shares Big Picture What can Sri Lanka salvage from here? They’ve lost both Tests so far. They are without their captain due to injury. Their best bowler from the previous Test is off in Brisbane, having his action assessed. Having come into the series as mild favourites (they had either won or drawn their

Big Picture This is Australian cricket’s new reality at least for now. Even a win in a truncated T20I will be hailed as a significant moment in a possible renaissance. Wednesday in Brisbane was only their sixth win in 23 internationals since the sandpaper came out in Cape Town. Three of those wins have been

Nov 20, 2018 Big picture England won’t forget it, and India can’t, even if they want to. Both sets of players will tell you they aren’t thinking about it, and that this game is a new game, in a different format, but don’t believe them. Antigua will host Thursday’s World T20 semi-final, but some small

8:52 PM ET Marcus Harris, the Victoria opening batsman, has been rewarded for consistency over several seasons by vaulting into Australia’s 14-man Test squad for the first two Tests against India, while Peter Handscomb has also been recalled after a winter’s technical work. The inclusion of Harris, after consecutive seasons in which he has tallied

  shares Play 00:43 Curran undergoes fitness test, Anderson’s tour over Joe Root feels England are “pretty much on track” to achieve their goal of becoming the No. 1-ranked Test team. Their series victory in Sri Lanka means England are guaranteed to rise to No. 2 in the world irrespective of the result in the

3:00 AM ET Cape Town Blitz’s bowlers rallied to defend a revised target of 145 against Nelson Mandela Bay Giants to maintain their team’s unbeaten run in the 2018-19 Mzansi Super League. With three wins in as many matches, Blitz are the only undefeated team in the competition, rising to 11 points, six clear of

12:55 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 The Barbados-contracted pair of Aaron Jones and Hayden Walsh has come

12:15 PM ET Danyal Rasool The phantasmagorical fourth innings collapse that led to a heartbreaking four-run loss in Abu Dhabi left the dressing room devastated, according to Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur. Arthur was disappointment at the choice of shots under pressure, but backed his players to put it behind them ahead of the second

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan A 195 and 314 for 6 (Abid 113, Salahuddin 74) beat England Lions 240 (Billings 74*, Irfan 4-80) and 266 (Clarke 107, Shaheen 4-80) by four wicketsScorecard Abid Ali and Usman Salahuddin masterminded an impressive run-chase, as Pakistan A chased down 312 to see off England Lions in the

7:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rahul Johri is set to continue in his position as chief executive officer of the BCCI with the Committee of Administrators unable to reach a consensus on what action should be taken against him, after the panel investigating allegations of sexual harassment against Johri him did not find him guilty