4:47 AM GMT Dean Jones was privately farewelled by his family with a lap of honour of an empty MCG on Saturday, as the ground’s public address system played tunes by Elton John and INXS, musicians the former Australian batsman had counted among his many friends. In a memorial service limited to just 10 attendees by Victoria’s ongoing coronavirus lockdown, Jones was remembered by those closest to him, before his…
2:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England pair Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont have joined the Sydney Thunder for the WBBL while West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor returns to the Adelaide Strikers. The confirmation of the three overseas signings completes the squads for the Thunder and Strikers ahead of the tournament which will be played entirely in a Sydney hub from October 25. Both Knight and Beaumont have extensive experience in…
6:50 PM GMT Northern’s dominance in the tournament shows no signs of ending, with Shadab Khan‘s side beating Balochistan by seven wickets; they have now beaten all five opponents in as many games. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, meanwhile, are hot on their heels, edging out Sindh to claim their fourth win in five. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Central Punjab by 29 runs Fakhar Zaman‘s form in the tournament continued, the Pakistan left-hander’s second…
Suryakumar Yadav’s 79* included 37 runs in the ‘V’ behind the stumps © BCCI Mumbai Indians193 for 4 (Yadav 79*, Sharma 35, Gopal 2-28) beat Rajasthan Royals 136 (Butter 70, Archer 24, Bumrah 4-20, Pattinson 2-19) by 57 runs An inventive 79 not out off 47 balls from Suryakumar Yadav – his highest score in the IPL – carried the Mumbai Indians to 193 for 4, setting up their fourth…
2:05 PM GMT The BCB has announced a one-day competition between three teams – to be led by Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah and Najmul Hossain Shanto – between October 11 and 23 to build up towards the return of domestic cricket in Bangladesh. The three teams will play each other twice in the league stage, with the top-two teams meeting in the final. All players, support staffers, match officials and others…
1:48 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Abu Dhabi Pro Tip: The consistent Faf du Plessis and the big-hitting Andre Russell could prove to be the difference for their respective sides. Our XI: Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Shane Watson, Eoin Morgan, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Pat Cummins Substitutes: MS Dhoni, Nitish Rana, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja…
6:45 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Big picture Their batting looked short of power and inspiration through their first four matches of the season, but something clicked into place for the Chennai Super Kings against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday. Yes, nothing masks problems like a 181-run opening stand, but that wasn’t the only encouragement the Super Kings took out of that game. With Ambati Rayudu and Dwayne Bravo back from…
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah celebrate Mumbai Indians’ win over Kings XI Punjab 1:21 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Second-placed Mumbai Indians have been a bit up and down, but they have earned successive wins following a Super Over defeat against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Their batsmen have accumulated more than 190 in the last four matches, and all three of their wins have come by a margin of more than…
The Australia vs India Test series will take place in December-January, Covid-19 permitting © Cricket Australia via Getty Images The four-Test series between Australia and India later this year is set to start with a day-night Test in Adelaide. The long tour (more than two months) is likely to begin with the white-ball games – three ODIs in Brisbane followed by three T20Is in Adelaide – and then the first…
12:53 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 20th IPL 2020 match, between the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, in Abu Dhabi. We have the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock and Jasprit Bumrah taking on the likes of Steven Smith, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran and…