3:00 AM ET Melbourne Renegades 3 for 137 (Cooper 52*, White 51) beat Brisbane Heat 8 for 132 (Ross 48, Wildermuth 3-16) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Cameron White prepares to reverse sweep Getty Images The Melbourne Renegades have a dreadful record in the Big Bash, with just one semi-final appearance in six seasons. Yet they are the first team in the 2017-18 season to win two games, and, brimming…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Khulna Division completed a hat-trick of National Cricket League titles after crushing Dhaka Division by an innings and 49 runs. They have now become the country’s most successful first-class team having eclipsed five-time champions Rajshahi Divison. Mehidy Hasan set up the victory at the BKSP-3 ground with a seven-wicket haul in the first innings as Dhaka were bowled out for 113 in 38.4 overs. Mehidy’s…
3:00 AM ET Perth Scorchers 4 for 136 (Turner 52*, Abbott 3-28) beat Sydney Sixers 132 (Maddinson 31, Tye 4-21) by six wickets 1:25 A poor batting performance from the Sydney Sixers resulted in a comfortable six-wicket win for the Perth Scorchers There is a reason the Perth Scorchers have won three BBL titles, out of six. Even without Australia’s previous T20I new-ball pairing in Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jason Behrendorff,…
Can England avoid a whitewash? (1:37) Ahead the Tests in Melbourne and Sydney, Mark Butcher says England have to raise their game and maybe take advantage of Australian complacency (1:37) 5:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has suggested that the England dressing room is “soft” and Joe Root has looked like “a little boy” in charge of the side. England relinquished the Ashes with an innings…
© Getty Images Big Bash League clubs and players have been reminded of their responsibilities and processes under Cricket Australia’s anti-corruption measures even as the governing body’s chief executive James Sutherland poured further cold water on allegations of potential spot-fixing relationships in the game in Australia. Following a report in The Sun on the first morning of the Perth Test match, the ICC’s anti-corruption chief Alex Marshall briefed Sutherland and…
© Fotocorp Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Saba Karim has been named BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations. Karim, 50, will succeed the late MV Sridhar, who resigned in September after failing to disclose his conflict of interest. He will take charge on January 1 and report to the board’s CEO Rahul Johri. According to the BCCI, Karim will be responsible for providing “strategic direction to the cricket department.” His other major…
4:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has concluded his spell with Canterbury and returned to the UK for Christmas. When Stokes flew to New Zealand last month, it sparked speculation that he could be involved in England’s Ashes campaign but, with the series lost and the CPS still determining whether to press charges against the allrounder for his part in a fight in September, that prospect is all but…
3:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Angelo Mathews will be out of action for at least two weeks with the hamstring strain he sustained on Friday – another chapter in his long-standing woes with leg injuries. Mathews pulled up injured as he ran in to deliver the third ball of his third over in the T20 in Indore. He left the field without completing that over, and did not return to…
‘I try and play with the field’ – Rohit (1:14) Rohit Sharma reflects on his record-equalling 35-ball century in India’s 88-run win over Sri Lanka in Indore (1:14) 2:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rohit Sharma‘s record 118 against Sri Lanka in Indore on Friday – the joint-fastest T20I hundred – included 10 sixes, the most by an India batsman in a T20I game. That took his tally of sixes across…
1:41 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Uncapped Otago batsman Anaru Kitchen has been named in New Zealand’s squad for the three T20s against West Indies, while Martin Guptill has made his return following an injury layoff. Tim Southee (capt. for first T20), Doug Bracewell, Tom Bruce, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Anaru Kitchen, Glenn Phillips, Seth Rance, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor (1st T20 only), Kane Williamson (capt….