Month: February 2019

8:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sachin Tendulkar believes India are “the favourites” to win the 2019 World Cup. Tendulkar’s comments came two days after his former India team-mate Rahul Dravid, too, backedVirat Kohli’s men to win a third World Cup for India. “As far as our chances are concerned, I will not hesitate in saying that we are the favourites,” Tendulkar told PTI on Sunday. “I have gone on record…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rangpur Riders elected to bat v Comilla VictoriansScorecard and ball-by-ball details Rangpur Riders: Chris Gayle, Ravi Bopara, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Benny Howell, Nahidul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt.), Farhad Reza, Mehedi Maruf, Sohag Gazi Comilla Victorians: Imrul Kayes (capt.), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Sanjit Saha, Shamsur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Wahab Riaz, Evin Lewis, Shahid Afridi, Thisara Perera Source: ESPN…

7:03 AM ET Saurabh Somani in Nagpur A well-laid plan and a bowler who could execute it to precision were the ingredients that gave Vidarbha Cheteshwar Pujara‘s prized wicket for just one in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final on Monday. Pujara had come out with Saurashtra at 79 for two in reply to Vidarbha’s 312, and the two best opposition bowlers were in operation: Umesh Yadav from the Secretary End,…

6:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After weeks of build-up, the PSL’s most successful franchise Islamabad United named 37-year old Mohammad Sami as captain for the fourth edition of the tournament. The defending champions and the winners of two of the three tournaments held thus far had earlier appointed 20-year old Shadab Khan as vice captain. Sami has not played for Pakistan since March 2016, with international consistency proving elusive throughout…

5:59 AM ET Alex Malcolm Perth Scorchers and Western Australia legspinner Usman Qadir has found himself in trouble with police after being allegedly caught speeding 50kph over the limit in East Perth. The Western Australian Cricket Association released a statement on Monday advising that it was aware of the incident and that Qadir had fully cooperated with police. He has been advised that he will receive a court summons in…

5:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff David Miller was named the Man of the Match on Sunday night, but with Pakistan needing 15 runs off the last six balls to go past South Africa’s 188 for 3 and level the three-T20I series, all the focus, and pressure, was on Andile Phehlukwayo, who had been saved for the last over. Miller wasn’t at his calmest, but Phehlukwayo was. “Andile kept telling me,…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Chittagong Vikings chose to bat v Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka Dynamites: 1 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 2 Nurul Hasan (wk), 3 Rubel Hossain, 4 Shuvagata Hom, 5 Rony Talukdar, 6 Qazi Onik, 7 Mahmudul Hasan, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Kieron Pollard, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Upul Tharanga Chittagong Vikings: 1 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt, wk), 2 Yasir Ali, 3 Mosaddek Hossain, 4 Abu Jayed, 5 Khaled…

Paine feels the win over Sri Lanka has provided Australia a blueprint for success against stronger opponents  1:51 AM ET Australia Test captain Tim Paine has revealed that he has been thinking about this year’s Ashes series for at least six months, and believes that the dominant 2-0 series win over a decidedly modest Sri Lanka side has helped the hosts crystallise a formula that can help them return them…

1:38 AM ET Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lanka captain, has urged his players to work harder during the next leg of their three-country tour in South Africa. He could only name a single positive – slip fielding – in their performances against Australia after losing the second Test by 366 runs. The two Test defeats in Australia follow a 1-0 loss to New Zealand in a two-Test series and defeats…