Month: October 2020

1:27 AM GMT Australian team management have reached out to the former Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes to speak to them about the nation’s history of racial discrimination and the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement, as they ponder how to engage with the issue after declining to take a knee during their limited-overs tour of England. The Australia head coach Justin Langer, having previously admitted that the team…

After five runs in his first three innings, Ruturaj Gaikwad now has successive fifties  8:31 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff For Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2020 has been a season of what-ifs. And the latest of those questions seemingly is: would their season have been any different had Ruturaj Gaikwad played more than just the five matches he has so far? Following Gaikwad’s second match-winning fifty in a row, MS Dhoni…

11:49 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Chennai Super Kings 178 for 4 (Gaikwad 72, Rayudu 38, Jadeja 31*, Chakravarthy 2-20, Cummins 2-31) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 172 for 5 (Rana 87, Gill 26, Ngidi 2-34) by six wickets A twisting and turning contest between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings came down to Ravindra Jadeja facing down Kamlesh Nagarkoti…

5:25 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Maia Bouchier, the Southern Vipers allrounder, has been suspended from bowling in ECB competitions following an independent assessment of her bowling action conducted at Loughborough University. Bouchier, 21, played a key role in Vipers’ winning campaign in this summer’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She scored 183 runs at 30.50 in her seven matches, including an unbeaten half-century against Western Storm, while her solitary wicket was…

2:28 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, Abu Dhabi Pro tip:It’s hard to look past KL Rahul but take a chance on Sanju Samson as he shown promise in the last couple of games. Our XI: KL Rahul (capt), Jos Buttler(wk), Nicholas Pooran, Sanju Samson (vc), Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Shreyas GopalSubstitutes: Steven Smith, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tewatia,…

Bangladesh High Performance coach Toby Radford was the West Indies batting coach in 2018  1:52 PM GMT Two years ago in the West Indies, Toby Radford witnessed two contrasting sides of the Bangladesh team. That first-hand experience has, in turn, convinced him that his first focus as the BCB’s High Performance (HP) head coach has to be strengthening the batsmen’s techniques against good fast bowling. Bangladesh were bowled out for…