Month: February 2020

1:03 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Luke Wright, Sussex’s white-ball captain, hopes that the launch of Dynamos Cricket, a new kids cricket scheme aimed at 8- to 11-year-olds, can help to build on England’s success in winning the World Cup last summer, as well as tap into the interest generated by this summer’s first season of the Hundred. Wright, who was the last name out of the hat in December’s Hundred…

12:21 PM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Thisara Perera has made a return to Sri Lanka’s T20I squad after missing the series in India, while fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep and spin-bowling allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya also earn recalls. There was no room, however, for batsmen such as Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Oshada Fernando, who had both impressed in the series against Pakistan last year. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka continued to be unavailable through injury….

Fantasy Picks: Pack your side with England players (5:14) They have a dominant record v Pakistan, go with Sciver as captain (5:14) 11:45 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff February 28: Women’s T20 World Cup – England v Pakistan, Canberra Our XI: Amy Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Natalie Sciver, Heather Knight, Bismah Maroof, Umaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Diana Baig, Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Glenn Captain: Natalie Sciver There’s no real need to…

Fantasy Pick: Van Niekerk and Kapp should be your first picks (4:54) We help you pick your fantasy team for the upcoming game between South Africa and Thailand in ICC Women’s World T20 (4:54) 11:40 AM GMT ESPN Staff February 28: Women’s T20 World Cup – South Africa v Thailand, Canberra Our XI: Lizelle Lee, Nannapat Koncharoenkai, Nattakan Chantam, Nattaya Boochatham, Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Dane van Niekerk, Sune Luus,…

11:30 AM GMT Australia 189 for 1 (Healy 83, Mooney 81*) beat Bangladesh 9 for 103 (Fargana 36, Schutt 3-21) by 86 runs Australia flexed their muscles on the back of a record opening stand to set themselves up for a likely winner-takes-all final group match against New Zealand as Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney added 151, Australia’s highest first-wicket partnership in T20Is, which propelled them to a handsome 86-run…

Joe Root and Chris Silverwood have their sights set on the 2021-22 Ashes series  11:20 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root has advocated the use of the Kookaburra ball for half of the County Championship season and an increase in the value of batting bonus points. A switch from the current Dukes ball, which has a more prominent seam and favours old-fashioned swing bowlers, to a Kookaburra for some rounds…

10:45 AM GMT The 2020 IPL will have a new venue in Guwahati, which will host two of Rajasthan Royals’ home matches. The games, which will begin at 8pm IST, will be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. The first match is scheduled for April 5 against the Delhi Capitals and the second on April 9 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The IPL had earmarked Guwahati as an alternate venue…

7:58 AM GMT The pitch in Christchurch for the second New Zealand-India Test looks as green as the one that was rolled out for the first Test in Wellington, but India might be expecting life to be a little easier for their batsmen. While there might be a similar amount of seam and swing, especially on the first two days, there are suggestions that the ball might come onto the…

7:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 373 (Hughes 103, Mennie 6-103) and 2 for 236 dec (Hughes 136) beat South Australia 207 (Copeland 5-63) and 269 (Ferguson 82, Cooper 62, Copeland 4-60) by 133 runs New South Wales surged to victory in the final session to consolidate their position at the top of the table as South Australia lost their last six wickets for 25 runs having put…