Month: October 2020

Another report will result in Sunil Narine being suspended from bowling in IPL 2020  9:47 AM GMT Kolkata Knight Riders have expressed “surprise” about their premier offspinner Sunil Narine being reported for https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30085957/kxip-vs-kkr-ipl-2020-sunil-narine-reported-suspect-action-again-placed-warning-list suspect action in the match against Kings XI Punjab on October 10. Narine was placed on a “warning list” by the IPL, which said the offspinner would be “suspended” in case he were to be reported again…

9:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ellyse Perry is confident she will be fit for the start of the upcoming sixth edition of the WBBL, after missing the series against New Zealand to continue her recovery from the hamstring injury sustained at the T20 World Cup in March, and is determined to play a full part with the ball. Perry suffered a small tweak to her hamstring in training before the…

8:36 AM GMT Sidharth Monga Delhi Capitals dealt with injuries to two key players – R Ashwin and Amit Mishra – in the first half of the tournament pretty efficiently but the third one seems to have left them, well, hamstrung. Rishabh Pant, who possibly injured his hamstring during their sixth game, didn’t make it to their seventh, against Mumbai Indians, and his captain Shreyas Iyer later said the doctor…

12:43 PM IST Tasmania 250 and 3 for 86 trail Queensland 529 (Labuschagne 167, Neser 121, Peirson 62, Street 54) by 193 runs Whether Michael Neser ever earns the Test cap that he surely deserves will probably be less about what he does and more about whether injuries or loss of form afflict those ahead of him. However, he can’t do much more than the last three days against Tasmania,…

All-round double: Ashton Agar and Michael Neser both scored centuries and took five-wicket hauls  5:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Within the space of about an hour on adjacent grounds in Adelaide, Michael Neser and Ashton Agar completed a feat that had not been achieved in the Sheffield Shield for 10 years by scoring a century and taking five-wickets in an innings during the same match. Neser, the Queensland seam-bowling allrounder,…

What’s behind the success of Anrich Nortje and James Pattinson? (3:57) What makes these two click – Ajit Agarkar and Deep Dasgupta explore (3:57) 1:14 AM GMT While the Australian domestic season comes to life in Adelaide a group of players continue to ply their trade at the IPL in the UAE. It’s been a mixed week as the points table starts to take a bit of a divide between…

11:57 PM GMT Alistair Nicholson has quit his post as chief executive of the Australian Cricketers Association after an eventful tenure that began with the death of Phillip Hughes, rode out a spiteful MoU negotiation with Cricket Australia and the subsequent Newlands scandal, then ended with the game’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ACA, led by the duo of its chairman Greg Dyer and president Shane Watson, will now…

Tom Moody: ‘Unusual’ that Delhi Capitals don’t have a backup Indian wicketkeeper in their squad (4:09) Sanjay Manjrekar and Tom Moody assess Delhi Capitals’ team changes for their match against Mumbai Indians (4:09) 6:41 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rishabh Pant will miss a week of IPL 2020 because of the hamstring injury he picked up during the Delhi Capitals’ game against the Rajasthan Royals on October 9. “I spoke to…

11:31 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Mumbai Indians 166 for 5 (de Kock 53, Yadav 53, Rabada 2-28) beat Delhi Capitals 162 for 4 (Dhawan 69*, Iyer 42, Krunal Pandya 2-26) by five wickets A top of the table clash that promised much had its share of thrills, but ended with the Mumbai Indians riding on an excellent bowling performance and proactive…