5:08 PM IST Debayan Sen Big picture Four days can be a long time in franchise cricket. The Delhi Capitals came away with a convincing 46-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals on October 9, which was then the fourth successive defeat for Steven Smith’s men in the league. The road has been a little uphill for the Capitals since. They lost Rishabh Pant to a hamstring injury, and swapping Alex…
Jason Kerr and Jack Brooks in an end-of-play virtual press conference at Taunton 11:38 AM GMT The coverage of county cricket looks set to be hit as a result of cost-cutting at the ECB. Over recent seasons, the ECB has paid for journalists at each of the first-class counties to produce agency-style, impartial reports which are then provided free-of-charge to other media outlets. The system, named the Reporters Network, was…
Cameron Gannon took five wickets in the match on his Western Australia debut © Getty Images Western Australia 5 for 481 dec (Inglis 153*, Agar 114*, Pope 5-164) and 2 for 215 dec (Marsh 110*, Bancroft 71) beat South Australia 314 (Weatherald 105, Agar 5-103) and 177 (Head 54) by 205 runs Western Australia closed out a resounding victory over South Australia with 57 balls to spare on the final…
12:43 PM IST Queensland 529 (Labuschagne 167, Neser 121) beat Tasmania 250 (McDermott 74, Neser 5-32) and 220 (Silk 51, Swepson 4-66) by an innings and 59 runs Tasmania hung on until well inside the final hour, but legspinner Mitchell Swepson proved the matchwinner for Queensland – with a little help from fellow wristspinner Marnus Labuschagne – as they secured an innings-and-59-run victory with less than six overs to spare…
3:14 AM GMT Ian Healy has confirmed he is considering a move to the Cricket Australia board in place of Michael Kasprowicz, regarding himself the most “dispensable” Queensland Cricket board member to take up a critical post with the national governing body. As part of his job on morning radio in Brisbane for SEN, Healy said that he had been approached to be Queensland’s nominee to be one of nine…
8:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli feels the way the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers have turned the games around in IPL 2020 has been “a special addition to the way we have played our cricket”. On Monday, after an AB de Villiers‘ special powered the Royal Challengers to 194 for 2, their bowlers restricted the Kolkata Knight Riders to a mere 112 for 9 on a difficult Sharjah pitch…
6:38 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Today’s action saw the two most lopsided matches of the tournament. Southern Punjab slumped to the heaviest defeat of the competition, while another Babar Azam masterclass saw Central Punjab cruise past Balochistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Southern Punjab by 73 runs Southern Punjab are on the blink of elimination after a crushing 73-run defeat at the hands of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who have sealed their spot in…
11:49 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Royal Challengers Bangalore 194 for 2 (de Villiers 73*, Finch 47, Kohli 33*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 112 for 9 (Gill 34, Morris 2-17, Sundar 2-20) by 82 runs AB de Villiers scored 73 off 33 balls, at a strike rate of 221.21. Everyone else who batted – a list including Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell – combined to…
4:56 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Babar Azam has experienced plenty in what is still a fledgling career, but there’s still a milestone he’s eagerly awaiting to tick off when Zimbabwe visit later this month for a limited-overs series. Despite being appointed captain of the national side in all three formats over a year ago, the 25-year old is yet to lead his side out in ODI cricket. Plenty has changed…
A bout of food poisoning kept Gayle out of the game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad 4:51 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Having made a “full recovery” from his stomach bug, Chris Gayle is likely to be available for the Kings XI Punjab’s next game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, the franchise posted on their website. Gayle, who is yet to feature in IPL 2020, was unavailable for the Kings…