Month: January 2020

3:15 PM GMT Shashank Kishore On Monday, Manoj Tiwary became only the second Bengal batsman, after Devang Gandhi’s 323 in 1998-99, to make a first class triple-hundred, against Hyderabad. It allowed his side to charge to a bonus-point victory that puts them in a good position five games into the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season. Three times previously this season, Tiwary failed to convert his starts into substantial scores. He started…

2:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Lungi Ngidi has earned a recall to South Africa’s one-day squad for the upcoming series against England in which Quinton de Kock will step up as captain in the absence of Faf du Plessis. Ngidi was ruled out of the current Test series against England after suffering a hamstring tear during the Mzansi Super League play-offs in December. His final selection in the 15-man ODI…

12:50 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jonty Rhodes, the former South Africa batsman, has admitted that he might not have been picked to play for his country had it not been for white privilege. “I certainly benefited from the fact that I wasn’t really competing with 50% of the population,” Rhodes said in a recent interaction with The Hindu, Deccan Herald and The New Indian Express in Bengaluru. “I literally was…

12:13 PM GMT India Under-19s 42 for 0 (Jaiswal 29*) beat Japan Under-19s 41 (Bishnoi 4-5, Tyagi 3-10) by ten wickets Scorecard India took under two hours to bowl Japan out for 41, the joint-second-lowest total in the history of the Under-19 World Cup, and then took just 29 balls to chase the target down and secure their second win in Group A and virtually confirm their place in the…

11:31 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been advised six weeks’ rest after a grade three tear in his ankle while playing the Ranji Trophy. This puts in doubt the 31-year old’s participation in the upcoming tour of New Zealand. India play two Tests there, the first of which begins on February 21. Sharma suffered the injury on Monday playing for Delhi against Vidarbha at the…

Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah scored briskly during the fourth-wicket stand  11:26 AM GMT Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal are the only two cricketers in Bangladesh’s T20I squad for the three-match series in Pakistan, who have toured the country before, back in 2008. It goes without saying that in the absence Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Mortaza, a large part of the responsibility will have to be shouldered by those…

Jan 20, 2020 Sri Lanka 42 for 1 (Oshada 21, Karunaratne 12*, Tiripano 1-5) trail Zimbabwe 358 (Ervine 85, Kasuza 63, Masvaure 55, Embuldeniya 5-114) by 316 runs Lasith Embuldeniya completed a second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and Sri Lanka’s attack finally made headway, but Zimbabwe still ended day two in a position of strength in Harare, thanks in part to a late Sri Lankan wicket. Nine batsmen fell…