3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Lahore Qalandars 204 for 4 (de Villiers 52*, Wiese 45*) beat Multan Sultans 200 for 6 (Vince 84, Siddiq 53, Lamichhane 3-46) by six wickets How the match played out Lahore Qalandars – the whipping boys of the PSL no more. Or so their fans would hope. The manner of victory on Friday must raise their hopes too. At one stage, it looked like familiar…
3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes Toss> England win toss, bowl against West Indies England have won the toss and put West Indies in to bat for the second ODI in Barbados. A fresh pitch, next to the one which yielded 724 runs in the series opener on Wednesday, will be used and looks to be another good one, with play set to start on time after some earlier showers. England…
Will take a call on World Cup match in consultation with government – Vinod Rai (1:06) The CoA chairman also said there will be no opening ceremony at this year’s IPL, and that the budget for it will be given to the families of the victims of the Pulwama attack (1:06) 8:42 AM ET On Thursday, the Supreme Court added Lieutenant General (retd) Ravi Thodge as the third member of…
3:00 AM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai India women 202 (Rodrigues 48, Raj 44, Goswami 30, Ecclestone 2-27, Sciver 2-29) beat England women 136 (Sciver 44, Knight 39, Bisht 4-25, Pandey 2-33, Deepti 2-33) by 66 runs Heather Knight, England’s captain, talked up their squad depth ahead of the series, but the side faltered in the first bout on the face of some superb spin bowling by Ekta Bisht. The…
5:31 AM ET The BCCI will formally approach the ICC to ask its member countries to “sever ties with nations” that harbour terrorism, it was decided in a high-level meeting of the Indian board, chaired by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) along with chief executive officer Rahul Johri, “We are telling the cricketing community that in future they must sever ties with nations from which such terror emanates,” Vinod Rai,…
3:00 AM ET Kagiso Rabada and Duanne Olivier cut through Sri Lanka’s middle order and earned South Africa a 68-run first-innings lead in the second Test at St Geroge’s Park. Resuming from an overnight 60 for 3, Sri Lanka subsided to 154, about half an hour before lunch. That Sri Lanka reached three figures was down to sparkling cameos from first-Test hero Kusal Perera (20 off 15 balls) and Niroshan…
3:00 AM ET Australia 241 (Haynes 67, Devine 3-32) beat New Zealand 9 for 236 (Satterthwaite 92, Jonassen 4-43) by five runs Australia clung on for a five-run victory in the opening match of the Rose Bowl series as New Zealand let a golden opportunity slip away despite Amy Satterthwaite‘s 92. Jess Jonassen enjoyed an impressive return to the Australia side with crucial lower runs and then 4 for 43…
3:50 AM ET Umar Farooq in Sharjah Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistan fast bowler and current coach of Lahore Qalandars, believes Salman Butt is a “changed man”, having served a five-year ban for his lead role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. Earlier this week, Butt was picked to replace the injured Mohammed Hafeez in the Lahore squad and the PSL will be the most high-profile competition the batsman could feature…
3:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Uttarakhand continue giant-slaying spree Uttarakhand continued to rack of victories, beating Baroda by seven wickets with an over to spare to surge to the top of the Group E table in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19. Uttarakhand now have eight points from two games, having beaten Services on the first day. Baroda could muster only 152 for five after winning the toss, which Uttarakhand…
11:01 PM ET Alex Malcolm The final four rounds of the Sheffield Shield begin on Saturday and there is a lot to play for besides the title itself. Victoria lead the table but all six sides still have a chance of making the final. However, for individuals, there are four games and possibly a final, to make a strong case for selection for either the Ashes tour or the Australia…