3:00 AM ET Saurabh Somani in Nagpur Big Picture If you had to pick two teams who you thought might be contesting the Ranji Trophy finals even five years ago, Vidarbha and Saurashtra wouldn’t have topped most people’s lists, and not just because they appear near the bottom when the teams are stacked alphabetically. Yet here they are. Both were in Group A, both topped the combined Groups A &…
3:00 AM ET Sydney Sixers 85 for 1 (Vince 43*, Hughes 41*) beat Sydney Thunder 128 for 6 (Green 34*, Abbott 2-23, Curran 2-32) by nine wickets with nine balls to spare (via D/L method) A cohesive bowling effort, led by seamers Sean Abbott and Tom Curran, secured Sixers’ spot in the semi-finals and all but knocked out the Thunder in the Sydney Smash at a packed SCG. After the…
Dhaka Dynamites v Khulna Titans, BPL 2019, Dhaka February 2, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Shakib Al Hasan asks for a review © Raton Gomes Toss Khulna Titans elected to bat v Dhaka Dynamites Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Playing XIs to follow… © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rangpur Riders 76 for 1 (Gayle 35*, de Villiers 34*, Saha 1-32) beat Comilla Victorians 72 (Rahman 21, Bopara 3-7) by nine wickets How the game played out Rangpur Riders decimated the Comilla Victorians batting line-up for the second time this season and also displaced them at the top of the table with a crushing nine-wicket win in Dhaka. Victorians put up a reckless batting…
1:41 AM ET Alex Malcolm Perth Scorchers stalwart Michael Klinger has announced that he will retire from the Big Bash League at the end of the season. The 38-year-old is the BBL’s second all-time leading run-scorer with 1917 runs, with Brisbane Heat star Chris Lynn only eclipsing him in the Heat’s win over the Scorchers on Friday night. Klinger has been a pivotal part of the Scorchers’ success after crossing…
1:40 AM ET One of Cricket Australia’s most influential voices is set to exit the stage, with the selector and national talent manager Greg Chappell expected to retire from his dual roles following the end of the Ashes tour of England later this year. In the midst of extensive debate about the role of the national selection panel, also comprising Trevor Hohns and Justin Langer, ESPNcricinfo understands that Chappell has…
Sri Lanka’s physio checks on Dimuth Karunaratne after he is hit on the head by a Pat Cummins bouncer © Getty Images Dimuth Karunaratne had substantial medical attention and was stretchered off the field, after sustaining a nasty blow to the back of the head from a short delivery bowled by Pat Cummins. Attempting to duck the bouncer in the fourth delivery of the 31st over, Karunaratne turned and tucked…
Martin Guptill drills down the ground © AFP A lower back injury could rule Martin Guptill out of Sunday’s fifth ODI against India in Wellington. The New Zealand opener reportedly sustained the injury while throwing during fielding practice on the eve of the match. Colin Munro is set to return to the side in Guptill’s absence. Munro made 8, 31 and 7 in the first three ODIs and was left…
9:31 PM ET In the wake of Will Pucovski’s early exit from the Australian squad to better deal with his mental health issues, the Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has revealed that the governing body will seek to extend the amount of time the families and partners of players and support staff can spend with the team during the long-haul World Cup and Ashes tour of England this year….
3:00 AM ET Lunch Australia 5 for 474 (Patterson 74*, Paine 28*) v Sri Lanka Australia marched happily on to a mammoth total in the first session of day two, losing only the wicket of Joe Burns early, before Kurtis Patterson strode to 74 off 144 deliveries, putting on an unbeaten 70 with Tim Paine for the sixth wicket. Sri Lanka’s bowlers found swing with the second new ball for…