Month: September 2020

6:55 PM GMT Essex have admitted “further work needs to be done” on their approach to diversity after photographs of their celebrations at Lord’s appeared to show a Muslim player being showered with alcohol. Essex lifted the Bob Willis Trophy on Sunday, triggering scenes of jubilation on the balcony of their dressing room at Lord’s. Amid the photographs of those moments, Feroze Khushi, a 21-year-old batsman who played several games…

10:24 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England win toss, bat vs West Indies England won the toss and elected to bat first in the penultimate match of the five-game series against West Indies at Derby’s Incora County Ground. England hold an unassailable 3-0 lead, having won their first two encounters, both by 47 runs, although West Indies may be boosted by the…

3:26 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Abu Dhabi Pro TipPick a mix of top- and middle-order batsmen but also keep in mind Kagiso Rabada’s wicket-taking ability. Our XI: Jonny Bairstow, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed Substitutes: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Amit Mishra NOTE: We might not always be able…

1:50 PM GMT South Africa’s Mzansi Super League (MSL), the flagship T20 tournament in the country in 2018 and 2019, will not take place this year. CSA said in a statement on Monday that “various national and international logistical reasons caused by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic” have forced the postponement of the tournament by a year. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on a visit to the Sharjah cricket stadium ahead of IPL 2020  1:16 PM GMT BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has said that the Indian board will do everything it can to ensure that the series against England between January and March next year is held in India and the domestic competitions kick off at some stage despite the “fluid” Covid-19 situation. The “priority is to make…

1:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rohit Sharma‘s Mumbai Indians brushed off their opening-day defeat against the Chennai Super Kings, and piled up 195 against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match. Jasprit Bumrah, James Pattinson and Trent Boult then executed their plans well to sound a warning to the other sides. Virat Kohli‘s Royal Challengers Bangalore, aided by the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s iffy middle order, pulled off a great escape…

6:27 PM IST Hemant Brar Big picture Even before the start of IPL 2020, it seemed the lack of experience in the middle order could be a headache for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Two games into the season, things are not looking any rosier with the team still searching for their first points. It doesn’t help that their opponents on Tuesday would be the Delhi Capitals, who have one of the…

12:55 PM GMT The BCB has given a green signal to restart domestic cricket for the first time in six months in Bangladesh. Board president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday they are considering an introductory tournament before completing the unfinished 2019-20 Dhaka Premier League (DPL) season and holding the rest of the 2020-21 domestic competitions. The update came during the same press briefing in which Hassan announced the postponement of…

12:43 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the tenth IPL 2020 match, between the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. We’ll be seeing the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers locking horns. Buckle up! If the blog doesn’t load for you, please refresh your page or click here. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka is set to be the first series for both teams since world cricket went into pandemic-induced hiatus  10:13 AM GMT Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka has been postponed yet again following a stalemate between the BCB and the SLC over quarantine requirements, with weeks of negotiation failing to yield an agreement between the two boards. The length of the quarantine, which the Sri Lankan health…