Bal: It was clear Star wanted all or nothing (5:43) Sambit Bal and Gaurav Kalra join Raunak Kapoor to discuss the IPL media rights, which were bought by Star India for a whopping $2.5 billion (5:43) 10:06 AM ET Arun Venugopal Star India’s strong presence in both television and digital spaces, as well as global markets, prompted the company to make a record-breaking bid for the IPL broadcast rights for…
9:19 AM ET Brydon Coverdale Last week, Nathan Lyon went past Richie Benaud. On the first day in Chittagong, he passed Jason Gillespie. Now, only six men stand above him on the all-time list of Australian Test wicket-takers: Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Dennis Lillee, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Craig McDermott. And another five-wicket haul for Lyon was further evidence that he has found a method that can lead to…
6:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ashley Giles’ rebuilding of Warwickshire has continued with the announcement that batsman William Porterfield and all-rounder Ateeq Javid will both leave the club at the end of the season. Warwickshire’s ageing squad, refreshed by Giles during his return to Edgbaston as sport director, is facing relegation from Division One of the Championship, although Birmingham – the club’s T20 alter-ego – did reach the final of…
6:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Star India won the global television and digital rights for the Indian Premier League for a period of five years, from 2018 – 2022, on Monday. Star’s bid of $2.55 billion was the highest consolidated one, making this the biggest rights sale in cricket history. We take a look at the five stand-out figures from the media rights sale. $2.55 billion (INR 16,347.5 Cr) The…
4:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah jumped 27 places to fourth in the rankings for ODI bowlers, after claiming 15 wickets at an average of 11.26 in the side’s 5-0 drubbing of Sri Lanka. India’s captain Virat Kohli, who was the top-scorer in that series with 330 runs in five innings at an average of 110 and strike-rate of 111.86, has equalled the highest ODI rating…
Lunch Bangladesh 70 for 3 (Soumya 33, Mominul 24*, Lyon 3-29) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Nathan Lyon’s strikes helped Australia dominate the first session © Getty Images Nathan Lyon struck thrice to give Australia a chance against Bangladesh on a decidedly flat pitch for the second Test in Chittagong, where Mushfiqur Rahim’s men need only a draw to secure their first ever series victory over Australia. On a…
Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia dropped a specialist batsman for an allrounder © Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and chose to bat against Australia in the second Test in Chittagong. In response to their loss in the first Test at Mirpur, the Australian selectors dropped Usman Khawaja and replaced him with the allrounder Hilton Cartwright, whose ability to…
Play 03:25 Dasgupta: Kohli has been able to dissect, rebuild his game The spinners are skilful, Jasprit Bumrah is improving, and the batting order is ready to move away from formula: these were Virat Kohli‘s gleanings from the 5-0 clobbering his team handed out to Sri Lanka. India were tested only once through the series – when Akila Dhananjaya took six wickets in the second match. Otherwise, the contest was…
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 129 for no loss (Lewis 97*) beat Barbados Tridents 128 for 9 (Webster 32, Brathwaite 4-15) by 10 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Carlos Brathwaite returned career-best T20 figures of 4 for 15 to restrict Tridents © Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / Getty On a night when Barbados Tridents needed to win by a record-breaking margin in order to make the CPL 2017 playoffs, it…
Drinking to success: Peter Moores enjoys Nottinghamshire’s success alongside Andy Pick © Getty Images Two years after his second exit as England coach, Peter Moores is once again flourishing in the domestic arena as his county Nottinghamshire secured the limited-overs double of T20 and 50-over success, with the Division Two County Championship title likely to make it a treble over the next few weeks. Whatever the limitations that led to…