3:00 AM ET South Africa 275 (Maharaj 72, du Plessis 64, Philander 44*, Ashwin 4-69), Yadav 3-37) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 326 runs Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander, the lead spinner and senior seamer of the South African squad, were
5:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Andy Flower has left the ECB after 12 years at the organisation. Flower, who led England to their first ICC tournament win in 2010 and their first away Ashes win since 1986-87 later in that year, was first employed as Peter Moores’ assistant coach in 2007. He became head coach
6:39 AM ET The Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA) has launched an urgent application against Cricket South Africa (CSA) which seeks to overturn CSA’s decision of taking the body under administration. Last month, CSA used its “step-in” rights as the governing body of cricket in South Africa to suspend the WPCA board, citing administrative and
3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Stumps Queensland 153 & 5 for 186 (Burns 52) lead New South Wales 9 for 288 dec (Warner 125, Bertus 53, Gannon 5-94, Neser 2-56) by 51 runs A fighting half-century from Joe Burns has helped Queensland hold off New South Wales’ charge to victory momentarily on a rain-affected third
1:44 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of Cricket Ireland, has restated his interest in Ireland touring Pakistan. He had been in Lahore for the recently concluded T20Is against Sri Lanka and was very impressed with the way the series went off. “First of all, we have been treated fabulously well,” Deutrom
1:10 PM ET Ashley Giles, England’s director of men’s cricket, has warned that there is no easy way to protect the team’s star players from the heightened profile that comes with their summer’s successes, after a week in which Ben Stokes once again attracted media attention for all the wrong reasons. Stokes was last week
9:52 AM ET David Warner put his bat away and banished a horror Ashes from his mind when he returned to Australia, convinced there wasn’t much more he could have done to overcome the stranglehold the England attack – and chiefly Stuart Broad – had over him from start to finish. The five Tests brought
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India women 248 for 5 (Raj 66, Raut 65, Khaka 3-69) beat South Africa women 247 for 6 (Wolvaardt 69, Pandey 2-38) by five wickets In a reprise of her match-winning knock in the 2017 Women’s World Cup Qualifier final, against South Africa, that secured India the title off the
3:00 AM ET South Africa 36 for 3 (de Bruyn 20*, Umesh 2-16) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 565 runs On day two of Test two, Virat Kohli and friends just stood there and beat every bit of fight out of
2:38 AM ET Anil Kumble is set to take over as head coach of Kings XI Punjab in the IPL from the upcoming season, while also being put in charge of “all cricket-related affairs” of the team for the foreseeable future, co-owner of the franchise Mohit Burman has confirmed. With the update, Kumble becomes the
7:07 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s Test captain Joe Root has said he thinks Chris Silverwood’s appointment as Trevor Bayliss’ successor is “a really good” one. Since succeeding Alastair Cook at the start of 2017, Root has had to put up with Test cricket being secondary to the white-ball game, with England’s main focus on
© BCB Each of the seven Bangladesh Premier League teams for the upcoming season of the T20 tournament must have an overseas quick bowler who bowls above 140kph and a legspinner, who has to bowl four overs in each game, the Bangladesh Cricket Board director Mahbubul Anam has announced. But he didn’t provide any clarity
10:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia has launched a parental leave policy which guarantees players who become pregnant 12 months of paid leave along with three weeks for partners and other support including addition funding for tours. CA and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) have been working on the policy for two years and
Oct 9, 2019 Barbados Tridents 160 for 6 (Charles 35, Reifer 24*, Nurse 24*, Pierre 2-25) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 148 (Prasanna 51, Nurse 2-14) by 12 runs The last time Barbados Tridents made the CPL final, in 2015, Kieron Pollard was their captain. Four years later, Tridents, led by Jason Holder, toppled Pollard’s Trinbago
8:57 AM ET Between October 11 to 13, the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) will conduct its inaugural election. The ICA came into being in July after the BCCI recognised the players body on the condition that it was meant only for retired cricketers – men and women – and that it would be a non-profit
