Month: July 2019

To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies? Yes More Info Here Cookie Choices Source: ESPN Crickinfo

3:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Ranji Trophy is set to spill over into March for the first time in 16 years, following the BCCI’s decision to advance the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the domestic T20 competition, prior to the IPL auction, which is generally held in December-January. As per the preliminary fixtures for the 2019-20 season, the Ranji Trophy will begin on November 29, with the final slated from…

12:13 AM ET Cricket chiefs have implored the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Trust not to abandon the ground’s natural wicket block and replace it with “unproven” drop-in pitches under pressure from the AFL. They believe such a move would run the risk of imposing “boring cricket” on spectators. This comes at a time when the MCG is undergoing extensive work to updates its 20-year-old drop-in pitch system that has been…

9:30 PM ET Alex Malcolm Australia opener Joe Burns is set to be available for Ashes selection, having been cleared to play again after recovering from post-viral fatigue disorder. Burns had been forced to go home from his stint with English county side Lancashire in May after he was was diagnosed with post-viral fatigue, stemming from a virus he suffered in October 2018. Post-viral fatigue is an umbrella term for…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 191 for 5 (Hogan 2-28) trail Glamorgan 449 (Cullen 51) by 258 runs Division Two leaders Glamorgan enjoyed another productive day as Worcestershire closed on 191 for 5 at Cardiff, a deficit of 258 with two days remaining. It was a collective effort from them with the batsmen gaining maximum batting points and four bowlers sharing the wickets. The home team had resumed…

Jun 30, 2019 Jon Culley in Derby Derbyshire 372 for 4 (Godleman 102, Hudson-Prentice 99, Reece 96, du Plooy 50) v Middlesex Middlesex’s decision to forego the toss and bowl might have looked the logical route to follow given the colour of the pitch here. Instead, it exposed their bowlers to a day of mostly unrewarding toil on a slow surface that offered them little apart from the slightly unreal…

Jun 30, 2019 Surrey 48 for 0 trail Yorkshire 327 (Fraine 106, Lyth 55, Clark 5-77) by 279 runs There were two centuries to fire the pride of Yorkshire supporters as they clung to their sun hats in Scarborough’s invigorating breeze. The first came in a winning cause from Jonny B for England at Edgbaston and, as he approached it, there was much fraternal chuckling at the relentless sense of…