Month: August 2020

12:53 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings owner N Srinivasan has said he believes Suresh Raina‘s return to India from the UAE on Friday would not impact the team’s preparations ahead of the IPL season. However Srinivasan, a former BCCI president and ICC chairman, said Raina would “certainly realise” what he would be missing, including the “money he is going to lose” by skipping the IPL. Srinivasan also said…

11:00 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 220 for 5 (Root 64, Lyth 61) beat Derbyshire 121 for 9 (Fisher 3-21) by 99 runs Joe Root‘s commanding 64 off 40 balls followed by two wickets with his offbreaks helped Yorkshire end their Vitality Blast hoodoo against Derbyshire with a thumping 99-run win at Emerald Headingley. England’s Test captain hit two leg-side sixes and seven fours as the Vikings posted 220…

10:52 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 171 for 6 (Rossington 51) beat Somerset 162 for 8 (Sanderson 3-36) by nine runs Adam Rossington defied a hand injury as he struck a quickfire half-century to lead Northants Steelbacks to a nine-run win over Somerset at Wantage Road. Rossington was left grimacing in pain for the majority of his 51 from 31 balls after he was pinned on the right hand…

10:43 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Sussex 177 for 4 (Wright 82, Wiese 43*) beat Hampshire 176 for 5 (Fuller 53*, Alsop 51) by six wickets Sussex captain Luke Wright led by example with a thunderous innings of 82 from 55 balls as Sussex beat Hampshire by six wickets with one ball to spare in the Vitality Blast. Victory for Sussex was always likely once Wright and Phil Salt had…

10:45 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff b>St Lucia Zouks 92 (Zadran 22, Walsh 3-19) beat Barbados Tridents 89 for 7 (Charles 39, Glen 2-11, Williams 2-12) by three runs Barbados Tridents needed 93 in 120 balls with 10 wickets in hand. A little later, they needed 30 off 41 with six wickets in hand. At the end, they came away with the most bizarre loss in CPL history. At the centre…

10:28 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Surrey 143 for 8 (Foakes 44, Walter 2-13) tied with Essex 143 for 6 (ten Doeschate 35, Borthwick 2-34) Ben Foakes‘ classy 44 from 37 balls could not prevent Vitality Blast holders Essex Eagles from clinching a thrilling tie against Surrey in an extraordinary finish at The Oval when they grabbed wickets from the last two balls of the innings. Replying to Essex’s 143…

6:33 PM IST Eoin Morgan won the toss in the second T20I against Pakistan and chose to bowl first. Both teams were unchanged from the first match, which was abandoned in the 17th over of the first innings due to rain. The same surface is to be used. Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted he too would have chosen to bowl first had he won the toss. His side again…

6:33 PM IST Eoin Morgan won the toss in the second T20I against Pakistan and chose to bowl first. Both teams were unchanged from the first match, which was abandoned in the 17th over of the first innings due to rain. The same surface is to be used. Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted he too would have chosen to bowl first had he won the toss. His side again…

6:33 PM IST Eoin Morgan won the toss in the second T20I against Pakistan and chose to bowl first. Both teams were unchanged from the first match, which was abandoned in the 17th over of the first innings due to rain. The same surface is to be used. Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted he too would have chosen to bowl first had he won the toss. His side again…