Month: April 2018

3:00 AM ET Toss: Delhi Daredevils chose to bowl v Kolkata Knight Riders play 3:53 Ajit Agarkar and James Faulkner pick their playing XIs for KKR v Daredevils. Also, they explain why they think Daredevils edge ahead as favourites for this encounter Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils captain, has chosen to bowl on what he termed an “emotional” return to Eden Gardens. It was the expected decision, given that the…

9:59 AM ET Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) are yet to reach an agreement on their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which expires at the end of April. Failure to reach common ground by then will leave most of South Africa’s international and franchise cricketers – apart from those on two-year deals – out of contract, a situation which has left SACA “extremely concerned,” according…

Apr 15, 2018 ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 290 (Vince 75, Berg 75*, Leach 4-42) and 244 (Abbott 51, Leach 3-55) beat Worcestershire 211 (Cox 65, Barnard 40) and 127 ( Head 45*, Abbott 4-45, Edwards 3-33) by 196 runsScorecard Joe Leach was in defiant post-match mood Getty Images Fidel Edwards crushed the Worcestershire batting line-up as Hampshire skittled their newly promoted rivals out for 127 to win the opening Specsavers County…

8:16 AM ET Colin Bland, the Bulawayo-born allrounder who played 21 Tests for South Africa between 1961 and 1966, died at his home in London on Saturday night, aged 80. Bland suffered from colon cancer for several years. Bland played first-class cricket for Rhodesia, including fixtures against New Zealand in 1961. He impressed with an innings of 98, and was subsequently included in South Africa’s Test squad. He played all…

Apr 15, 2018 ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 110 (Roderick 51, Stevens 3-19) and 108 for 5 (Howell 52*) beat Kent 64 (Taylor 4-20, Miles 3-11) and 153 (Bell-Drummond 61, Higgins 5-22) by five wicketsScorecard Benny Howell steps out to drive Getty Images Gloucestershire duly wrapped up a deserved five-wicket Specsavers County Championship win over Kent with two sessions to spare in sunny Canterbury. Resuming on their overnight score of 61 for…

6:43 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Former Pakistan legspinner Mushtaq Ahmed is among those being considered by Sri Lanka Cricket for the position of spin bowling coach. Mushtaq, who has expressed interest in the position, has previously worked with England and Pakistan. The board is also on the hunt for a new fielding coach. The search for new staff coincides with the exit of Nic Pothas – who was Sri…

1:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India opener Smriti Mandhana‘s prolific run of form in 2018 – she averaged a stellar 90.50 in the recently concluded ODI series against England – hoisted her to a career-high fourth position on the ICC Women’s ODI rankings for batsmen. This is first time Mandhana, 21, has broken into the top five and she did it by moving up 10 places. Her team-mate Deepti Sharma…

10:22 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After a third, frenetic, last-over, come-from-behind-to-scare-the-opposition finish, Chennai Super Kings fell short of Kings XI Punjab’s total by four runs and that narrow margin had people looking for reasons as to where things went wrong. One of them seems to centre around Ravindra Jadeja‘s position in the batting order. He has been coming ahead of Dwayne Bravo, who only last week took the team from…

3:00 AM ET Toss: Chennai Super Kings chose to bowl v Kings XI Punjab play 5:03 Is time running out for Yuvraj Singh to fire? Whom should CSK play in place of the injured Suresh Raina? James Faulkner and Ajit Agarkar have their say With the plausibility of dew impacting the efficiency of their spinners, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni chose to bowl against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali….