3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India 166 for 4 (Raj 62, Rodrigues 44, Harmanpreet 27) beat South Africa 112 (Kapp 27, Tryon 25, Pandey 3-16, Gayakwad 3-26, Dhar 3-26) by 54 runs Jemimah Rodrigues sports a smile after the practice match ESPNcricinfo/Annesha Ghosh A 98-run stand between half-centurion Mithali Raj and Jemimah Rodrigues, followed by an inspired effort by their bowling and fielding units, helped India complete a 54-run win in…
3:00 AM ET 0:51 Bhuvneshwar Kumar had Christiaan Jonker caught at extra cover to win the series for India India sealed the T20 series against South Africa with a victory in the decider that was almost snatched away from them by a feisty South African lower-order effort. South Africa were asked to pull off the second-highest successful chase at Newlands and then fell so far behind the required run-rate that…
3:00 AM ET Danyal Rasool In a nutshell This was less a match than an incisive analysis of the weaknesses of the Lahore Qalandars side. In an amateur, unthinking batting display, the Qalandars whimpered to 119 against the Quetta Gladiators, who in turn felt no need to take any risks, and waltzed to the target with nine wickets and six overs to spare. The Qalandars were put in to bat,…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australians 329 (Cummins 59*, Hendricks 5-83) and 140 for 5 (S Marsh 39*, Olivier 4-79) beat South Africa A 220 (de Bruyn 46, Cummins 4-32) and 248 (von Berg 52, Starc 4-46) by five wickets Mitchell Starc belts out an appeal for lbw Getty Images Four second-innings wickets from Mitchell Starc were the highlight of the third day’s play in Benoni, where the Australians wrapped up…
Back to cricket’s future (again) (46:16) Mark Butcher and Andrew Miller join Alan Gardner to discuss the upcoming England v New Zealand ODI series and the future of red-ball cricket. (46:16) 1:00 PM ET Eoin Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, believes the time has passed to do something significant to secure the future of Test cricket particularly in those nations where the format is already a tougher sell. Debates around the…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India 166 for 4 (Raj 62, Rodrigues 44, Harmanpreet 27) beat South Africa 112 (Kapp 27, Tryon 25, Pandey 3-16, Gayakwad 3-26, Dhar 3-26) by 54 runs Jemimah Rodrigues sports a smile after the practice match ESPNcricinfo/Annesha Ghosh A 98-run stand between half-centurion Mithali Raj and Jemimah Rodrigues, followed by an inspired effort by their bowling and fielding units, helped India complete a 54-run win in…
3:00 AM ET 3:29 Rohit Sharma leads India in Virat Kohli’s absence as South Africa opt to bowl Toss South Africa chose to bowl v India JP Duminy opted to chase in the final match of the series against India – a game South Africa must win if they are to claim a second trophy. India are also after doubling their silverware – they won the ODIs 5-1 and the…
3:00 AM ET Peshawar Zalmi 176 for 6 (Kamran Akmal 53, Tamim 39, Hafeez 30*, Smith 30, Faheem 2-37) beat Islamabad United 142 for 9 (Faheem 54*, Umaid 4-23, Ibtisam 3-20) by 34 runs Umaid Asif picked four wickets in two overs PSL Islamabad United’s tactic of bowling first backfired as defending champions Peshawar Zalmi mounted a strong total and let their bowlers run amok. It was a 33-year-old fast bowler,…
9:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s captain Steven Smith will take charge of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2018. Smith was the only player retained by the franchise in January, for INR 12 crore (USD 1.89 million approx). This is Royals’ first year back in the IPL after a two-year suspension for their role in the 2013 corruption scandal. Smith had played for Royals before their suspension, so he qualified to…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff In the first thriller of this season’s Dhaka Premier League, the eighth-wicket pair Mohammad Enamul and Taijul Islam guided Mohammedan Sporting Club to a three-wicket win over Prime Bank Cricket Club. Chasing 260, Mohammedan slipped to 205 for 7 when they lost their top-scorer Raqibul Hasan, who made 64. From there, Enamul and Taijul added an unbroken 55 in 54 balls to steer their side…