Month: April 2018

3:00 AM ET Essex 150 and 313 (Foster 69, Mennie 3-47) beat Lancashire 144 (Porter 5-26, Harmer 5-46) and 288 (Davies 71, Clark 59, Mennie 56, Porter 4-54) by 31 runsScorecard Three times during this third and final day at Chelmsford, Lancashire began to seriously raise hopes of pulling off a chase for the ages. Three times Jamie Porter thundered in and found the ball to quell Essex fears. Alex…

3:00 AM ET George Dobell at Taunton Somerset 202 (Renshaw 101, Barnard 5-52) and 255 (Hildreth 111*, Barnard 6-37) beat Worcestershire 179 (Gregory 4-51) and 195 by 83 runsScorecard Experience should have taught Somerset supporters better. Years of near misses have tempered expectations at Taunton and they remain, painfully, one of just three of the first-class counties never to have won the County Championship title. Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire are the…

Faulkner: Morris has to come up the order for Delhi (3:35) Shaun Tait and James Faulkner lay out their thoughts on the issues plaguing Delhi Daredevils and what their bowlers need to do to neutralise the Chris Gayle and KL Rahul threats (3:35) 3:00 AM ET Big picture It was meant to be a grand homecoming for Gautam Gambhir and, along with that, a change in Delhi Daredevils’ fortunes when…

Toss: Mumbai Indians chose to bat v Rajasthan Royals Play 03:56 Faulkner: Royals’ batting not clicking at all Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, has chosen to bat first at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, reckoning that the stadium’s large boundaries would aid his team in defending a total. Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said he had been looking to chase anyway. Jofra Archer, Royals’ USD 1.125 million acquisition, makes his…

9:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jhulan Goswami‘s illustrious career – which includes the distinction of being the leading wicket-taker in women’s ODIs – has now found acknowledgment in the form of a commemorative stamp. A postage stamp, featuring Goswami’s mugshot in India colours next to an image of Kolkata’s iconic Victoria Memorial, has been issued in honour of her claiming a record 200 wickets in women’s ODIs. The unveiling of…

Runorder: 100-ball tournament: Aye or Nay? (4:14) Shaun Tait, James Faulkner, Cyrus Broacha discuss if the ECB’s proposal for a 100-ball tournament will ever become the next big thing. (4:14) 9:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB’s proposed 100-ball tournament due to launch in 2020 will be aimed at a more “casual” cricket audience with a specific attempt to draw more “mums and kids” to the game, according to England’s…

Tait: Sunrisers should play Stanlake again if he’s fit (3:03) James Faulkner, on the other hand, picks Chennai Super Kings as favourites because of the momentum they have (3:03) 3:00 AM ET Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bowl v Chennai Super KingsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson, the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain, elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings, stating that he expects conditions to stay the same through the game…

Surprised asking rate dropped after rain – Karthik (1:27) The KKR captain also said his team didn’t bowl well even if they had a 200-plus total to defend (1:27) 2:49 AM ET Kolkata Knight Riders’ Dinesh Karthik said after the game that he couldn’t understand how an asking rate of eight an over before the rain break came down to a run a ball after the interruption. (Kings XI Punjab…

Play 01:27 Dinesh Karthik, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, was “surprised” by the revised target thrown up for Kings XI Punjab in the rain-hit match at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Chasing 192, Kings XI were 96 for 0 in 8.2 overs when the rain arrived; roughly 90 minutes later, they needed just 29 more off 28 balls (that is, 125 in 13 overs) to seal victory and go top of…