Mithun's five-wicket over, Padikkal-Rahul power-hitting put Karnataka in final

November 29, 2019

Abhimanyu Mithun picked up five wickets in the last over of the Haryana innings © PTI Karnataka 195 for 2 (Padikkal 87, Rahul 66, Agarwal 30*) beat Haryana 194 for 8 (Rana 61, Bishnoi 55, Patel 34, Tewatia 32, Mithun 5-39, Gopal 2-23) by eight wickets It was a six fest at Surat’s Lalabhai Contractor Stadium as a sizeable crowd was treated to some outstanding short-format hitting from KL Rahul…

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Warner and Labuschagne flay woeful Pakistan with twin hundreds

Why Australia owe Anderson for Labuschagne discovery (4:02) It’s a fascinating story which began when the England fast bowler injured his calf. Mel Farrell has more (4:02) 8:00 AM GMT Australia 1 for 302 (Warner 166*, Labuschagne 126*) v Pakistan Even by the miserable standards of the past quarter century, this was a wretched day for Pakistan down under. Centuries from the resurgent David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, a man…

November 29, 2019
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Tim Murtagh announces Ireland retirement, signs new Middlesex deal

12:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Murtagh has announced his retirement from Ireland duty after signing a two-year contract extension with Middlesex. The decision, forced in part by the change to ECB regulations that would have seen him classed as an overseas player had his continued his international career, means Murtagh’s final outing in an Ireland shirt was his honours board-worthy performance in their maiden Test at Lord’s. Murtagh, 38,…

November 29, 2019
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Five wickets in five balls: Mithun's unique T20 record

November 29, 2019

© PTI Abhimanyu Mithun is having a domestic season to remember. First, he picked a birthday hat-trick and a maiden five-wicket haul during Karnataka’s win over Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final last month. On Friday, he not only picked another hat-trick but became perhaps the only bowler to pick five wickets in six balls in T20 history. At least no bowler has those many in matches ESPNcricinfo…

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Rashid Khan returns to Sussex for Blast group stage

11:34 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rashid Khan will return to Sussex as the club’s T20 overseas player for the 2020 season. Rashid, who has also worked with Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie at Adelaide Strikers, will be available for the whole of the Blast group stage. It will be his third stint at the club. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

November 29, 2019
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Cameron Green continues rise to dig WA out of early trouble against SA

8:00 AM GMT Western Australia 5 for 296 (Green 95*, Stoinis 79, Mennie 2-67) against South Australia Exciting Western Australia allrounder Cameron Green has continued his outstanding recent form with an unbeaten 95 to dig the home side out of a hole against South Australia on day one at the WACA. Marcus Stoinis also made an excellent 79 and shared a 122-run stand with Green after WA had slumped to…

November 29, 2019
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World Cup deja vu: Overthrow rule in focus again

10:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It got a lot of attention – enough for the MCC to reportedly consider a review – in the World Cup final but it turns out the umpires might have repeated their mistake with awarding overthrow runs for much less dramatic consequences during the Adelaide Test. In the 24th over of Australia’s innings, David Warner tucked a ball towards long leg and rushed off for…

November 29, 2019
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Dan Christian returns for sixth T20 season at Nottinghamshire

November 29, 2019

Dan Christian captained Notts to another Finals Day in 2019 © Getty Images Daniel Christian will return to Nottinghamshire for a sixth season in 2020, and will continue to captain the T20 side as he has done since 2016. Christian led the side to the T20 Blast title in 2017, and his side were well-placed to reach the final again this season until a dramatic collapse cost them their semi-final…

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Ashes on James Anderson's radar after technical tweaks during recovery period

9:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff James Anderson has said he “doesn’t see any reason” why he shouldn’t play in the 2021-22 Ashes series as a 39-year-old despite bowling only four overs for England in the last nine months. Anderson went off after hurting his calf during the first day of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston this summer, and after a recurrence of the injury while he tried to return in…

November 29, 2019
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Mark Steketee skittles Tasmania with career-best performance

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 4 for 98 (Heazlett 54*, Bird 3-26) trail Tasmania 107 (Doolan 34, Doran 32, Steketee 5-19) by nine runs A career-best performance from Mark Steketee put Queensland in complete command against Tasmania in Hobart on day one. Steketee took his maiden Sheffield Shield five-wicket haul, claiming 5 for 19, to skittle Tasmania for just 107. Sam Heazlett countered an early wobble with a timely…

November 29, 2019
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