Month: March 2020

Play 06:44 Fantasy Picks: Allrounders Mohammad Hafeez and Shadab Khan should shine March 4: PSL – Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United, Lahore Our XI: Luke Ronchi, Colin Munro/Dawid Malan, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Lynn, Rizwan Hussain, David Wiese, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Dale Steyn, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Muhammad Musa Captain: Mohammad Hafeez It feels like Hafeez’s 98 not out came so many matches ago, but it was just a week-and-a-half back….

10:13 AM GMT Match abandoned West Indies v South Africa A wash out at the Sydney Showgrounds ensured South Africa would top group B and so play Australia in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the SCG on Thursday evening, after England meet group A’s pace-setters India in the first semi-final. Rain that halted Thailand’s earlier clash with Pakistan did not abate into the evening, leaving the…

10:08 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Sydney’s weather could impact the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final double-header at the SCG on Thursday. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting that 5-15mm of rain could fall in Sydney on match day, and there are chances of a thunderstorm too, just days after the last two Group B games were washed away in the same city. What will that mean for the tournament? Here…

Joe Root said that England “are not shaking hands with each other” on their tour to Sri Lanka  8:50 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s players will not be shaking hands with one another on their tour to Sri Lanka, captain Joe Root has revealed, using “the well-established fist bump” as a greeting instead. Amid the coronavirus outbreak and following a tour to South Africa that saw more than half of…

7:39 AM GMT Match abandoned Thailand 3 for 150 (Chantam 56, Boochatham 56) v Pakistan Thailand’s top order put on a blazing display of strokeplay to end their impressive maiden World Cup campaign. They posted their highest T20I score – 3 for 150 – against Pakistan at the Sydney Showground Stadium and then saw the rain come down as soon as their innings ended. It didn’t cease and both teams…

7:38 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Glenn Maxwell will return to Lancashire for the T20 Blast this summer. Maxwell starred with the bat as Lancashire topped the North Group last season, hitting 305 runs at a strike rate above 150, while averaging 38.12 before a surprise quarter-final exit against Essex. He also contributed with the ball, conceding only 6.60 runs per over as he formed part of the competition’s most parsimonious…

7:18 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh chose to bat v Zimbabwe Bangladesh won the toss and once again opted to bat first in the second ODI in Sylhet. Having cruised to both their highest ever total against Zimbabwe and their biggest ever win in ODIs in the series opener on Sunday, Bangladesh saw fit to rest two players for this encounter, with both Mustafizur Rahman and Mohammad Saifuddin – who…

5:57 AM GMT Varun Shetty in Kolkata Bengal 312 (Majumdar 157, Akash 44, More 3-52, Mithun 3-77) and 161 (Chatterjee 45, Majumdar 41, Mithun 4-23, Gowtham 3-15) beat Karnataka 122 (Gowtham 31, Mithun 24, Porel 5-39, Akash 3-30) and 177 (Padikkal 62, Mithun 38, Kumar 6-61, Akash 2-44) by 174 runs A small crowd sang chants for the hosts throughout the morning session at Eden Gardens as Bengal closed out…

3:19 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka’s 3-0 sweep in the ODIs against West Indies has come with some collateral damage. Fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep and allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva will miss the two-match T20I series which begins March 4, after both picked up injuries in the third ODI on Sunday. Asitha Fernando, the right-arm quick, is the only replacement who has been called up. Pradeep hobbled off the field…