© BCCI Ahead of the Mumbai Indians-Sunrisers Hyderabad game, here is a look at how the result of that match will impact the two teams and others as well. Mumbai Indians are on 14 points with two to play, and their net run rate (NRR) of 0.347 is the best among the top-three teams. A win on Thursday will take them to second spot, level on points with Delhi Capitals…
Important to rotate strike and play smartly in Chennai – Raina (5:56) Suresh Raina looks back at how Chennai Super Kings recovered from a slow start and eased to a thumping win over Delhi Capitals at home (5:56) 3:51 AM ET Nearly all the accolades, on social media and on commentary, after Wednesday’s match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals were reserved for MS Dhoni. The 80-run, Super Kings…
2:49 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff There is no apprehension about having the in-form David Warner back in the Australia squad ahead of the World Cup, according to Mitchell Starc. There was no evidence of bad blood between Warner and his team-mates as he arrived in Brisbane for Australia’s pre-World Cup training camp. Steven Smith arrived separately from the IPL. Warner and Smith did spend some time with Australia’s ODI squad…
1:14 AM ET Ankur Dhawan in Mumbai Sunrisers Hyderabad must have breathed a sigh of relief when the exits of some of their overseas stars coincided with Manish Pandey finding form. He returned to the side against Chennai Super Kings, and has since strung together scores of 83*, 61 and 36. This is seemingly the first time since joining the franchise last year that Pandey has played with a sense…
Jimmy Neesham swipes into the leg side © AFP Jimmy Neesham, Tom Blundell and Will Young have been offered New Zealand central contracts as part of the 20-player group for 2019-2020. They replace Adam Milne, Corey Anderson and George Worker from the contracted names in the 2018-2019 list. Allrounder Neesham and wicketkeeper-batsman Blundell have been included in New Zealand’s World Cup squad. Young, the 26-year-old batsman, was set to make…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 175 for 5 (Kohler-Cadmore 67, Brook 47) beat Northamptonshire 351 (Vasconcelos 112, Levi 58, Cobb 58) by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining – D/L) Jonny Tattersall brought Yorkshire home in a dramatic rain-reduced chase at Northamptonshire to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stage of the Royal London One-Day Cup. Rain halted their initial chase of 352 after 20.5 overs…
Alex Hales celebrates his hundred © Getty Images Alex Hales has been given a clear warning about his future as he prepares to make his return to action for Nottinghamshire, following the 21-day drugs ban that led to his axing from the England World Cup squad, when the county takes on Durham in Grantham on Friday. Fitness permitting, Hales – who was said to be “devastated” after being stood down…
Don’t bowl yorkers at me, bro © BCCI MS Dhoni has hit 554 runs in 227 balls in the 20th over of an IPL match. That’s 13% of all the runs he’s made in this tournament. How does he do it? “Watch the ball, hit the ball,” the CSK captain said after putting in a sensational performance to beat Delhi Capitals in their last home game of the 2019 season….
Will he, won’t he: Alex Hales has been making some questionable life choices ahead of the World Cup © Getty Images The ECB is set to review the balance between player safeguarding and public disclosure in its policy regarding the use of recreational drugs, after conceding that the existing protocol has “failed its stress test” amid the fall-out from Alex Hales‘ banishment from the England World Cup squad. On Monday,…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 364 for 6 (Robson 106, Gubbins 90) beat Somerset 246 (Azhar 46, Sowter 3-50) by 118 runs Sam Robson recorded his maiden white-ball century as Middlesex crushed Somerset by 118 runs at Radlett to reignite their Royal London One-Day Cup prospects. Robson, making his first appearance in the competition since he limped off with a hamstring injury against Hampshire almost exactly two years…