Marcus Stoinis ended the series at No. 3 10:16 AM IST At the third time of asking in a tight chase, Australia’s middle order got them across the line. After making a mess of things in Port Elizabeth back in February and the opening match of this series they threatened a repeat as Adil Rashid spun them round corners, but Mitchell Marsh overcame a jittery start to see them home….
10:08 AM IST Shashank Kishore Virat Kohli thinks this is the most balanced Royal Challengers Bangalore set-up since 2016, both in terms of personnel and the support group. The Royal Challengers had finished runners-up to the Sunrisers Hyderabad that season, and haven’t come close to the play-offs since. Having finished with the wooden spoon in two of the last three IPL editions, they overhauled their support staff group entirely, while…
Sep 8, 2020 Danyal Rasool St Lucia Zouks 56 for 0 (Cornwall 32*) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 55 (Deyal 2-2, Zahir 2-12, Kuggeleijn 2-12) by 10 wickets The Guyana Amazon Warriors may have picked up momentum with three straight wins to storm into the semifinals, but they came unstuck in staggering fashion against the St Lucia Zouks in the contest that really counted. Put in to bat by Daren Sammy,…
12:43 AM IST Paul Edwards Lancashire 219 and 312 for 6 (Davies 86, Jennings 81, Balderson 56*; Critchley 4-126 ) lead Derbyshire 195 (Hosein 84, Lamb 4-60, Balderson 3-63) by 336 runs Barring a second epic run-chase in six weeks and a change of mind by the ECB, Derbyshire will not win the Bob Willis Trophy, but the next know-nowt pundit who patronisingly groups them among the “smaller” counties should…
11:48 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 203 (Root 51*) and 9 for 0 need 322 to beat Warwickshire 186 (Bell 50) and 347 for 7 dec (Bell 90, Mousley 71, Hain 65) The third day of Warwickshire’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Glamorgan at Cardiff will be remembered as the day when Ian Bell left the batting crease for the final time at the end of an illustrious 20-year…
11:26 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Durham 294 (Harte 72, Poynter 50, Chappell 4-92) and 131 for 2 lead Nottinghamshire 422 (Duckett 150, Clarke 133, Rushworth 7-108) by three runs Despite centuries from Ben Duckett and Joe Clarke, Nottinghamshire still have work to do if they are to end county cricket’s most unwanted record. Without a first-class victory since June 2018, Notts will go into the final day of their…
11:14 PM IST Worcestershire 200 (Libby 58) and x for x need another xx to beat Somerset 251 (Abell 59) and 193 (Lammonby 107*, Barnard 4-25) Tom Lammonby‘s unbeaten century has given Somerset an excellent chance of making the final of the Bob Willis Trophy. Lammonby, a 20-year-old who made his first-class debut in August, became the youngest man in Somerset’s first-class history* to carry his bat in making 107…
11:05 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Sussex 415 (Haines 117, Moriarty 5-154) and 109 for 9 (Moriarty 6-60, Virdi 3-31) lead Surrey 388 (Burns 103, Jacks 84*, Overton 55, Borthwick 50) by 136 runs Spinners Dan Moriarty and Amar Virdi put the skids under Sussex’s second innings at the Kia Oval to reduce them to 109 for 9 in a frenetic final session of the day and bowl Surrey dramatically…
11:01 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 124 (Coad 5-18) and 78 for 5 (Thompson 3-13) trail Yorkshire 252 (Tattersall 71, Thompson 62, Brook 53) by 50 runs Yorkshire are closing in on a resounding Bob Willis Trophy victory over Leicestershire at Emerald Headingley, but it will not be enough for them to reach the Lord’s final later this month. The White Rose county’s fate was sealed just before tea…
10:36 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Trinbago Knight Riders 111 for 1 (Simmons 54*, Webster 44*) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 107 for 7 (Bonner 41, Powell 33, Hosein 3-14, Pierre 2-29) by nine wickets On the back of a domineering performance with both bat and ball in the fist CPL 2020 semi-final, Trinbago Knight Riders sealed a spot in the final for the fourth time after demolishing Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets…