© BCCI Playing his first first-class match in more than 15 months, Shikhar Dhawan might have been forgiven for feeling he was still in England. On a cold Delhi day, he was asked to bat against the seaming ball in nightmarish conditions for top-order batsmen. Dhawan, coming back from an injury, brought all his experience to rescue Delhi from 4 for 2 with an unbeaten 137 scored at a strike…
11:07 AM GMT Sixteen-year-old Naseem Shah‘s participation in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa early next year is not certain yet, with the senior team management not in favour of releasing him for age-group cricket. The junior team management, understandably, wants the star fast bowler freed up for the World Cup, as originally planned. ESPNcricinfo understands that the Under-19 team is waiting for Shah, who was named in the…
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7:03 AM GMT England are hopeful that Ben Stokes will be able to play in the Boxing Day Test after an improvement in the condition of his father, Ged. Ged Stokes was hospitalised on Monday after being taken ill in Johannesburg. While he remains in intensive care, he has responded positively to treatment and is now in a stable condition. Ben, who missed training on Tuesday in order to spent…
4:04 AM GMT The pitches in Chattogram came as a blessing to the 2019-20 BPL as high-scoring games brought a welcome change to the tournament. Only three teams won after batting first in Chattogram, with few of the successful chasing sides not even needing to reach the last over to win games. Here are the highlights from the second week. Rajshahi, Dhaka closing in on Chattogram The Chattogram Challengers still…
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3:07 AM GMT Justin Langer hopes that Pat Cummins‘ record-breaking IPL deal will have mutual benefits that extend to Australia’s push for their first T20 World Cup title next year and the following tournament in India. Cummins became the highest paid overseas player in the tournament’s history when he secured USD 2.2 million deal with the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was the leading name in a group of Australian players…
Tom Blundell hits the nets in the lead-up to the Boxing Day Test © Getty Images Big picture Just five of New Zealand’s squad were born when the team last graced the MCG on Boxing Day. As for the rest of Kane Williamson’s team, well, they cannot possibly have any memories of the event. So the legendary contest between the teams of Allan Border and Jeff Crowe, with Mike Whitney…
6:28 PM GMT “Give God a laugh,” they say: “tell him your plans.” Joe Root could be forgiven for reflecting ruefully on the expression as his England side head into the first Test in South Africa. It would be unfair to suggest his squad has been thrown into disarray by events of the last few days – they still have most bases covered – but, through no fault of their…
3:33 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan and Middlesex allrounder, has been suspended from bowling in all ECB competitions after a bowling-action assessment found his action to be illegal. Umpires reported Hafeez’s action after a Vitality Blast match between Somerset and Middlesex in Taunton on August 30, following which he underwent independent assessment at Loughborough University. The game against Somerset was the penultimate match of Middlesex’s T20 season,…