Month: March 2019

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 286 (Pucovski 82, Gotch 63, Short 56) and 0 for 69 need 98 more runs to beat South Australia 260 and 192 (Davis 52, Tremain 4-34) Victoria were well on track to head into their home Sheffield Shield final with another victory under their belt after making strong progress towards a target of 167 against bottom-placed South Australia. The Redbacks continued their forgettable Shield…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 375 and 5 for 149 (Henriques 49) lead Tasmania 255 (Doolan 72, McDermott 53, Copeland 6-88) by 269 runs New South Wales’ pacemen bared their teeth to grant the visitors a chance to press for outright victory and a place in the Sheffield Shield final against Victoria with one day of the match against Tasmania remaining. At 2 for 145 on the…

Play 04:42 March 24 marks 12 months since Australian cricket was thrown into crisis by the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal. There are signs of recovery on and off the field, but it has been a long process with hurdles yet to overcome. Here is a look back at one of the biggest controversies to hit Australian sport The build-up Australia arrived in South Africa on the back of a 4-0…

1:38 PM ET New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne is understood to have pulled out of the IPL. ESPNcricinfo understands Milne, who was signed by Mumbai Indians at the IPL auction for INR 75 lakhs (USD 104,000 approx on the day of auction), has a swollen heel. Milne’s pullout means Mumbai have lost a second overseas fast bowler in quick succession. Lasith Malinga has opted to skip the first six…

3:00 AM ET Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in their must-win second T20 against South Africa. The hosts had won the first match in the Super Over, but are now without several key players – Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir and captain Faf du Plessis all being rested. One of those vacated positions has…

11:03 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka women decided to stick with more or less the same squad that was whitewashed by England in the ODI series, making only a few tweaks for the three-match T20I series starting on Sunday. Hansima Karunaratne, Sugandika Kumari and Inoshi Priyadharshani retained their spots, having been brought in for the ODIs, while the uncapped 24-year-old Madushika Meththananda also found a place. Making way were…

Virat Kohli with his fans during an RCB training session in Chennai ahead of the IPL 2019 opener  10:46 AM ET Varun Shetty in Chennai Virat Kohli has chuckled at the suggestion that not winning the IPL is a frustration for him, and said it doesn’t matter to him if his legacy is judged based on that. Kohli has been with Royal Challengers Bangalore since the team’s inception and their…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Each edition of the IPL provides viewers a chance to not just celebrate their favourite players and follow the stars, but also glimpse the new faces, the first-timers, whether Indian or overseas. Which of these freshers do you think will make the biggest impact in IPL 2019? Source: ESPN Crickinfo