Month: October 2020

9:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Mumbai Indians are the first team to seal a playoff berth but the pressure is on the Delhi Capitals now who are coming on the back of three straight losses, slipping from top spot to third on the points table. A win in this match will give the Capitals a spot in the playoffs but a loss here and in their final group match…

Oct 26, 2020 Karthik Krishnaswamy Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 51st game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals and the Mumbai Indians, in Dubai. The likes of Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Marcus Stoinis, R Ashwin will take on the likes of Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and others Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians ball-by-ball commentary If the blog doesn’t load for you,…

2:14 PM IST Alex Malcolm Tasmania 5 for 273 (McDermott 83*, Wade 83) trail Western Australia 302 by 29 runs Captain Matthew Wade and Ben McDermott produced a classy century stand to help Tasmania close in a first innings lead against Western Australia. Wade made 83 in his first match of the season after being rested from the opening two Shield rounds to spend time with his family following Australia’s…

1:58 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 7 for 269 (Abbott 66, Nevill 54*, Swepson 4-92) trail Queensland 298 (Labuschagne 117, Starc 4-76) by 29 runs Late wickets for Mitchell Swepson kept the contest between Queensland and New South Wales very even after a century stand between Peter Nevill and Sean Abbott had threatened to take control. Swepson collected four wickets overall, the pick of them a beautiful leg-break…

Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski celebrated centuries during an enormous opening partnership  10:41 AM IST Alex Malcolm Tea Victoria 0 for 233 (Pucovski 112*, Harris 111*) lead South Australia 200 (Hunt 50, Sutherland 3-26) by 33 runs Victoria opening pair Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski each sent a reminder to Australia’s Test selectors with centuries during a double-century opening stand that gave the visitors the first innings lead against a…

5:06 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sydney Thunder 6 for 190 (Knight 83) beat Adelaide Strikers 8 for 132 (Bates 3-26) by 58 runs A club record partnership of 122 between Heather Knight and Rachael Haynes formed the backbone of a convincing Sydney Thunder victory as they overpowered the Adelaide Strikers. The stand between Knight and Haynes was the Thunder’s highest for any wicket in the WBBL and Knight’s 83, which…

2:38 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Sydney Thunder have signed New Zealand quick Adam Milne to bolster their pace attack ahead of the BBL. Thunder coach Shane Bond has worked closely with the injury-plagued Milne and was delighted to add him to an attack already featuring Daniel Sams, Chris Tremain, Brendan Doggett, and Ben Cutting. Milne has been released from his Central Districts contract with the blessing of the organisation in…

11:47 PM IST Vishal Dikshit Rajasthan Royals 186 for 3 (Stokes 50, Samson 48) beat Kings XI Punjab 185 for 4 (Gayle 99, Rahul 46, Archer 2-26, Stokes 2-32) by seven wickets A breath-taking half-century from Ben Stokes and a perfectly-paced 48 from Sanju Samson trumped a belligerent 99 from Chris Gayle to keep the Rajasthan Royals alive in the playoff race with a seven-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab…