Month: November 2017

1:00 AM ET Rollover Brisvegas, and tell the WACA the news. Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has declared Adelaide Oval under lights to be the fastest pitch in the country, adding further ammunition for a pace attack intent on bouncing England’s middle order and tail into submission opposite the considerable wiles of Nathan Lyon. No Australian team coached by Darren Lehmann has been handed a curfew, and he is not about…

5:11 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The sight of Ben Stokes wandering through Heathrow Airport, sporting his full cricket kit, fuelled extensive rumours on social media that he was heading to Australia to reinforce England’s Ashes squad in the wake of their defeat in the first Test at Brisbane. However, the truth proved to be more prosaic. In response to wildfire rumours on social media, the ECB confirmed that Stokes was…

4:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has been spotted at Heathrow Airport, sporting his full cricket kit, fuelling extensive rumours that he is heading to Australia to reinforce England’s Ashes squad in the wake of their defeat in the first Test at Brisbane. An ECB official confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he was at the airport, but insisted that he was not heading out to join the Ashes squad. Stokes,…

1:19 PM ET Danyal Rasool The semi-finals and final of the National T20 Cup have been rescheduled for November 29 and 30. The venue for the three games has not changed, with Rawalpindi playing host, just like it has for the rest of the tournament. The four remaining teams – Lahore Whites, who play Faisalabad, and FATA, who face Lahore Blues – are already in Islamabad, Rawalpindi’s sister city. The…

1:19 PM ET Danyal Rasool The semi-finals and final of the National T20 Cup have been rescheduled for November 29 and 30. The venue for the three games has not changed, with Rawalpindi playing host, just like it has for the rest of the tournament. The four remaining teams – Lahore Whites, who play Faisalabad, and FATA, who face Lahore Blues – are already in Islamabad, Rawalpindi’s sister city. The…

It’s come up on Australia’s first good day in the field – Root (1:33) England captain Joe Root downplayed the seriousness of Jonny Bairstow’s headbutt of Cameron Bancroft and believes his team pushed Australia hard at the Gabba (1:33) 12:59 PM ET Andrew Strauss has said England’s cricketers are “not thugs” but need to be smarter if they are to improve the perception the public currently have of them. Strauss,…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai bowlers Dhawal Kulkarni and Karsh Kothari, and opener Prithvi Shaw sealed their knockout berth in style by crushing Tripura by 10 wickets on the third evening at Wankhede Stadium. After declaring overnight on 421 for 8 with a lead of 226, Mumbai bowled out Tripura in 78 overs with four wickets apiece from Kulkarni and Kothari. Set a target of 63, Mumbai belted out…

3:00 AM ET Khulna Titans 213 for 5 (Pooran 57, Afif 54*) beat Rajshahi Kings 145 (Rony 36, Shafiul 5-26) by 68 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Khulna Titans overtook Dhaka Dynamites to go clear on top of the BPL, after crushing Rajshahi Kings by 68 runs. Shafiul Islam‘s maiden five-for in T20s helped shut down Rajshahi despite having to tackle Chittagong’s heavy evening dew. Khulna’s 213 for 5 was…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bengal have almost confirmed a place in the knockouts after they took a first-innings lead of 69 runs against Goa on the third day in Kolkata. After scoring 379, Bengal’s Ashok Dinda took a five-for to restrict Goa to 310. On second place in Group D with 20 points ahead of Punjab’s 15, Bengal were leading by 177 runs with seven wickets in hand and…