another injury concern ahead of Sunday’s opening World Cup fixture against South Africa at The Oval, after being struck a blow on the left wrist while batting in the nets. Tamim left the field immediately after the incident to be assessed by the Bangladesh Team
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shares © AFP The PCB is hopeful that South Africa will tour Pakistan within the next 12 months. ESPNcricinfo understands that PCB managing director Wasim Khan recently extended an invitation to CSA. South Africa have not toured Pakistan since 2007 though captain Faf du Plessis led a World XI side to Lahore in September
1:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket South Africa’s transformation targets will not apply at the World Cup, and that’s just fine with Kagiso Rabada, who believes that transformation “should happen at the grassroots”. “At a professional level, players should be picked on merit,” Rabada told ESPNcricinfo in an exclusive interview recently. “For me, transformation is
2:41 AM ET Alex Malcolm Australia Test captain Tim Paine says he is not a man of faith but admits he has prayed more than once in recent times for a fully fit James Pattinson ahead of the Ashes series in England. While Australia’s ODI side is about to begin their World Cup defence in
3:00 AM ET England 311 for 8 (Stokes 89, Morgan 57, Roy 54, Root 51, Ngidi 3-66) beat South Africa 207 (de Kock 68, van der Dussen 50, Archer 3-27) by 104 runsAs it happened Ambles in like Bambi. Hunts wickets like a zombie. Jofra Archer is a #BambiZombie. And the opening match of the
4:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa women will host Australia for three ODIs and as many T20Is in March-April 2020, soon after the completion of the T20 World Cup. The ODIs will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship that aims to identify seven direct qualifiers for the 2021 Women’s World Cup in New
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Four years of planning, four years of preparation. Forty-four years of hurt and counting. And maybe the chance, at long last, for long-overdue World Cup redemption. But which team are we discussing here? England, the hosts, or South Africa, the challengers? For there could be no more apt contest with
May 28, 2019 Jon Culley at Edgbaston Warwickshire 293 (Norwell 64) and 26 for 0 lead Surrey 188 (Foakes 57*, Patel 4-53) by 131 runs After scaling impressive heights last year, Surrey’s 2019 season is still at base camp. Like Somerset, who at this stage look favourites to take their title, they have yet to
10:09 PM ET Regardless of it coming in a warm-up match, KL Rahul‘s century against Bangladesh has likely put him in the front of the queue for the No. 4 slot in the India middle order after captain Virat Kohli said his form was the “biggest positive” India would take into their first match of