9:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tasmania have signed young Western Australian quick Alex Bevilaqua for next season as part of a squad littered with fast bowlers. Bevilaqua, 22, played two Sheffield Shield matches for Western Australia in early 2018 but only managed a handful of Futures League games last season. The 207cm quick was a

3:00 AM ET Somerset 337 (Trego 73, Azhar 72, Banton 59) beat Nottinghamshire 222 (Slater 58, Hales 54) by 115 runs There will be no Lord’s final for Alex Hales, not that even the most ardent county cricket follower would claim that was adequate compensation for missing out on a place in England’s World Cup

12:06 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sanath Jayasundara, a performance analyst working in Sri Lanka Cricket’s “Brain Centre”, has become the latest figure in Sri Lankan cricket to be hit with corruption-related charges. A long-time employee of SLC, Jaysundara has been charged by the ICC with offering a bribe to Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Harin

May 10, 2019 Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians closed out April with four successive games on the road and then edged Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crazy super-over finish at the Wankhede. As things panned out, they had to win their final league game, also at home, against Kolkata Knight Riders to top the points table. Rohit

3:00 AM ET Big Picture The IPL’s 12th edition has earned the blockbuster finale it deserves. When Chennai Super Kings won last year, they tied Mumbai Indians’ record of three IPL titles and opened up a debate about which was the better IPL side. After Sunday, that debate may well be decided. Mumbai, who reached

3:00 AM ET Toss Ireland chose to bat v West Indies Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and chose to bat first against West Indies on a day that has no rain in the forecast. It is partly cloudy, but after Ireland’s last game, against Bangladesh, was washed out, they will welcome the chance

7:21 PM ET Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer reflected on Delhi Capitals’ run to the IPL playoffs as a “dream season” and one he expects his team to build on next year. Capitals, who until last season played as Delhi Daredevils, had finished last on the table with only five wins. This season, apart from changes

3:00 AM ET David Hopps at New Road Somerset 337 for 8 (Banton 112, Parnell 3-50) beat Worcestershire 190 (Azhar 5-34) by 147 runs Just to turn up to the right ground for the Royal London Cup play-offs is enough of a challenge, so hurried is this stage of the competition. To turn up and

10:57 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Jaipur The final league game of the three-team Women’s T20 Challenge in Jaipur set off a debate over whether Mithali Raj‘s Velocity should have squandered the opportunity to play a compelling brand of cricket and compete for a win, instead of securing qualification into the final via a botched

9:10 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia coach Justin Langer said he “slept a lot better” after Steven Smith showed some of his best form since returning from elbow surgery with the unbeaten 89 in the second match against the New Zealand XI on Wednesday. Smith dominated the back-end of the Australian innings, collecting 39 off