Imran Qayyum makes his views known © Getty Images There was a time not so long ago when Kent would have virtually lost this match before they started such was their dearth of key batting personnel. But signs are growing that these days Kent cricket is made of sterner stuff. They posted a reasonably competitive

10:37 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe will not be able to stage their domestic competitions in the coming season, or fulfil their Future Tours Programme (FTP) itinerary and other international obligations, including the tour to Bangladesh for a T20I tri-series that was to include Afghanistan in September, according to a statement released by Zimbabwe Cricket

3:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Brendon McCullum knows what it is to lose a World Cup final. In 2015, under McCullum’s captaincy, New Zealand enjoyed a bumper run to the final, only to lose to Australia by seven wickets at the MCG. Four years later, New Zealand reached another World Cup final, this time at

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 226 for 4 (Delport 129, Lawrence 57*) beat Surrey 174 for 7 (Burns 47*, Quinn 3-34) by 52 runs Cameron Delport smashed an astonishing 129 from only 49 balls as Essex crushed Surrey by 52 runs in their Vitality Blast battle at Chelmsford that had been reduced to

10:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka and spinners Akila Dananjaya and Lakshan Sandakan, who all missed out on World Cup selection, have been recalled into the 22-member ODI squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh. Suranga Lakmal, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardena and Jeffrey Vandersay – who were a part of the squad

2:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s World Cup hero Ben Stokes who ended New Zealand’s dream has been nominated for New Zealander of the Year. Yes, you read that right. New Zealander of the Year Awards chief judge Cameron Bennet said, “there’s clearly a few Kiwis about who think we can still claim him”. Stokes

3:00 AM ET Worcestershire 161 for 6 (Barnard 42*) Nottinghamshire 133 for 9 (Hales 52, Moeen 4-18) Ed Barnard wasted no time in pronouncing himself a Twenty20 cricketer of England potential with vital interventions with bat, ball and in the field as Worcestershire began their defence of their Vitality Blast crown with an emphatic 28-run

8:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI’s secretary will no longer convene selection meetings. Following a directive from the Committee of Administrators (CoA), the chairpersons of the respective selection committees will now convene the meetings except on overseas tours, where the team’s administrative manager will take over the convener’s role. It has been a long-standing

12:47 AM ET Alagappan Muthu What if it’s July 14 again. What if Lord’s is still packed. And hushed. Trembling as one of the greatest ODI finishes of all time is still unfolding. Well, that’s the reality for most of the New Zealand players right now. Even one of their best ever players could not

5:31 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has said that redemption “is not a word I’ll ever use”, in the wake of his starring role in England’s triumph in the World Cup final against New Zealand on Sunday. Stokes was named Player of the Match in the final at Lord’s, after guiding England’s run-chase with

9:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Roy is set to make his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s next week, mere days after playing his part in England’s World Cup final victory over New Zealand. However, Jofra Archer‘s hotly anticipated Test debut will be deferred at least until the Ashes next month, after he was

Jul 15, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff India A 295 for 6 (Pandey 100, Gill 77, Cornwall 2-37) beat West Indies A 147 (Paul 34, Krunal 5-25) by 148 runs Three days before the selectors meet to pick India’s senior squad for the Caribbean tour, Manish Pandey, the A team captain, made a statement with an 86-ball

2:49 PM ET So the domestic structure is being revamped again? Imagine my surprise! Well, yes, but this one might be different? Historically, the PCB has been revamping its domestic circuit every other year. The format of the first-class tournament has been tweaked with regions and departments playing separately one season and together another, like

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 384 (Malan 166, Sowter 57*, Roland-Jones 54) and 342 (Robson 140*, Simpson 56) beat Glamorgan 171 (Lloyd 67, Helm 5-53) and 299 (Hemphrey 72, Labuschagne 51, Roland-Jones 5-68) by 256 runs It took Middlesex 90 minutes on the final morning to take the last four Glamorgan wickets and

2:57 PM ET You might be forgiven for thinking that, in the aftermath of their success in the World Cup, England’s players may have a chance to put their feet up for a few days. But such is the unforgiving nature of the international schedule, many of those players involved at Lord’s on Sunday will

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 171 and 171 for 6 (Hemphrey 52*, Labuschagne 51) need a further 383 runs to beat Middlesex 384 and 342 (Robson 140*) Middlesex set Glamorgan a mammoth target of 556 to win and, after losing six wickets in their second innings, the hosts sill trailed by 383 runs

9:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff “Yeah, in a heartbeat,” Kane Williamson said when asked if he’d swap his Player of the Series trophy for one extra run at the end of the greatest World Cup final in history. He might have to keep that line handy again as the ICC announced another individual milestone for

7:56 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s It was a contest that could not be separated by runs scored, in regulation play nor during the Super Over, but were England inadvertently awarded one run too many during the chaotic scenes of Trent Boult’s final over to Ben Stokes? In what was later pinpointed by New