Cricket

News Signings are boost to Hundred’s pulling power amid overseas withdrawals Devon Conway and Quinton de Kock have signed for Southern Brave as overseas replacements for Marcus Stoinis and David Warner for the inaugural season of the Hundred. The news sustains an incredible few months for Conway. The New Zealand batter only made his international

News His new role “will be to ensure that all the right questions are being asked while contributing to shaping of new ideas” Two-time T20 World champion Daren Sammy has been added to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board as an independent non-member director. Sammy was one of three appointments of Independent Directors approved at

News Alleged racist abuse of New Zealand players reported to ICC via social media Two fans were ejected from the Ageas Bowl on the fifth day of the World Test Championship final for allegedly hurling racist abuse at some of New Zealand’s players. ESPNcricinfo has learned the two fans were in Block M, which is

More than three months after he was suspended as the ICC’s chief executive officer, Manu Sawhney has hit back at his employer, alleging that he is the victim of a “premeditated witch hunt”. In a detailed and, at times, scathing response to the allegations that saw him suspended in March, Sawhney has raised several questions

The role of the batting coach was Younis Khan’s first full-time appointment with the PCB since his retirement in 2017 © Getty Images The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and batting coach Younis Khan have mutually agreed to part ways ahead of Pakistan’s overseas tours of England and West Indies. Khan began his role in November

Report Zazai’s 77 gave Zalmi’s middle-order enough of a buffer to see off a tricky chase Peshawar Zalmi 176 for 5 (Zazai 77, Perera 2-10) beat Karachi Kings 175 for 7 (Babar 53, Irfan 2-21) by five wickets Karachi Kings batted first, setting Peshawar Zalmi a chase, a target that Hazratullah Zazai seemed to made

News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day four of the World Test Championship final, and Virat Kohli’s India need to play a bit of catch up with Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – if the weather allows. A recap of day three. Stay tuned for

News Analysis Devon Conway’s seamless elevation brought the first half-century of the final It took until 6pm on the third day at Southampton for the first fifty of the World Test Championship final to be posted, and not entirely surprisingly – even in a contest featuring a handful of the most iconic batters of the

Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. Those in the US can watch

News All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the Pakistan contingent arrives on June 23 Pakistan Women will travel to the Caribbean for three T20Is and five ODIs, with their A team set to shadow the senior side for an additional six matches. All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the

Wiaan Mulder ran through West Indies’ lower order © AFP/Getty Images Not only did Wiaan Mulder finish the second day of the second Test against West with South Africa’s best bowling figures, but he also picked up a very expensive bar bill. Mulder called “keg ball” on the first delivery of the West Indies’ innings,

Report Kyle Mayers and Kemar Roach end with three wickets apiece Lunch South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Elgar 77, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) vs West Indies Quinton de Kock fell four short of a second successive century in the series and Kagiso Rabada scored a 23-ball 21 to take South Africa to a shade

Report The spinner took out half-centurions Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma Lunch India 171 for 3 (Verma 63, Sharma 54) and 231 (Verma 96, Mandhana 78, Ecclestone 4-88, Knight 2-7) lead England 396 for 9 dec. (Knight 95, Dunkley 74*, Beaumont 66, Rana 4-131, Sharma 3-65) by six runs Within seconds of Katherine Brunt taking

Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch believes it will be difficult for those players who have withdrawn from the tours of West Indies and Bangladesh justifying a return to the IPL when the competition resumes in September. He confirmed that it had been part of long-term planning to rest David Warner and Pat Cummins from the

Report Veteran allrounder becomes first Englishman to 250 wickets and 5000 runs in T20 Nottinghamshire 152 for 6 (Patel 64*, van Beek 3-22) beat Derbyshire 150 for 6 (du Plooy 58*, Reece 56, Patel 2-14) by two runs Veteran allrounder Samit Patel took the starring role as Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Derbyshire by two runs to

News Allrounder steps down from 50-over format but will continue in Tests and T20Is Kevin O’Brien, the Ireland allrounder whose record-breaking hundred stunned England at the 2011 World Cup, has announced his retirement from the 50-over format. O’Brien, 37, will carry on playing at Test and T20I level, but has chosen to bow out of

Report Karachi Kings were given a scare at the death by James Faulkner and Tim David, but held on to keep their qualification hopes alive Karachi Kings 176 for 5 (Azam 54, Guptill 43, Rashid 2-25) beat Lahore Qalandars 169 for 7 (Hafeez 36, David 34, Ahmad 2-19) by seven runs There was almost a

News England batter reflects on “crazy day” as hosts hit back after Shafali Verma fireworks Two debutants, two excellent Test innings, but Sophia Dunkley said her unbeaten half-century was more about putting England in a good position on the second day of their match against India. Dunkley, the first black woman to play Test cricket