3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset 387 for 4 dec and 345 for 9 dec beat Cardiff MCCU 118 and 46 (Overton 6-24, Davey 4-21) by 568 runsScorecard The value of awarding first-class status to university matches is once again under scrutiny after Somerset completed a record-breaking rout of Cardiff MCCU in their season opener at Taunton. Cardiff had been faced with a nominal target of 615 on the third…
Virat Kohli drives to long-off © BCCI Virat Kohli was fuming against the standard of umpiring in the IPL after the big screen showed replays of the final delivery of the match – a no-ball that wasn’t spotted by the officials. Royal Challengers Bangalore needed seven runs to win the game and six to tie. But Lasith Malinga was able to hit close enough to the blockhole that the batsman,…
1:35 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate has not ruled out the prospect of losing Alastair Cook to an England comeback at some stage. Cook, who scored an unbeaten 150 this week playing for Essex in a pre-season game against Cambridge University, retired from international cricket last September with a knock of 147 in the fifth Test against India at The Oval. He made 161 Test appearances,…
1:08 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Chahal reaps the rewards for no-fear attitude There’s no fear. Not even after Yuvraj Singh has walloped him for three sixes. For those two minutes, even the DJ at the Chinnaswamy Stadium seems lost. He urges the crowd to go “Aree-Ceee-Beee”, but they alternate between “Yuvi-Yuvi-Yuvi” and “we want six”. Now, the pressure is squarely on the bowler. Yuzvendra Chahal knows what’s coming, but is…
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10:48 AM ET Valkerie Baynes James Vince is hoping a move to the top of the order for Hampshire in the County Championship will earn him a recall to the England side for the Ashes. After a stop-start Test career spanning 13 matches in three years and which has stalled again following one outing against New Zealand in Christchurch a year ago, Vince has spotted an opportunity and is going…
3:00 AM ET Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl first against Mumbai Indians, with a plan to chase well on a placid pitch. The home side did not change their playing XI, as they looked to bounce back from the thrashing they received at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in the tournament opener. Mumbai also lost…
10:18 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 After a winter of match-winning performances with both bat and ball for his various T20 franchises, Liam Dawson could be forgiven for being confident about his World Cup chances. A series of characteristically solid displays with his left-arm spin for Comilla Victorians preceded a handful of eye-catching knocks in the Pakistan Super League, including a match-winning…
9:03 AM ET Hemant Brar in Hyderabad Imagine being one of the biggest names in world cricket, but still unable to find a place in the playing XI when it comes to the IPL. Dale Steyn is a prime example. Given that an IPL team can field a maximum of four overseas players each game, Steyn – arguably the greatest fast bowler of this era – has been left cheering…
© AFP Big Picture Australia’s third emphatic victory in a row over Pakistan – and sixth consecutive ODI win overall – removed any pretense of series priorities to leave the remaining games as purely World Cup primers at the Dubai International Stadium. For both sides, this should offer freedom in terms of selection and experimentation, not that Pakistan have appeared perturbed by unsettling their team given the prolific cycling of…