8:02 AM ET Jon Lewis has left Durham following a restructuring of the club’s cricket operations. Lewis, who had been head coach, joined the club as a player in 1997 and was appointed captain in 2000. As coach, he led the club to the County Championship title in 2013, the Royal London Cup in 2014
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3:00 AM ET Deivarayan Muthu Join our live report for analysis, colour, stats and graphics from the opening Test between Australia and India. The first day was highlighted by some outstanding Australia fielding and a magnificent hundred from Cheteshwar Pujara. You can also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here *If the blog does not load first
12:25 PM ET Liam Brickhill Results Summary Zimbabwe’s domestic season is underway after the first round of Logan Cup matches in Harare and Kwekwe. Fast bowler Carl Mumba burst back onto the Zimbabwean domestic scene with a match haul of 8 for 24 to demolish the reigning Logan Cup champions Mountaineers at Kwekwe Sports Club.
8:06 AM ET Umar Farooq George Dobell Wasim Khan, Leicestershire’s chief executive, has been unveiled as the new managing director of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Wasim, who has been one of the leading lights of the ECB’s drive to engage British Asians in English cricket, forged his career as chairman of the schools’ cricket charity,
12:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India’s batting seems in need of a boost after a poor start to their Test series in Australia, and it may come in the form of Prithvi Shaw. The 19-year-old opener, who made a century on Test debut, is recovering well from the ankle injury he picked up during the
3:00 AM ET Welcome to our live report for the opening Test from Adelaide as the eagerly anticipated series between Australia and India gets underway. We’ll provide analysis, colour, stats and graphics throughout the match. You can, as always, also follow our ball-by-ball commentary *If the blog doesn’t load first time, please refresh your page
shares Azhar Ali raises his arms in celebration © Getty Images Pakistan 224 for 3 (Azhar 111*, Shafiq 55*) trail New Zealand 274 by 50 runs If yesterday talk of couples had revolved around Trent Boult and Tim Southee, today it was all about Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, whose partnership stands undefeated at
shares Virat Kohli and Tim Paine shake hands ahead of the series © Getty Images Sunil Gavaskar versus Dennis Lillee. Venkatesh Prasad versus Michael Slater. Andrew Symonds versus Harbhajan Singh. Ricky Ponting versus Zaheer Khan. Gautam Gambhir versus Shane Watson. David Warner versus Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli versus Steven Smith. Australia versus India has
3:00 AM ET Jozi Stars 196 for 4 (Hendricks 79, Burger 2-32) beat Cape Town Blitz 146 (J Malan 43, Christian 4-22, Olivier 3-38) by 50 runs Chris Gayle had warned before this game that it was Reeza Hendricks, rather than Gayle himself, who posed the most formidable threat to Cape Town Blitz, and Hendricks
8:40 AM ET Pakistan allrounder Mohammad Hafeez, 38, will retire from Test cricket after the ongoing third game against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi, having informed the selectors that he wants to focus on his limited-overs career. He announced his decision after he had managed only 39 runs in four innings and went wicketless against