shares Bangladesh 324 (Mominul 120, Gabriel 4-70, Warrican 4-62) v West Indies Mominul Haque raises his bat after bringing up fifty © AFP Bangladesh’s eventful first innings against West Indies ended on 324 all out on Friday, when Jomel Warrican removed both Nayeem Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman in the fifth over of the second
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3:00 AM ET Australia 142 for 5 (Healy 46, Lanning 31, Haynes 25*) beat West Indies 71 (Taylor 16, Perry 2-2, Gardner 2-15, Kimmince 2-17) by 71 runs Ellyse Perry celebrates a wicket with her teammates IDI via Getty Images Australia vaulted into their fifth final, giving themselves a shot at a fourth title with a
11:54 AM ET England’s World Cup-winning cricketers go into their crucial World T20 semi-final against India tonight with further uncertainty hanging over the women’s game, after the ECB confirmed that cuts are envisaged to the Kia Super League budget, as part of a wider effort to cut costs across the game. The tournament’s future had
1:30 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Oman Cricket has reached an agreement in principle to host Ireland,
1:52 PM ET Barny Read Having been on the wrong end of two brutal batting displays on night one, bowlers were in desperate need of a hero on the T10 League’s second day. There were some encouraging performances from the first two matches, but the assault handed out by Mohammad Shahzad stuck in the memory
9:53 AM ET Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican credited his team-mate Shannon Gabriel for bringing West Indies back into the game on the first day in Chattogram after Bangladesh had reached a “commanding” position earlier. The hosts were cruising on 222 for 3 after opting to bat, but Gabriel’s third spell broke the back of Bangladesh’s
8:01 AM ET In his fifth Test in charge, Suranga Lakmal has perhaps his greatest leadership challenge yet. When he led Sri Lanka to wins against West Indies and South Africa, he largely had his first-choice attack at his back, and was up against opposition that appeared seriously vulnerable. England, though, are a much sterner
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh opted to bat against West Indies Shakib Al Hasan had a productive third morning AFP Making his first appearance after recovering from a finger injury, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat first in the first Test against West Indies in Chittagong. The home side has handed a Test debut
6:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root insists that England need to savour the experience and expertise of Stuart Broad and James Anderson for as long as they can, despite both of his senior seam bowlers enduring frustrating series in an otherwise triumphant tour of Sri Lanka. Broad is set to make his first appearance
5:27 AM ET It was the Britpop songsmith Jarvis Cocker who penned a tune in 2009 called “Further Complications”, in which he pondered how many of his former certainties had been replaced by questions, doubts and imperfect choices. “I used to think that people all chose the lives they led, but so many different choices