Month: December 2019

8:00 AM GMT Karnataka 180 for 5 (Pandey 60*, Kadam 35, M Ashwin 2-33, R Ashwin 2-34) beat Tamil Nadu 179 for 6 (Vijay 44, Aparajith 40, More 2-32) by one run Karnataka survived a Baba Aparajith-Vijay Shankar scare to beat Tamil Nadu by one run in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20 and clinched the last-ball thriller to defend their title. Having won the Vijay Hazare Trophy…

3:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff For the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), teams were permitted to retain up to eight players from their previous roster. The category restrictions for retentions was a maximum of three Platinum, three Diamond, three Gold, five Silver and two emerging players. All six teams will go into the player draft on December 6 in Lahore to complete the rest of their squads…

1:55 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Yasir Shah might not have Shane Warne‘s numbers when it comes to legspin, but the Pakistani has now achieved something that his childhood hero couldn’t during his 15-year Test career. When Yasir dragged seamer Josh Hazlewood over mid-on in the 86th over of Pakistan’s first innings, he became a Test centurion – and that too against the pink ball. Incidentally, this was also Yasir’s maiden…

Newly-elected BCCI president Sourav Ganguly poses with secretary Jay Shah at a press conference  12:02 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai To avoid being held in contempt of court, the BCCI has decided to wait for the Supreme Court of India’s approval before carrying out sweeping changes to its constitution, which would result in significantly rolling back the Lodha Committee’s reforms. The court is likely to hear the matter on…

Nov 30, 2019 Pakistan 6 for 96 (Starc 4-22) trail Australia 3 for 589 dec (Warner 335*, Labuschagne 162) by 493 runs If the opening day was wretched for Pakistan, the adjectives to describe the second are best left unprinted. There was no humiliation spared, no skillset left unexposed as Australia’s batsmen – led by David Warner‘s epic unbeaten 335 – did what they liked to Pakistan for the first…

Nov 30, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 2 for 205 (Pucovski 62*, Maddinson 59, Handscomb 44*) trail New South Wales 294 (Abbott 54, Nevill 50, Siddle 3-52, Pattinson 3-62) by 89 runs Victoria lost only two wickets in 69 overs as they razed 205 runs off New South Wales’ first-innings total of 294 on the second day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Will Pucovski, who had recently taken a mental health…

10:41 AM GMT Rory Burns admitted he was left with a “bittersweet” sensation at the end of the third day of the second Test in Hamilton. Burns had earlier recorded his second Test century to help England into a potentially match-winning position. But his run-out opened the door to a New Zealand recovery and saw England lose three wickets for 61 runs in the latter stages of the day. On…

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 4 for 70 (Marsh 32*, Agar 2-12) & 8 for 492 dec lead South Australia 353 (Carey 143, Stoinis 3-42) by 209 runs Alex Carey sent a reminder of why he is a Test player in waiting, scoring an outstanding century to haul South Australia back from the brink against Western Australia at the WACA. WA are still in command at stumps on…

8:42 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm fast bowler Qazi Onikfaces a lengthy suspension after he failed a dope test during this season’s National Cricket League. As a result, he has been removed from every BCB programme he had been part of previously, chief selector Minhajul Abedin said. “The BCB’s medical team informed us of his results,” Minhajul told Bengali daily Kaler Kantho. “He wasn’t allowed to play in the NCL…