8:42 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: Fifth in league stage Big picture At some stage of the competition, Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum will open the batting for Rangpur Riders, which won’t just be entertaining but is also a major coup for the BPL. In a team full of form players, Rangpur should expect a knockout spot this time. The batting line-up will also have Kusal Perera, Johnson Charles…
8:22 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Nazmul Hassan is set to serve a second term as BCB president after no other candidates emerged for the post. The board directors will hold a meeting on Wednesday, in which they will confirm Hassan as the president after Naimur Rahman, Alamgir Khan and Syed Ashfaqul Islam won elections of their segments on Tuesday. “We will be sitting for our president’s election tomorrow,” Hassan said….
8:27 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: Did not participate Big picture The Sylhet franchise’s new owners have put together a relatively young side. Their star attractions would be Babar Azam, Sabbir Rahman and Liam Plunkett although the little-known Ross Whiteley‘s T20 form from the English summer has gone as far as earning him this contract. Sylhet Sixers also have batting strength in the likes of Andre Fletcher, Upul Tharanga…
Play 01:15 Vince hoping to play a ‘big part’ in the Ashes James Vince recognises that success in an Ashes series can kickstart a player’s career like few other campaigns, as he prepares to seize his “second chance” following a surprise recall to England’s Test team. Vince, 26, appeared to have been tried and discarded by England after averaging 19.27, with a highest score of 42, in seven home Tests…
8:10 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: 6th in league stage Big picture Comilla Victorians have put up a strong statement in front of the other BPL teams ahead of this year’s tournament. Their squad brims with T20 stars and local performers, and they start as one of the strongest contenders this year. The way Comilla built their squad has been seen as a reaction from the team owners to…
6:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Royal London, the title sponsors of English one-day cricket, have extended their deal with the ECB for a further two years. The partnership, which encompasses England men’s and women’s domestic and international one-day cricket, will now be extended until the end of the 2019 season. The marquee fixtures in that period will include a five-match one-day series against Australia and a three-match series against India…
Lunch West Indies 188 for 4 (Shai Hope 23* Chase 16*, Raza 2-30, Mpofu 1-20) trail Zimbabwe 326 by 138 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details © AFP Three wickets on the third morning helped Zimbabwe reassert themselves in the field, in second Test in Bulawayo. Sikandar Raza made excellent use of the old ball, nipping out nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo and Kyle Hope in quick succession, while Chris Mpofu struck with…
© ESPNcricinfo Ltd James Pattinson may soon be flying to New Zealand for surgery unprecedented in Australian cricket history – the same procedure that helped extend the career of the former New Zealand spearhead Shane Bond, which has also been undertaken by Matt Henry. In the weeks since the 27-year-old Pattinson’s most recent breakdown with the beginnings of a back stress fracture, the fourth such time he has been diagnosed…
3:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Irfan axed as Baroda captain Irfan Pathan has been stripped of the Baroda captaincy following the team’s lackluster showing in the first two rounds of the Ranji Trophy, from which they have a solitary point. Deepak Hooda, the allrounder, has been promoted to lead Baroda, who are currently languishing at the bottom of Group C. Irfan, who has picked up just two wickets in the…
1:50 AM ET Summer officially starts in South Africa around about now, but already half of the franchise first-class fixtures have been completed and so it’s time to take stock. Of the 15 matches played across five rounds, only one game was not drawn which suggests a conservative competition. In fact, it could end up as the most conservative of its time. Already the 14 draws amount to more shared…