Month: April 2018

11:28 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Pieter Seelaar‘s appointment as Netherlands captain to replace the outgoing Peter Borren was motivated by a continued desire amongst the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) to…

10:06 PM ET Sidharth Monga On the day Gautam Gambhir announced his resignation as Delhi Daredevils captain, he did so sitting next to coach Ricky Ponting and CEO Hemant Dua. Only when Gambhir said he had endorsed Shreyas Iyer as captain as his last call of duty did you realise that Iyer had quietly slipped into the press conference room. Dua called him up to the dais, and Iyer spoke…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 64 for 3 v GlamorganScorecard Glamorgan captain Michael Hogan picked up two wickets to give his side the edge against Middlesex on a rain-shortened first day at Lord’s. Hogan got rid of his opposite number Dawid Malan, as well as opener Sam Robson, as Middlesex fought their way to 64-3 after being put in to bat. Only one over was bowled before the…

3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Old Trafford on a diluvial Friday afternoon. The first day of the game between Lancashire and Surrey has just been abandoned. The normally well-attended Primary Schools’ Open Day has been limited to a Mascots’ Race and even that became a straight five furlongs on the outfield rather than the Chorlton Gold Cup. But if Manchester is conforming to its glum stereotype, the same cannot really…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 86 for 0 (Salt 54*) v GloucestershireScorecard Sussex openers Phil Salt and Luke Wells made an impressive start to their Specsavers County Championship game against Gloucestershire before rain swept in to ruin the first day at Hove. Salt, 21, was unbeaten on 54 and Wells had contributed 25 to a stand of 86 for the first wicket before rain arrived at 12.30pm. Umpires…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 41 for 0 v EssexScorecard Hampshire and Essex could only manage an hour’s play before rain stunted progress during the first day of their Specsavers County Championship fixture at the Ageas Bowl. Play was originally delayed by half an hour due to overnight rain, before Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate asked Hampshire to bat without a toss. Thick grey skies and floodlights overhead…

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Delhi Daredevils Play 05:36 Agarkar: Maxwell has not been doing enough Delhi Daredevils’ former captain Gautam Gambhir, who stepped down from the leadership on Wednesday after one win in six games, was excluded against his former IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. Dinesh Karthik, Knight Riders’ captain, chose to bowl first in Delhi with the possibility of “dew in the evening”. Allrounder Vijay…

9:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm spinners Ekta Bisht and Rajeshwari Gayakwad are back in India’s T20 squad for the Women’s Asia Cup. Seam-bowling allrounder Rumeli Dhar and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav have missed out on selection for the tournament, which will be held in Malaysia from June 1 to 11. Injury had ruled both Bisht and Gayakwad out of India’s last T20 assignment, the home tri-series in March that…

3:00 AM ET Chennai Super Kings: Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs, beat Rajasthan Royals by 64 runs Mumbai Indians: Lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 31 runs, lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets, beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 46 runs. Big Picture Since playing the tournament opener in Mumbai, the two most successful teams in IPL history have had contrasting journeys in…