Month: October 2017

3:00 AM ET Tea West Indies 25 for 0 (Brathwaite 13*, Powell 10*) trail Zimbabwe 326 (Masakadza 147, Raza 80, Roach 3-44) by 301 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza extended Zimbabwe’s total to 326 but West Indies struck regularly on the second day at Queens Sports Club to keep the match finely balanced. Masakadza, on 101 not out overnight, fell…

8:49 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Previous season: Runners-up, with eight wins in 15 matches. Big picture Rajshahi Kings, last year’s finalists, have tried to retain the crux of their 2016 squad and most of the senior players. But they have also added Mushfiqur Rahim, Luke Wright and Lendl Simmons which should provide them the batting depth they sometimes missed last year. They were lucky as well, to have the first…

3:00 AM ET Lunch Zimbabwe 296 for 7 (Masakadza 147, Raza 68*) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP West Indies’ spinners struck repeatedly with the old ball to peg Zimbabwe back on the second morning in Bulawayo, Devendra Bishoo and Kraigg Brathwaite sharing three wickets to send the hosts to lunch at 296 for 7. Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza had threatened to take…

7:10 AM ET Charl Langeveldt will not be retained as South Africa’s bowling coach when Ottis Gibson, the head coach, chooses his support panel in the next few weeks. While Gibson did not confirm who is on his list for support-staff positions, he made it clear that he will take on the bowling coach role in addition to his duties as head coach. He will appoint four other support personnel…

6:47 AM ET As England’s Ashes party touches down in Australia, every celebrity snapper will be polishing their lenses – and not only the professionals now that social media has empowered everybody with a mobile phone and a Twitter account. Joe Root was in jet-lag heaven as he comfortably fended off a few desultory questions about Ben Stokes at an arrival media conference at Perth airport, but such feeling of…

Virat Kohli achieved the highest ever rating for an India batsman in the ICC ODI rankings  6:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli has reclaimed the top position in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen ten days after losing the spot to AB de Villiers. The India captain’s prolific form in the ODI series against New Zealand, where he scored two hundreds in three matches, helped him reach 889 rating…

6:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Hyderabad captain MV Sridhar, who recently resigned as BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations, passed away on Monday morning. Sridhar, who was 51-years-old, suffered a heart attack at his home, and was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. A prolific right-handed batsman, Sridhar had 21 first-class centuries in a career that stretched…

6:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Hyderabad cricketer MV Sridhar, who recently resigned as BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations, passed away on Monday morning. Sridhar, who was 51-years-old, suffered a heart attack at his home, and was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

6:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Hyderabad cricketer MV Sridhar, who recently resigned as BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations, passed away on Monday morning. Sridhar, who was 51-years-old, suffered a heart attack at his home, and was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

3:00 AM ET Lunch Zimbabwe 296 for 7 (Masakadza 147, Raza 68*) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza revived Zimbabwe’s innings AFP West Indies’ spinners struck repeatedly with the old ball to peg Zimbabwe back on the second morning in Bulawayo, Devendra Bishoo and Kraigg Brathwaite sharing three wickets to send the hosts to lunch at 296 for 7. Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza had threatened to take…