Cricket

Andrew Flintoff has made his first public appearance in nine months after joining England’s backroom staff in an unofficial, unpaid role for their four-match ODI series against New Zealand. Flintoff is recovering from serious injuries sustained while filming for the BBC show Top Gear in December. He was airlifted to hospital after crashing a car

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl versus England England have handed Harry Brook a chance to open the batting and stake a dramatic claim for a last-minute World Cup berth, after Jason Roy suffered a back spasm and was ruled out of the first ODI against New Zealand at Cardiff. With Jonny

South Africa were well on track to defend a below-par 222 in the first ODI against Australia and had them at 113 for 7, but an unbeaten 112-run partnership between concussion sub Marnus Labuschagne and No. 8 Ashton Agar saw Australia cruise to a comfortable win. Bavuma, who was not on the field for most

Toss Australia chose to bowl v South Africa On what is expected to be a flat surface, Mitchell Marsh chose to chase in the first ODI and avoid a cold evening in the field later. With spring only just making its appearance, temperatures in Bloemfontein will be pleasant through the afternoon but will dip sharply

South Africa-born batter Sybrand Engelbrecht was also named in the 15-member squad. Engelbrecht, who will turn 35 next week, first came into the limelight for electric fielding for South Africa during the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. He has played 58 List A games, scoring 1275 runs at an average of 45.53 and a strike rate

Australia have named their XI for the first of five matches in South Africa with Marsh to captain in an ODI for the first time while Pat Cummins is still unavailable due to his wrist injury. Marsh made a triumphant debut as Australia’s interim T20I captain with a 3-0 series sweep of South Africa last

Sri Lanka 117 for 3 (Athapaththu 44) beat England 116 (Boucher 23, Athapaththu 3-21, Dilhari 2-16, Prabhodhani 2-16) by seven wickets Sri Lanka sealed their first series win over England in any format with a second successive shock victory. England failed to peel themselves off the canvas four days after their maiden T20I defeat to

New Zealand 277 and 297 for 8 (Bruce 104*, Solia 62, Foxcroft 53) lead Australia A 275 by 299 runs A century from Tom Bruce and a late new-ball surge from Australia A set up a potentially fascinating final day of the pink-ball match in Mackay. Bruce, the New Zealand A captain, reached a 148-ball

Sean Abbott earned a place among the pace bowlers in what was one of the few debatable positions, holding off a challenge from Nathan Ellis. Josh Inglis has been included as the back-up wicketkeeper and spare batting option. The squad can be amended until September 28 after which ICC permission is required. From the original

England won’t back down from their attacking style as they seek a return to winning ways in the third and final match of their T20I series with Sri Lanka, which is locked at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s clash in Derby. Sarah Glenn, England’s Derby-born legspinner, said her side’s surprise eight-wicket defeat in the second match

New Zealand A 277 and 20 for 0 lead Australia A 275 (Philippe 105, McSweeney 56, Dwarshuis 50) by 22 runs Josh Philippe struck a counterattacking century to rescue Australia A on the second day of the pink-ball encounter with New Zealand A. The hosts were in trouble on 150 for 7 and threatening to

Quinton de Kock is likely to make himself unavailable for South Africa’s home white-ball series against India this December, after signing up for the BBL in Australia. According to documentation seen by ESPNcricinfo, de Kock was confirmed as available for the tournament between December 10 and January 5 after he was picked up by Melbourne

It is however not clear who Litton is replacing in the squad. It is more likely that he is being treated as a “traveling reserve” in the squad, and will step in if someone else is ruled out. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said that they were sending Litton to Pakistan due to a number of

New Zealand A 277 (Kelly 69, Perry 4-41, Hatcher 4-77) vs Australia A The advantage swung multiple times on the opening day of the pink-ball encounter between Australia A and New Zealand A in Mackay, but it was the home side who edged the honours as Liam Hatcher and Mitchell Perry shared eight wickets. New

Glenn Maxwell says he is going to have to carefully manage his preparation ahead of the ODI World Cup and may not play all of the lead-in series against India after he was ruled out of the recent T20I series in South Africa due to soreness in his ankle stemming from his previously broken leg.

Glamorgan 3 for 0 trail Worcestershire 284 (D’Oliveira 75, van Beek 53, Hose 43, McIlroy 3-41) by 281 runs Club Captain Brett D’Oliveira helped inspire a Worcestershire comeback on his return from injury for the LV=Insurance County Championship top-three encounter with Glamorgan at New Road. D’Oliveira, side-lined for three weeks with a dislocated shoulder, came

Quinton de Kock is set to make his debut in the BBL this season after being selected by Melbourne Renegades in the overseas draft while Melbourne Stars took England star Harry Brook but not before trying to poach Rashid Khan from Adelaide Strikers for the second year running. The second edition of the BBL’s overseas

Chamari Athapaththu has proven herself to be “one of the best allrounders in the world”, according to Sri Lanka Women’s head coach, Malinda Warnapura, who hailed her “scintillating” strokeplay after sealing a famous victory over England at Chelmsford. Athapaththu’s 55 from 40 balls led a withering batting display from Sri Lanka’s top-order, as England’s sub-par