9:38 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff In a boost to the Chennai Super Kings, one of the two Indian players, an international fast bowler, has recovered completely from Covid-19 and regrouped with the squad. He has not yet started training, though. The other player, an uncapped Indian batsman, is understood to be still in quarantine as he had started his isolation period at a later date. Nearly a week after landing…
9:24 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson has praised the Chennai Super Kings’ “world-class leaders” for showing faith in him through a difficult IPL season in 2019, saying the franchise stuck by him and showed confidence when his batting form was a far cry from the highs of the 2018 season. Watson was one of five Super Kings players to feature in each of their 17 matches last season, eventually…
9:03 PM IST Somerset 251 (Abell 59) and 193 (Lammonby 107*, Barnard 4-25) beat Worcestershire 200 (Libby 58) and 184 (Davey 3-16, Gregory 3-65) by 60 runs Somerset have qualified for the final of the Bob Willis Trophy after completing a 60-run victory over Worcestershire at New Road. By securing their fourth win of the campaign, Somerset finished with 97 points – the highest tally of any team in the…
7:15 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Surrey 388 (Burns 103, Jacks 84*, Overton 55, Borthwick 50) and 157 for 5 (Burns 52) beat Sussex 415 (Haines 117, Moriarty 5-154) and 109 for 9 (Moriarty 6-60, Virdi 4-40) by six wickets England Test opener Rory Burns added 52 to his first-innings hundred to lead Surrey to their first victory of the Bob Willis Trophy, at the final attempt, in a six-wicket…
Josh Hazlewood is one of a host of Australia players who will head for the UAE from England 4:53 PM IST Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood is confident that there will be enough preparation for the Test series against India towards the end of the year despite the challenges that the home season will pose. Hazlewood is one of a host of Australia players, including fellow paceman Pat Cummins, who…
4:54 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England will hold talks with Adil Rashid about the possibility of returning to the Test arena for proposed tours of Sri Lanka and India once their ODI series against Australia is over, Chris Silverwood says. Leg-spinner Rashid, who has not played a Test since January 2019 on England’s tour of the Caribbean, claimed 3 for 21…
3:51 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yorkshire has appointed a sub-committee including prominent figures in the British-Asian cricket community, as it launches its review into allegations of institutional racism from their former player Azeem Rafiq. Dr Samir Pathak, a Trustee of the MCC Foundation, has been co-opted as chair, while Gulfraz Riaz, the chairman of the National Asian Cricket Council (NACC) has also been invited to serve, along with Stephen Willis,…
3:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand captain Sophie Devine is putting a positive spin on the two-week quarantine period that her team will have to undergo on their tour of Australia. Devine said the isolation will allow the players to spend time together ahead of the limited-overs series starting September 26, and said they were “in a really fortunate position” to be able to get back on the park…
2:20 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Dawid Malan is the new man at the top of the ICC rankings for T20I batsmen, his 129 runs in the three-match series against Australia, which England won 2-1, pushing Pakistan’s Babar Azam down to No. 2 in the latest update. Malan, who has a remarkable T20I record – 682 runs from 16 matches, with an average of 48.71 and a strike rate of 146.66,…
12:59 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Peter Handscomb has completed a move to the Hobart Hurricanes for the BBL, after he was not offered a new deal with the Melbourne Stars following nine seasons with the club, in what could be one of the higher profile moves ahead of the new season. In 51 matches for the Stars, who he has played for since the BBL launched, Handscomb scored 834 runs…