Month: October 2020

6:41 PM GMT Danyal Rasool The day saw two matches of contrasting excitement, with Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa trouncing Sindh by eight wickets thanks to another five-wicket haul from Shaheen Afridi, while an Imam-ul-Haq inspired Balochistan beat Central Punjab in a low-scoring thriller Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Sindh by 8 wickets Shaheen Afridi‘s second five-wicket haul of the tournament inspired Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to their third win in four matches, beating Sindh by eight…

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Devdutt Padikkal, 2.6 ov), 2-27 (Aaron Finch, 3.6 ov), 3-43 (AB de Villiers, 5.5 ov), 4-75 (Moeen Ali, 11.6 ov), 5-94 (Virat Kohli, 13.3 ov), 6-115 (Washington Sundar, 15.6 ov), 7-118 (Shivam Dube, 17.1 ov), 8-119 (Isuru Udana, 17.3 ov), 9-127 (Mohammed Siraj, 18.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

4:51 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A potential controversy was avoided at IPL 2020 when Delhi Capitals spinner R Ashwin warned Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Aaron Finch for straying out of the crease at the non-striker’s end but didn’t take the chance to run him out for the same. While bowling the third over of the Royal Challengers chase in Dubai, the bowler stopped short of delivering what would have been…

3:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rob Lynch, the interim chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis, following the abrupt departure of his predecessor, Tony Irish, earlier in the year. Lynch, 38, has previously served as chief operating officer at Middlesex, and represented New Zealand at the Under-19 World Cup in 2000 during a brief playing career with Auckland, before retiring…

1:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff There is concern over Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s participation in the rest of this IPL after the Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler sat out Sunday’s match against Mumbai Indians. He had limped off the field, clutching his hip, in the middle of his last over in the previous match, against Chennai Super Kings. Sunrisers have already lost Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh, who was ruled out in the first…

1:11 PM GMT Alagappan Muthu Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 19th IPL 2020 match, between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Dubai. We have the likes of Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Prithvi Shaw and Kagiso Rabada taking on the likes of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Aaron Finch and Yuzvendra Chahal. You can also follow ball-by-ball commentary of the game here. If the blog doesn’t…

1:00 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Far from their long winless beginning last year, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have won three out of four matches to begin with. Virat Kohli finally got back among the runs with an unbeaten 72 against the Rajasthan Royals, while Yuzvendra Chahal continued his fine form this season. They will be feeling settled after their eight-wicket win in the last game where they ticked most boxes,…

6:19 PM IST Sreshth Shah Big picture The fortunes of the Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals have gone in opposite directions this past week. While defending champions Mumbai are searching for their third win in a row, the Royals are looking to avoid a third straight defeat. But Mumbai are a team the Royals love facing; they’ve won each of their last four matches against the four-time champions. But…

India have made it to the semi-finals without losing a single match in the Women’s T20 World Cup  12:17 PM GMT India women are likely to tour Sri Lanka for eight limited-overs matches, starting late November, but substantial logistical hurdles must be surmounted before the fixtures can be confirmed. A Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that the boards were in talks over the tour, comprising five ODIs…