1:15 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff There is a raging debate over the Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni pushing himself down the order, and while he isn’t the type to respond to them, the Delhi Capitals may well be happy that all the focus is on their opposition. The Capitals have a strong core of young Indian batsmen and a strike bowler who basically rejects the concept of pressure. Maybe,…
The franchises say that while the PSL has made the PCB richer, they have incurred losses each season 1:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB was “surprised and disappointed” by the decision of the six PSL franchises to seek legal action in a bid to get the financial model of the T20 league changed. The board’s counsel told Lahore High Court that the franchises’ writ petition “was misdirected and was…
12:50 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the seventh IPL 2020 match, between the Chennai Super Kings and the Delhi Capitals. CSK have won and lost a match each, and in their camp are the likes of MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi and others. On the other, are Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Shimron Hetmyer,…
12:15 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Stafanie Taylor, West Indies women’s captain, has hailed the hard work that women’s cricketers have put in after becoming only the second player – male or female – to reach the landmark of 3000 T20I runs. Taylor, 29, reached the milestone with a scampered second run on an overthrow in West Indies’ second T20I against England, joining New Zealand’s Suzie Bates in an exclusive club….
9:11 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Anushka Sharma, India captain Virat Kohli‘s wife, has accused former India captain Sunil Gavaskar of “distasteful” commentary by “accusing a wife for her husband’s game”. In an Instagram story posted the day after Kohli’s team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, lost an IPL match comprehensively, Sharma took objection to a bit of commentary where Gavaskar was discussing Kohli’s lack of practice with co-commentator Aakash Chopra. In a…
7:46 AM GMT New Zealand captain Sophie Devine believes there is no better time to try and topple the powerful Australians, with both teams resuming the game from a standing start following six months without cricket. New Zealand will begin by facing a home side without allrounder Ellyse Perry who is not yet available following the hamstring injury which curtailed her T20 World Cup earlier this year campaign and required…
Rashid Khan is elated after picking up a wicket © AFP Cricket Australia has announced the postponement of the inaugural Test against Afghanistan which was scheduled to take place in Perth in November due to the complexities of scheduling amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The confirmation that the Test has not survived the restructuring of the season came a few hours after New Zealand Cricket said they would not be touring…
4:17 AM GMT Dean Jones was lost to Australian cricket just when it appeared as though his occasionally fraught relationship with the leadership of the game had moved towards more constructive and collaborative territory. In mourning Jones’ sudden loss at the age of 59 and his rich legacy as a cricketer, Australia’s coach Justin Langer revealed that he had been seriously discussing how to involve the Victorian more closely with…
12:39 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sydney and Melbourne derbies will launch the new-look WBBL season with Cricket Australia confirming the fixture list for the 59-game competition that will be played entirely in a Sydney hub starting late next month. The opening weekend of matches on October 25 will see the Melbourne Renegades face the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Sixers take on the Sydney Thunder at North Sydney Oval. All…
11:50 PM GMT New Zealand’s limited-overs tour to Australia early next year has been postponed because the quarantine requirements at both ends of the trip would make it too difficult to fit into the schedule. However, New Zealand’s home international summer has been given the green light after the government approved the quarantine and managed isolation plans for touring teams. Initially that covers the visits of West Indies and Pakistan,…