4:19 PM ET Steven Smith has dismissed his reception by the Hampshire crowd as “white noise” and “water off a duck’s back” after his century helped Australia to a 12-run victory over England. Both Smith and David Warner were booed loudly by large sections of the crowd when they came out to bat and when

3:00 AM ET Innings break Hampshire 244 for 8 (Northeast 56, Fuller 55*, J Overton 3-48) v Somerset Royal London Cup holders Hampshire face a task on their hands with the ball if they are to retain the trophy after scrapping their way to 244 for 8. Shorn of three of the mainstays of their

6:56 AM ET England’s World Cup hopes may have sustained a serious blow after injury scares to both of their fastest bowlers. Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, the two men in the England squad who can regularly surpass 90 mph with the ball, were obliged to leave the pitch within minutes of one another in

1:09 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Wives and family members of Pakistan’s players at the World Cup will not be permitted to stay with them for the duration of the tournament in England. According to a new PCB policy, any cricketer’s family members who wish to travel along with the player will have to make their

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl against South Africa in the World Cup warm-up against South Africa in Cardiff. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne felt that there’d be some assistance for his seamers early on, while Faf du Plessis was happy

6:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Asghar Afghan’s removal as Afghanistan’s ODI captain less than two months before the World Cup had garnered criticism from some of the team’s senior players, but his replacement Gulbadin Naib quelled any murmurs of disharmony within the team, saying he still considered Asghar as his captain. “Asghar Afghan is still

10:43 PM ET Michael Slater, the former Australia opening batsman and now commentator, will be heard on Channel Nine’s World Cup broadcast after the ICC confirmed he remains a part of the world broadcast feed for the event, due to begin on May 30. Following a highly publicised incident on Sunday when Slater was escorted

3:00 AM ET Sussex 422 (Jordan 166, Brown 156) and 339 for 4 dec (Salt 122, van Zyl, 81*, Brown 60*) drew with Northamptonshire 368 (Vasconcelos 83, Buck 51) and 288 for 6 (Rossington 69*, Cobb 68, Hamza 4-51) It has been a tough start to the season for Northamptonshire, who had a chastening time

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa women 127 for 1 (Lee 75*, de Klerk 37*) beat Pakistan women 125 for 5 (Dar 28, Ismail 1-16) by nine wickets A collective bowling performance followed by opener Lizelle Lee‘s third fifty-plus score in four T20Is helped South Africa women clinch the five-match series 3-2 against Pakistan

  shares © Getty Images Ricky Ponting has declared that Australia’s World Cup chances will be defined by how well Aaron Finch’s team use spin bowling and also bat against it, having only recently placed fresh emphasis on this component of their ODI set-up after ignoring it for some years. Part of Justin Langer’s coaching