5:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Patrick Farhart, the India men’s team physiotherapist till recently, has been roped in by IPL team Delhi Capitals for the 2020-2022 period. Farhart, whose four-year stint with India ended with the World Cup, has previously worked with Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in the IPL. “I am delighted to be working in the Indian Premier League again,” Farhart said. “Delhi Capitals is a team…
Ellyse Perry celebrates © Getty Images Former England captain Charlotte Edwards has lauded Ellyse Perry, the Player of the 2019 Women’s Ashes, as the “greatest” player the women’s game is “ever going to see”, following Australia’s emphatic run in the multi-format series where they beat the hosts 12-2, losing only the tour-ending T20I. A record 7 for 22 – the best figures by an Australian woman in ODIs – in…
Andrew Salter celebrates a wicket © Getty Images Gloucestershire 172 for 7 (Salter 4-12) tied with Glamorgan 172 for 5 (Fakhar 58) Glamorgan’s Andrew Salter returned the superb figures of 4 for 12 in three overs, including a first-ball wicket and three more in the space of seven deliveries, but AJ Tye battled back for Gloucestershire to seal a thilling tie in the Vitality Blast clash at Cardiff. Gloucestershire, set…
Kent 204 for 4 (Blake 66*, Kuhn 54*) beat Middlesex 176 for 7 (Viljoen 3 for 32) by 28 runs On his return to Lord’s for a first appearance since the World Cup final, Eoin Morgan was upstaged by a trademark late-innings assault by Alex Blake, whose 29-ball 66 not out maintained Kent’s 100 percent record in the T20 Blast. Put in by a Middlesex side who had started the…
Mason Crane sets off on a celebratory run © Getty Images Hampshire 134 for 3 (Vince 87*) beat Essex 133 (Westley 44, Crane 3-24, Dawson 2-31) by seven wickets Mason Crane and Liam Dawson spun Hampshire towards victory before James Vince took them over the winning line with a thunderous 87 not out to give the visitors their first victory at the Cloudfm County Ground in Chelmsford for five years….
3:54 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Everyone makes mistakes, but there were quite a few on the opening day at Edgbaston. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentators recorded the comings and goings as a series of seven wrong decisions left the umpires red-faced 1.1 Broad to Warner, no run, sprayed down the leg side, did Warner get a tickle on this? Bairstow was belting out a lone appeal, but Aleem Dar wasn’t…
3:40 PM ET In the afterglow of his stupendous 144 on the opening day of the Ashes series, Steven Smith has admitted there were times during his 12-month ban for the Newlands ball tampering scandal where he fell out of love with cricket and considered walking away from the game completely. Specifically, Smith stated that at the time around his elbow surgery in January this year and subsequent rehab he…
Up to £100 in Bet Credits for new customers at bet365. Min deposit £5 and 1x settled bet requirement to release Bet Credits. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&Cs apply. More Details Source: ESPN Crickinfo
1:48 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The pressure has intensified on the BCCI to comply with National Anti-Doping Association (NADA) after Prithvi Shaw‘s positive drug test that led to a backdated suspension of eight months. The sports ministry of India has written a stern letter to the BCCI questioning its authority and its protocols in matters of dope tests, the Indian Express reported. The letter was written days before the Shaw…
10:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has said that the absence of cricket from state schools is “nowhere near good enough” as the governing body looks to capitalise on the “inspirational moment that can spark that interest in the game” provided by the World Cup final. Speaking to Sky during the first Ashes Test, Harrison pledged to double the number of state schools playing cricket…