3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 358 for 9 (Banton 107, C Overton 66*, Gregory 51) beat Kent 94 (C Overton 5-18) by 264 runs Tom Banton scored a superb maiden hundred as Somerset thrashed Kent by 264 runs in a one-sided Royal London Cup contest at the Cooper Associates Ground. Making only his eighth appearance in the competition, the youngster raised a career-best 107 to help the hosts…
3:00 AM ET Big picture Whose home is Feroz Shah Kotla anyway? As with the most cosmopolitan city of India, you can’t say for sure for Delhi’s international cricket ground either. Delhi Capitals, who call it home, have struggled not just for home support but also for a pitch conducive to their style of play. As a result, they have won just one of their four home games, the worst…
Dale Steyn warms up ahead of play © BCCI Toss Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss, announced an unchanged XI, and asked Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat at Eden Gardens in the return fixture between the two sides. In a contest between two struggling sides, Royal Challengers’ needs are more pressing, as a defeat in this game will all but…
9:57 AM ET After not being considered for the World Cup, India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is likely to play first-class cricket for English county Hampshire. It is understood that Rahane, who is a Grade A contracted player, sought permission from the BCCI this week to play for Hampshire. ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is open and favourable to Indian players featuring in county cricket and will give Rahane the required…
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4:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff In a first trans-Tasman cricketing union of its kind, New Zealand and Perth Scorchers allrounder Hayley Jensen has tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Nicola Hancock, the uncapped Melbourne Stars pace-bowling allrounder. The two, who both play for Australian Capital Territory Women in the Women’s National Cricket League, the domestic 50-over competition in Australia, were married on April 12, and have made the news of…
Scotland left-arm spinner Con de Lange died on Thursday, aged 38. The spin-bowling allrounder, who also played for Northamptonshire, had been diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and had undergone various forms of medical treatment – including an operation, radiation and chemotherapy – in an effort to battle the illness. His last appearance for Scotland came in 2017, in an ODI series against Papua New Guinea in the UAE….
1:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former South Africa captain and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s senior player AB de Villiers has lent his voice to the growing chorus around hastening over rates in IPL 2019, stating the tournament “needs to get into the gym” to keep up with the dynamism of the format and ensure the matches finish within the stipulated three and a half hours. Although captains have been penalised right…
11:30 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies women have named a fit-again Hayley Matthews and left-arm pace-bowling allrounder Stacy-Ann King in the 14-member squad that will tour Ireland and England in May-June. Offspinner Anisa Mohammed, who was part of the squads that toured Pakistan and the UAE for the limited-overs series against the former, has been dropped alongside wicketkeeper-batsman Merissa Aguilleira, who had led the T20I side in Karachi in…
2:44 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli agrees that Vijay Shankar offers balance to the Indian batting order, but has not committed to the Tamil Nadu allrounder batting at No. 4. On Monday, after announcing India’s World Cup squad, MSK Prasad, the chairman of selectors, said that Vijay was identified as the No. 4. However, Kohli agreed with Prasad only to the extent that Vijay was a “three-dimensional”…