3:00 AM ET After a tortuous Ashes, David Warner marked his first innings of the Australia summer with an impressive century against Queensland at the Gabba. Warner made just 95 runs in 10 innings against England and passed that mark with a handsome drive off Mark Steketee shortly before reaching his hundred from 179 deliveries
10:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Winning back the Ashes in Australia is top of Chris Silverwood’s to-do list in his role as England’s new head coach. Speaking to the media for the first time since the ECB announced his elevation from the position of bowling coach to head coach across all formats on Monday, Silverwood
4:20 PM ET Chris Silverwood’s first reaction on hearing that he was England’s new head coach was a one-word exclamation: “Wow”. He was sitting in his lounge as Ashley Giles’ name flashed up on his phone, and recalls falling rather silent as the enormity of his new role washed over him. It was left to
11:16 AM ET The BCCI’s electoral officer has upheld the decision taken by the Committee of the Administrators (CoA) to disqualify three key state associations from participating in the BCCI elections, scheduled for October 23. On Thursday N Gopalswami, the board’s electoral officer, removed Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra from the final electoral roll, thus taking
1:38 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka’s selectors will have to put up with a “good headache” when picking the squad for the team’s tour of Australia later this month, SLC’s chief selector Ashantha de Mel said on Wednesday following a string of impressive performances from several fringe players in Pakistan which culminated in a
1:00 PM ET South Africa’s struggles in India has put the spotlight on the country’s first-class season that is currently underway. With a home summer to follow against England, the national team could be on the hunt for solid top-order batsmen, new crop of fast bowlers or maybe even just a reassurance that the level
3:00 AM ET Day 1, stumps India 273 for 3 (Agarwal 108, Kohli 63*, Rahane 18*, Rabada 3-48) v South Africa Mayank Agarwal came back to the site of his first-class resurgence to score a second successive Test hundred that sent India into a position of strength once again. Cheteshwar Pujara supported him with his
6:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen is back at the top of the ICC women’s bowling rankings, replacing her team-mate Megan Schutt, while opener Alyssa Healy has moved one place up to achieve her career-best ranking of No. 3 among batsmen. These changes in the rankings come following Australia’s stellar performances
6:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Dominic Sibley has signed a contract extension with Warwickshre, committing to the club until the end of the 2022 season. Opening batsman Sibley earned a maiden call-up to England’s Test squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand off the back of an oustanding County Championship season in which he
3:40 AM ET Misbah-ul-Haq has been welcomed into his dual position of head coach and chief selector with a 3-0 whitewash in the T20I series at the hands of a second-string Sri Lanka side. That has left Misbah and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed “clueless” with “lots of questions to answer”. Pakistan have been No. 1 in
1:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor and legspinner Afy Fletcher have been named captains of NLCB Revellers and Courts Gladiators respectively, the two sides that will contest women’s T10 exhibition matches in the lead-up to the final two CPL games of the season on October 10 and 12 in Trinidad. Taylor
1:02 AM ET Danyal Rasool in Lahore Sri Lanka coach Rumesh Ratnayake lavished praise on Pakistan upon the conclusion of his side’s tour, calling the hospitality Sri Lanka had received “a privilege to be appreciated”. Speaking to the media after the visitors beat Pakistan by 13 runs to complete a 3-0 T20I series whitewash, Ratnayake
11:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff There will be a major change in the New Zealand broadcast landscape next year after NZC entered into a six-year deal with streaming service Spark Sport to show all home cricket ending a relationship with Sky that dates back to 1995. Spark is showing the current rugby World Cup and
2:16 PM ET In what is likely to have a bearing on the BCCI elections, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has disqualified three key state associations – Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Maharashtra – for failing to comply with the board’s new constitution. These three states have been declared non-compliant and are barred from participating in
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka have made a whopping five changes to the XI that won them the first two T20Is in Lahore, as they bat first for the third time in the series, after winning the toss. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama, batsmen Oshada Fernando and Angelo Perera, allrounder Lahiru Madushanka, and fast bowler Lahiru Kumara