3:09 PM GMT Northern beat Southern Punjab by five runs Haris Rauf‘s four-wicket burst cut a swathe though the Southern Punjab batting, as Northern recorded their sixth win in seven games to ensure a spot in the semi-final of the National T20 Cup. For Southern Punjab, it was a tale of two extremes inside three days. They had pulled off a remarkable 217-run chase for a two-wicket win over Sindh…
7:35 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Rajasthan Royals 163 for 5 (Tewatia 45*, Parag 42*, Rashid 2-25) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 158 for 4 (Pandey 54, Warner 48, Archer 1-25) by five wickets Out. Of. Nowhere. The Rajasthan Royals are making a habit of winning un-winnable games this IPL. Rahul Tewatia was their hero in shiny pink armour last time and he was at it again, with two daring reverse sweeps off…
12:59 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sharjah Pro Tip: Make sure you pick the big-hitters from both sides Our XI: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, AB de Villiers, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Chris Morris, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Navdeep Saini Substitutes: Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about…
12:42 PM GMT Karthik Krishnaswamy Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 27th game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals and the Mumbai Indians, in Abu Dhabi. This time the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, R Ashwin and Marcus Stoinis will take on the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard. You can also follow ball-by-ball commentary of the game…
The upcoming tour will be the second by Zimbabwe to Pakistan in the last five years © AFP The PCB has decided to hand the hosting rights of the Zimbabwe ODIs to Rawalpindi, and of the T20Is to Lahore. Only two days ago the PCB had replaced Multan with Lahore as one of the venues of the tour, before announcing the final schedule on Sunday. The dates of the matches…
5:46 PM IST Sreshth Shah Big picture Two teams on an upward surge meet on Monday when Virat Kohli‘s Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Dinesh Karthik‘s Kolkata Knight Riders, with both men hitting half-centuries in their respective last outings. Kohli has returned to form after a slow start to IPL 2020, with an unbeaten 90 against the Chennai Super Kings. That has helped the Royal Challengers stay inside the top…
9:08 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 26th game of IPL 2020, between the Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai. Get ready for the likes of Steven Smith, Jofra Archer, Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler taking on the likes of David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan. You…
Oct 10, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Justin Langer may want to tune in to the IPL – if he hasn’t already – to see how Steven Smith and David Warner go. Both have blown hot and blown cold so far, but Warner’s form seems to be coming back after two back-to-back half-centuries. These have mirrored the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s swing in fortunes as they look to make their way up the mid-table,…
Sophie Ecclestone celebrates with her team-mates © BCCI Overseas players from seven countries will feature in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge, scheduled to be held in the UAE from November 4-9. However, Australian players will not be a part of the tournament, understandably, as it clashes with the Women’s Big Bash League that begins in Sydney on October 25. Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj will once again lead…
Ashton Agar and Josh Inglis scored unbeaten hundreds in an unbroken stand of 266 1:40 PM IST South Australia 1 for 178 (Weatherald 104*, Hunt 57) trail West Australia 5 for 481 dec (Inglis 153*, Agar 114*, Pope 5-164) by 303 runs It wasn’t a day to be a bowler at Karen Rolton Oval as 349 runs were scored with just one wicket falling. Ashton Agar and Josh Inglis both…