Month: November 2017

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Dhaka Dynamites opt to bowl v Comilla VictoriansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kieron Pollard miscues a pull shot Raton Gomes/BCB Dhaka Dynamites captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to field first against Comilla Victorians at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Dhaka have brought in Kevon Cooper, Kieron Pollard and Shadman Islam by dropping Shahid Afridi, Cameron Delport and Mohammad Saddam. Comilla are unchanged. In the corresponding…

6:25 AM ET The experiment of floodlit county cricket will continue in limited form in 2018 as the ECB seeks to prepare players for the likelihood of an expansion of Test matches under lights without being unfaithful to traditional county supporters. England are preparing for a day-night Test in Adelaide this week and a further Test with pink balls is scheduled for Auckland next year. With the trend likely to…

3:00 AM ET Rajshahi Kings 157 for 6 (Sammy 40, Mushfiqur 31, Reece 3-33) beat Chittagong Vikings 124 (Onik 4-17, Mustafizur 2-18) by 33 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Darren Sammy swings one down the ground BCB Rajshahi Kings kept their qualification hopes alive with a crushing win over Chittagong Vikings at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. While Rajshahi rose to fifth position with the win, Chittagong’s defeat knocked them out of…

Nov 28, 2017 ESPNcricinfo staff A Ranji Trophy match will be telecast for the first time this season, a ground will make its Ranji debut, and a team will play the first knockout match in its Ranji history as India’s premier domestic tournament reaches its quarter-final stage on December 7. Gujarat (B1) v Bengal (D2) – Jaipur Delhi (A2) v Madhya Pradesh (C1) – Vijayawada Kerala (B2) v Vidarbha (D1)…

Khawaja well short of Healy’s stump and golf ball record (0:32) Jackson Bird, Pat Cummins and Usman Khawaja had a go at Ian Healy’s 67-hit unique record (0:32) 2:26 AM ET If Usman Khawaja does have a problem against spin bowling – empirical evidence suggests that he does – the Australia No. 3 is doing his best to ensure he does not think about it as he returns to the…

3:00 AM ET Toss Rajshahi Kings chose to bat first against Chittagong Vikings Usama Mir gets a pep talk from Kumar Sangakkara PSL Rajshahi Kings captain Darren Sammy decided to bat first against Chittagong Vikings at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Both sides made two changes. Rajshahi picked uncapped Pakistan legspinner Usama Mir, their first draft pick, and Quazi Anik, the Bangladesh Under-19 fast bowler. They have dropped Kesrick Williams and…

Nathan Lyon – Australia’s most successful offspinner (0:58) A quick look at the offspinner’s remarkable Test career so far and his thoughts on Australia’s chances at clinching the Ashes (0:58) 1:14 AM ET Nathan Lyon has challenged England’s batsmen to try to hit him out of the Australian attack at Adelaide Oval, after the tourists’ attempts to outlast the offspinner in Brisbane proved fruitless. Having talked a big game leading…