“I have a couple of slower balls I started developing after coming to Mumbai last year. I spoke to some of the girls here about how to develop a variation of the knuckleball” 8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand women 120 for 5 (Devine 61, Khaka 2-24) beat South Africa women 119 all out (Du Preez 40, Tahuhu 2-10) by five wickets Lea Tahuhu and Sophie Devine were in…
Filling the MCG is what the women’s game needs – Knight (1:31) England women’s captain speaks about the side’s preparations for the T20 World Cup (1:31) 4:03 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry believes pace bowling could play a huge part in the T20 World Cup after she and Tayla Vlaeminck ripped through India’s middle order last weekend. The pair took 7 for 26 between them in eight…
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Fantasy Pick | Go with Alex Hales as your captain (7:36) Here are our fantasy picks for the game between the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Thunder on Thursday (7:36) 2:49 AM GMT February 6: BBL Challenger – Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder, Melbourne Our XI: Peter Handscomb, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson, Usman Khawaja, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Haris Rauf, Adam Zampa, Jonathan Cook Captain: Alex…
Sourav Ganguly congratulates the new CAB president Avishek Dalmiya and joint-secretary Snehashish Ganguly 5:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya‘s son Avishek became the youngest president of the Cricket Association Bengal (CAB) at the age of 38, after being elected unopposed on Wednesday. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother Snehasish Ganguly, a former Bengal batsman, is the new joint-secretary, a post that was vacated by Avishek before…
Kyle Abbott, Dane Vilas and Simon Harmer are three of the most prominent players affected 5:15 PM GMT English cricket looks set to embrace a return towards allowing two overseas players across county competitions as it comes to terms with the implications of Brexit. The UK officially left the EU at the end of January. While most regulations remain in place, it is currently anticipated that existing trading agreements –…
With all the shots in the book, Shreyas Iyer has the skill to manipulate the field very well 3:17 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ever since his comeback into the Indian team after the 2019 World Cup, Shreyas Iyer has been among the most consistent batsmen in the side, flying under the radar perhaps given the exploits of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. In nine ODIs since August 2019,…
8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan Under-19 158 for 5 (Zadran 73*, Atal 40, Modimokoane 2-37) beat South Africa Under-19 154 (Bird 34, Ghafari 4-15, Haque 3-33) by five wickets Scorecard South Africa’s home Under-19 World Cup ended in defeat, as they went down to Afghanistan by five wickets in the seventh-place playoff in Benoni. South Africa could only put up 154 after opting to bat, as legspinner Shafiqullah Ghafari…
New Zealand’s Jesse Tashkoff in action during the warm-up fixture © ICC via Getty Big picture New Zealand haven’t made the title round of an Under-19 World Cup since 1998, and Bangladesh have never made it that far. So the second semi-final of the 2020 edition holds great significance for both the teams, and New Zealand will back themselves just a bit more than their opponents, having won the warm-up…
12:55 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After going more than five years without committing an over-rate offence, India have now had to pay fines in three consecutive matches, the latest a whopping 80% of their match fee after being found four overs short of the target in the first ODI against New Zealand in Hamilton on Wednesday. As per Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player…