2:50 PM ET Like the hunt for the Holy Grail and the lost city of Atlantis, England’s search for opening batsmen has gone on so long, you wonder if they exist. For while Rory Burns impressed in Barbados, the worries over Keaton Jennings are mounting. He is still yet to reach 50 in the 11
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3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 222 for 4 (Pant 73*, Jacks 2-35) beat England Lions 221 for 8 (Pope 65, Mullaney 58, Thakur 4-49) by six wickets Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur were instrumental in India A securing a fourth successive victory over England Lions in their five-match unofficial ODI series in Thiruvananthapuram.
11:00 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff For the first time since the 2011 World Cup, India are not guaranteed to meet Pakistan in an ICC event. They have faced each other in five ICC tournaments since 2011, but cricket’s traditional rivalry will not be on show in the group stages of 2020 T20 World Cup in
10:19 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor put his team’s series defeat at the hands of India down to the immense quality of their opposition. Even with India’s world-beating potential, New Zealand’s manner of capitulation has been uncharacteristic. Not since 2013 have they lost three successive games at home. Just earlier this
3:00 AM ET Saurashtra 236 (Snell Patel 85, More 6-60) and 282 for 5 (Pujara 131*, Jackson 100) beat Karnataka 275 (Shreyas Gopal 87, Sharath 83, Pandey 62, Unadkat 4-56) and 239 (Shreyas Gopal 61, Jadeja 5-78) by five wickets Saurashtra completed their chase on day five of the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Karnataka with
2:11 PM ET Richard Pybus has urged his West Indies team to “keep their feet on the floor” after a thumping victory over England in Barbados. West Indies defied the Test rankings to inflict a 381-run win over England. But while Pybus, the interim head coach, was full of praise for the performance, he has
6:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB has expressed disappointment over the ICC’s decision to suspend Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed for four matches after he had issued an apology on Twitter and in person to Andile Phehlukwayo – the player who was the subject of his racist taunt at Kingsmead. South Africa captain Faf du
5:41 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Roston Chase saluted the efforts of his captain and fellow Bajan Jason Holder, after helping to secure an emphatic victory over England in the first Test. Chase claimed a career-best eight-wicket haul as West Indies wrapped up a crushing win to go 1-0 up in the series, but said there
shares Joe Root fends away a short ball © AFP Joe Root admitted that England “might have got their selection wrong” in the wake of his side’s 381-run drubbing in the first Test against West Indies, but insisted that England would not be deterred from making further bold calls in the future, as they