9:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff When Tim Seifert was told he’d be opening in the first T20I in Wellington, he went and looked up videos. Not unusual, but then he didn’t go watch his own videos or those of India’s bowlers. “Kinda funny when I got told that I’ll be opening the innings,” Seifert told Star Sports, after setting up New Zealand’s 80-run win with an explosive 43-ball 84, “I…
8:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England Women have awarded fast bowler Freya Davies her first full central contract ahead of their upcoming tour of India. Davies, 23, was part of the Western Storm side that won the 2017 Kia Super League and finished runners-up last season, having made her first senior appearance for Sussex aged just 14 in a T20 against Middlesex. She has been promoted to a full contract…
Aditya Sarwate has put in a stellar all-round show in the final © PTI “Confident, but not getting carried away,” Ganesh Satish said of the mindset in the Vidarbha camp at the end of the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final against Saurashtra in Nagpur. On a pitch assisting spin and showing signs of variable bounce, Vidarbha are in a strong position – Saurashtra, chasing 206 for victory,…
5:05 AM ET Liam Brickhill Lutho Sipamla, the 20-year-old South Africa seamer, who made his international debut in the second T20I against Pakistan last week, has credited his experience of playing under AB de Villiers in the Mzansi Super League as a “life-changing” one. While his franchise, Tshwane Spartans struggled through their campaign, Sipamla repeatedly shone both at the top of the innings and at the death for his team,…
Play 01:43 New Zealand women 159 for 4 (Devine 62, Satterthwaite 33, Martin 27, Deepti 1-19) beat India women 136 (Mandhana 58, Rodrigues 39, Tahuhu 3-20, Kasperek 2-25) by 23 runs Mithali Raj was dropped from India’s starting XI for a third straight T20I, in the series opener against New Zealand in Wellington, their first match in the format since her controversial omission from the XI towards the latter stages…
3:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It didn’t make for pretty reading from South Australia’s point of view, as they were bowled out for just 10 runs by New South Wales in a second round match of the National Indigenous Cricket Championship – Women’s Division in Alice Springs. There were more than a few interesting numbers in the game played on Wednesday. For starters, only four runs were scored with the…
Play 02:48 Pant can take the game away very quickly – Dhawan Toss India chose to bowl v New Zealand India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in Wellington and stuck to his side’s strength – chasing – after having tested his batting line-up in the fifth ODI at the same venue. India welcomed back Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni, and Krunal Pandya, while New Zealand handed an international debut…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Lunch: Vidarbha 312 and 126 for 6 (Satish 35, Kale 30*, Sarwate 5*, Jadeja 4-69) lead Saurashtra 307 by 131 runs Vidarbha held a slight upper hand when play began on the fourth day in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final, but Saurashtra clawed back well courtesy their spinners, led by Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, and the advantage was very much on their side when the two teams…
‘Harmanpreet and I have moved on’ – Mithali Raj (2:37) India women’s ODI captain Mithali Raj says she wants the year 2019 to be a fresh start after the controversies of 2018 (2:37) 12:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The end of India’s Women’s World T20 campaign in November was marred by a dispute centered around Mithali Raj’s exclusion and she found herself on the outside once again as the team…
‘It’s easier to transition to the T20s after playing the longer format’ – Satterthwaite (0:49) Having lost the ODI series to India, New Zealand captain Amy Satterthwaite was hopeful of getting one back (0:49) 11:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Bernadine Bezuidenhout has been ruled out of the T20 series against India, owing to a fractured middle finger of her right hand. Spin-bowling allrounder Anna Peterson, who was…