Glenn Phillips' unbeaten 79 leads Jamaica Tallawahs to comfortable win

3:22 AM IST Jamaica Tallawahs 147 for 6 (Phillips 79*, Emrit 3-32) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 110 (Brathwaite 3-11) by 37 runs Jamaica Tallawahs secured their third win of the CPL and moved ahead of the pack into third place thanks to Glenn Phillips‘ 79 not out and a polished bowling performance on a slow surface at Queen’s Park Oval. Rovman Powell opted to bat first, anticipating that…

August 29, 2020
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Babar Azam: Somerset confirm batsman's Vitality T20 Blast availability

1:26 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Somerset have confirmed that Babar Azam will be available for seven Vitality Blast group-stage games, and the knockout stages should they qualify, as revealed by ESPNcricinfo. Babar’s availability hinged on a no-objection certificate from the PCB, and a new visa being arranged for his county stint. But those hurdles have been cleared,…

August 29, 2020
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Darren Stevens: Kent allrounder signs contract extension, will play aged 45

August 29, 2020

Darren Stevens has signed on for another year with Kent © Getty Images Darren Stevens will still be a contracted county cricketer at the age of 45 after signing another one-year extension to his Kent deal. Stevens, the canny allrounder whose medium pace gives top-order batsmen across the country nightmares, has taken 20 Bob Willis Trophy wickets at an average of 19.00 this season, recently taking his 800th first-class wicket….

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Rahul Chahar to CSK's Deepak: 'Stay strong, brother, get well soon'

11:59 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff In a curiously worded Twitter message, Mumbai Indians legspinner Rahul Chahar has wished his cousin Deepak Chahar, of Chennai Super Kings, a “speedy recovery” and said he hoped he would “get well soon”. It is not known what Deepak is suffering from but he is part of the Super Kings camp in Dubai, where more than ten people have tested positive for Covid-19. Rahul Chahar,…

August 29, 2020
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CPL 2020: Kieron Pollard's 28-ball 72 extends Trinbago Knight Riders' unbeaten run

11:35 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Trinbago Knight Riders 149 for 8 (Pollard 72, Simmons 32, Holder 2-27) beat Barbados Tridents 148 for 7 (Charles 47, Mayers 42, Raza 2-11. Seales 2-21, Hosein 2-30) by two wickets T20 has evolved to the extent that teams now back themselves to chase two runs a ball over the last eight – or even last ten – overs of matches. Those sorts of chases,…

August 29, 2020
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Tom Banton's emergence 'creates competition' for England top order

Play 00:36 Tom Banton – ‘Want to make it difficult for selectors not to pick me’ Tom Banton‘s eye-catching performance in the first T20I against Pakistan may not guarantee his place for the remainder of the international summer, but it has provided precisely the sort of competition that England will need in the run-up to next year’s World Cup, according to Graham Thorpe, the interim head coach of the white-ball…

August 29, 2020
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Kent fluff 210 chase to finish with tie after Daniel Bell-Drummond fireworks

John Simpson missed a run-out chance off the final ball as Kent scampered through  10:24 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Kent 209 for 5 (Bell-Drummond 72) tied with Middlesex 209 for 4 (Eskinazi 84, Gubbins 53) An extraordinary final over from Tom Helm enabled Middlesex to salvage a tie as the points were shared in their thrilling Vitality Blast tie against Kent. Chasing 210, the Spitfires seemed on course for…

August 29, 2020
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Suresh Raina's exit from Chennai Super Kings camp due to concerns over bubble, isolation

10:16 PM IST Apprehensions about living in a lonely, bio-secure environment with news of colleagues testing positive for Covid-19, combined with a personal tragedy are understood to be the reasons for Suresh Raina leaving the Chennai Super Kings camp and heading home from IPL 2020. It emerged on Saturday morning, a day after it was confirmed that an India international was among at least ten Super Kings contingent members to…

August 29, 2020
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Heather Knight leads the way as Western Storm surge to victory

10:03 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Western Storm 167 for 4 (Knight 91*) beat South East Stars 166 (Hennessy 4-31, Morris 3-36) by six wickets The last time England captain Heather Knight pulled on a Western Storm shirt, she made 78 not out off 53 balls to lead them to victory in the 2019 Kia Super League final at Hove. Almost a year later, she carried on where she had…

August 29, 2020
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Joe Clarke blasts 44-ball ton as Nottinghamshire cruise home

9:49 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 185 for 4 (Clarke 100*, Nash 55) beat Durham 181 for 3 (Lees 53, Clark 60) by six wickets A brilliant unbeaten century from Joe Clarke guided Nottinghamshire to their first victory of the 2020 season, defeating Durham by six wickets in their Vitality Blast North Group clash at Emirates Riverside. Clarke made the most of his opportunity after being dropped on eight…

August 29, 2020
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