12:15 PM GMT Another week of action in the IPL has flown by, with England’s contingent once again in the thick of things. Here’s a rundown on how they have fared to date. Click here for last week’s update. Archer in silken form, but little to show for it Rajasthan’s hot form from the first week of the tournament has somewhat frittered away, but there’s not much more that Jofra…
Amit Mishra dismissed David Warner to boost the Delhi Capitals © BCCI India legspinner Amit Mishra has been ruled out of the IPL with a finger injury, dealing a significant blow to the Delhi Capitals. Mishra sustained a flexor tendon injury to the ring finger of his bowling hand while attempting a return catch in the Capitals’ last match against the Kolkata Knight Riders on October 3. Mishra was the…
9:59 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 It was the defining image of Nottinghamshire’s 2019 season. They had been cruising at 100 for 1 in the 14th over chasing 148 in their T20 Blast semi-final against Worcestershire, with Alex Hales and Ben Duckett set and stable, but frenetic batting and regular wickets left one needed off the last ball…
9:12 AM GMT Warwickshire have signed left-arm spinner Danny Briggs on a three-year deal. Briggs, the highest wicket-taker in the history of England’s domestic T20 competition, has been limited to a role as a white-ball bowler at Sussex in recent times but hopes to feature in all formats of the game for Warwickshire. Although Briggs has not played a first-class game since June 2019, he previously became the youngest English…
12:44 PM IST Australia 6 for 255 (Lanning 101*, Haynes 82, Kerr 3-47) beat New Zealand 9 for 252 (Devine 79, Satterthwaite 69, Jonassen 4-36) by four wickets Meg Lanning produced another chasing masterclass, bringing up her 14th ODI century with the winning boundary, as Australia extended their hold on the Rose Bowl to 21 years. Their four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the 2nd ODI also gave them a…
What ails Glenn Maxwell at the IPL? (2:36) Tom Moody and Gautam Gambhir try to answer the question (2:36) 3:56 AM GMT Team-mate battles There were a couple of full-throttle head-to-heads between Australia (and state) colleagues this week. First of all limited-overs captain Aaron Finch went up against James Pattinson when Royal Challengers Bangalore played the Mumbai Indians. Finch’s final tally of 52 off 35 doesn’t quite tell the story…
2:41 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Nottinghamshire 129 for 4 (Duckett 53*) beat Surrey 127 for 7 (Roy 66, Christian 4-23) by six wickets Nottinghamshire confirmed their status as the dominant force in English T20 cricket, sealing a second Blast title in four seasons by chasing down 128 with 16 balls to spare in a 16-over final against…
7:38 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Beaten T20 Blast semi-finalists Gloucestershire and Lancashire held their hands up and offered no excuses after 11-over defeats, refusing to blame conditions for their exits and instead accepting that they were beaten by better teams. Both sides were defeated convincingly batting first after a day and a half of persistent rain in…
6:50 PM GMT Danyal Rasool In a high-scoring game, South Punjab were undone by Balochistan to fall to their fourth straight loss, while Northern made it four wins in four thanks to a half-century from Zeeshan Malik. Balochistan beat Southern Punjab by 7 wickets Southern Punjab’s winless run at the National T20 Cup continued, with Shan Masood’s side falling to a 16-run defeat against Balochistan. In a high-scoring contest, Balochistan…
12:13 AM IST Paul Edwards Nottinghamshire95 for 5 (Christian 30, Hales 29) beat Lancashire 94 for 4 (Croft 33) by 16 runs Given the timings and length of games on what became Finals Half-Day, two teams were bound to be leaving Edgbaston around Sunday evening wondering why they had waited around for a day and a half. In the first semi-final it was Gloucestershire; in the second it was Lancashire…