Vettori not fretting over RCB's opening slip-up

Dasgupta: Important to have at least six bowling options in T20s (4:11) James Faulkner and Deep Dasgupta on RCB’s lack of bowling options ahead of their encounter against KXIP (4:11) 1:03 PM ET Varun Shetty Royal Challengers Bangalore were blindsided in their opening match against Kolkata Knight Riders, but they won’t be straying too much from their plan. At least not this early in the season, according to head coach…

April 12, 2018
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Renshaw replaces Bancroft at Somerset

12:43 PM ET Subhankar Bhattacharya Matt Renshaw has replaced Cameron Bancroft as Somerset’s overseas player following the ball-tampering incident which caused Bancroft’s suspension. more follows Cameron Bancroft speaks to the media in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal Getty Images Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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Regaining home advantage an immediate priority for RCB

Dasgupta: Important to have at least six bowling options in T20s (4:11) James Faulkner and Deep Dasgupta on RCB’s lack of bowling options ahead of their encounter against KXIP (4:11) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture Prior to Royal Challengers Bangalore’s first game this season, captain Virat Kohli said this was ‘our most balanced side ever’. After the first round of games, it appeared Royal Challengers had the most imbalanced XI…

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Wahab has not won us a game in two years – Arthur

11:34 AM ET Umar Farooq Wahab Riaz has become the latest casualty of coach Mickey Arthur‘s drive towards a high-performance culture within the Pakistan squad. So low has Wahab’s stock fallen that he was not even part of the 25 probables recently chosen for a training camp, from which a squad will be chosen to tour Ireland and England this summer. Arthur was moved to question Wahab’s training “work ethic”…

April 12, 2018
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Refortifying home an immediate priority for RCB

Dasgupta: Important to have at least six bowling options in T20s (4:11) James Faulkner and Deep Dasgupta on RCB’s lack of bowling options ahead of their encounter against KXIP (4:11) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture Prior to Royal Challengers Bangalore’s first game this season, captain Virat Kohli said this was ‘our most balanced side ever’. After the first round of games, it appeared Royal Challengers had the most imbalanced XI…

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Five county players to make a mark

April 12, 2018

Joe Clarke eases into a drive © Getty Images ESPNcricinfo suggests five county players to keep an eye on Joe Clarke (Worcestershire, 21)“He could be the new Joe Root,” said Worcestershire’s head coach Kevin Sharp about Joe Clarke and considering England’s lack of Test runs they could do with another one. Clarke has got age on his side and his 920 runs last season helped Worcestershire win promotion. Could Clarke…

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Sunrisers bowl; Hardik, Bhuvneshwar out with niggles

Match Preview: SRH v MI (4:24) Match Preview: SRH v MI (4:24) 3:00 AM ET Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to bowl v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson put Mumbai Indians in at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday, and two first-choice players were missing from the line-ups: Hardik Pandya for Mumbai and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai brought in Pradeep Sangwan and Ben Cutting. Hardik was…

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Raj's record half-century hands India series victory

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India 202 for 2 (Raj 74*, Deepti 54*, Shrubsole 2-37) beat England 201 for 9 (Jones 94, Gayakwad 2-32) by eight wickets Mithali Raj launches the ball down the ground BCCI India captain Mithali Raj broke the record for most 50-plus scores in women’s ODIs to clinch the series 2-1 against England. Raj (74 off 124 balls) brought up her 56th ODI half-century and put up…

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Stiff test awaits Mumbai at venue of 2017 IPL glory

Match Preview: SRH v MI (4:24) Match Preview: SRH v MI (4:24) Apr 11, 2018 Big Picture Despite a defeat in their season opener, Mumbai Indians have a lot to be pleased about. Mayank Markande’s dream debut lays to rest some of the concerns about their inexperience in the spin department. Their middle order showed enough maturity for Rohit Sharma to continue as opener. And they have been in this…

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Lahiru five-for, Serasinghe ton stand out in drawn fixtures

Apr 11, 2018 Andrew Fidel Fernando Lahiru Gamage claimed a second five-wicket haul in as many four-day matches, as the rain-affected second round of the Super Fours Provincial Tournament produced two further draws. The matches at Hambantota and Dambullla were played under lights with the pink ball – SLC’s attempt to prepare the Test players for their forthcoming day-night Test in Barbados, in June. Although the rain ate up too…

April 12, 2018
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