11:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Usman Khawaja has sent a scare through the Australian World Cup camp after being struck on the helmet while batting against West Indies in a warm-up match at Southampton. Khawaja went to hospital for scans on his jaw after suffering a nasty blow from an Andre Russell bouncer during the

10:46 AM ET At the age of 34, and with more wickets since the 2015 World Cup than any other England fast bowler, Liam Plunkett probably knew deep down that he had both the experience and the statistics to justify his retention in England’s 15-man squad for the tournament starting next week. But nevertheless, Plunkett

May 20, 2019 David Hussey, the former Australia batsman, is expected to be unveiled as the new coach of the Melbourne Stars for next summer’s Big Bash League as early as this week, after winning a duel with the ex-Victoria coach David Saker for the role to replace the outgoing Stephen Fleming. Having served in

Eoin Morgan says that the process of whittling England’s World Cup squad down to the final 15-man party was “the toughest decision I’ve ever been a part of”, but believes that he personally, and his team as a whole, have never been better equipped to make the big calls, having grown together in the four

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Scotland chose to bowl v Sri Lanka Scotland have opted to bowl first in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, for whom Dimuth Karunaratne makes his captaincy debut. Rain forced the first match to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Kusal Mendis is set to take the keeping gloves

12:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Deandra Dottin will miss West Indies’ tours of Ireland and England with a shoulder injury. Dottin, who recently became the No. 1 allrounder on the ICC’s women’s T20I rankings after being named player of the series during the February tour of Pakistan, needs surgery on her right shoulder and will

  shares Liam Dawson continued his impressive form © Getty Images Liam Dawson has been called into England’s World Cup squad at the expense of Joe Denly, while David Willey is expected to be the unlucky seamer to make way for the inclusion of Jofra Archer, as England’s selectors ring the changes in their final

9:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has called on fans who will attend the 2019 World Cup in England to refrain from heckling the duo of Steven Smith and David Warner with personal barbs. Both men will be returning for Australia for the first time since they were banned for a year each in

4:32 PM ET Eoin Morgan has admitted he still isn’t sure who will make England’s World Cup squad. Morgan, the England captain, and his fellow selectors, Ed Smith and Trevor Bayliss, will meet on Monday to pick the 15-man squad. They plan to announce it at 9.30am on Tuesday morning. With England having beaten Pakistan

4:48 PM ET Mickey Arthur admits Pakistan’s fielding is a “real worry” going into the World Cup. Arthur, the Pakistan coach, believes the standard of fielding was the key difference between the sides in the ODI series between England and Pakistan. But he insists his side are “working damn hard” to improve and felt that