Toss: Sri Lanka chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:36 Maharoof: Sri Lanka’s senior players need to step up Upul Tharanga, returning to lead Sri Lanka after serving a two-match over-rate suspension, chose to bat first after rain delayed the toss by 40 minutes in Colombo. Virat Kohli, India’s captain, said he would have preferred to bat as well, on the same pitch that was used…
Will Hilton Cartwright make the cut in Chittagong? © Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Big Picture Australia’s desire to keep its rare Test series against Bangladesh as brief as possible has had the unintended consequence of meaning that Steven Smith’s team can now do no better than tie the series following their narrow defeat in Mirpur. Equally it means Bangladesh are themselves within touching distance of their most significant series victory in…
Barbados Tridents 136 for 9 (Parnell 44*, Shadab 2-13) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 120 for 9 (Parnell 3-31, Wahab 2-24) by 16 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Eoin Morgan was one of three batsmen run out in Tridents’ innings © Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / Getty Wayne Parnell‘s terrific all-round display kept the Barbados Tridents’ miniscule play-off hopes alive in a 16-run win over table-toppers Trinbago Knight Riders at Kensington…
Cricket South Africa has announced an anticipated loss of around Rand 159 million for the 2016-17 financial year, during its annual general meeting on Saturday, but president Chris Nenzani stressed that the board remains in a healthy financial position and is expected to recover income with two high-profile home series over the summer. CSA stated that the decrease – their actual revenue of R 696 million for 2016-17 is considerably…
Samit Patel summoned a measured half-century with Notts under pressure © Getty Images Samit Patel has admitted his “hurt” after being overlooked by England’s selectors. Man of the Match as Nottinghamshire won the NatWest Blast final at Edgbaston, Patel insisted he was “ready” for an England recall and suggested he would “be disappointed” if the selectors were not watching his Edgbaston performance. Having last played limited-overs cricket for England in…
Nottinghamshire 190 for 4 (Taylor 65, Patel 64*) beat Birmingham 168 for 8 (Hain 72, Gurney 4-17) by 22 runs A record-breaking stand between Samit Patel and Brendan Taylor helped Nottinghamshire win the NatWest Blast T20 competition for the first time. Coming together with their side reeling on 30 for 3, the pair added 132 in 81 balls – the highest partnership in the history of English Finals Days –…
A colourful crowd at Edgbaston © Alan Martin/Action Plus via Getty Images Warwickshire hope to persuade the ECB to let them become the permanent home of T20 Finals Day. While Edgbaston has become the regular home of the event – it has been the scene for the last six finals day – in 2019 Trent Bridge is scheduled to be host. Edgbaston is already scheduled to host an Ashes Test…
West Indies 377 for 7 dec (Hetmyer 128*, Dowrich 108, Powell 82, Klein 3-77) v Leicestershire Shimron Hetmyer enjoyed some time in the middle © Sarah Ansell / Stringer Three figure partnerships for the sixth wicket, between Kieran Powell and Shane Dowrich, and the seventh, between Dowrich and Shimron Hetmyer, saved the West Indies from potential embarrassment after the tourists had been reduced to 64 for 5 by Leicestershire. The…
Nottinghamshire 169 for 7 (Wessels 48, Wood 2-17) beat Hampshire 146 (Vince 56, Gurney 3-19, Mullaney 3-22) by 23 runs Steven Mullaney claimed vital wickets in the middle overs © Getty Images They say that Steven Mullaney is unsung, but little is left unsung on NatWest Blast Finals Day. The cricket takes place to a musical backdrop and Mullaney spotted his moment, exercised his lungs and took Nottinghamshire into the…
© ESPNcricinfo Ltd Is the Indian Premier League the most lucrative property in global cricket? The answer will be revealed on September 4 when the BCCI conducts the auction for the IPL media rights. The bidding will take place in Mumbai, with some of the biggest names in global business set to vie for various rights of a tournament that has already realigned the boundaries of cricket in unpredictable ways…