1:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Chennai Super Kings have nothing to lose with just two games remaining. Having been already eliminated, MS Dhoni wouldn’t mind resting some regular names and giving a chance to some others like Mitchell Santner. A win won’t be of help to them, but it can well spoil the party of those above the Super Kings in the points table. Unlike their opponents today, the…
12:23 PM GMT On the field, at least, Jofra Archer appears to be having the time of his life right now. His already astronomical profile has soared yet further thanks to a series of outstanding displays with ball, and bat as well, for Rajasthan Royals, for whom he has been the stand-out competitor in this year’s IPL, with his haul of 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.71, including…
Katie Levick, Hollie Armitage, Adil Rashid and David Willey will play for the Northern Superchargers in the Hundred 12:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Northern Superchargers have retained Katie Levick, Adil Rashid, David Willey ahead of the Hundred’s belated launch in 2021, while England academy batting allrounder Hollie Armitage has become the first player to move teams in the women’s competition. The eight men’s teams in the ECB’s new 100-ball competition…
9:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Melbourne Renegades have boosted their overseas contingent for the upcoming BBL season with the signings of two wristspinners in Imran Tahir and the Afghanistan left-armer Noor Ahmad. Tahir will only be available post-Christmas, and Ahmad is expected to fill in for him until then. The signings fall on extreme ends of the age spectrum. The South African Tahir, who retired from international cricket following…
9:18 AM GMT Australia’s selectors will consider resting David Warner, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood ahead of the Tests against India and they appear likely to enter that series without a first-class match under their belts as the management try to strike a balance between game time and the well-being of players moving from one bubble to another. Those four players have been included in Australia’s 18-man squad…
Cricket Australia’s position is far from as dire as once predicted, but huge challenges remain 7:10 AM GMT If the message about multi-year cycles, expected revenue dips and the need to smooth out cricket’s funding in Australia to cater for year-on-year fluctuations was more or less the same, the difference of medium provided a stark reminder of the new world into which cricket boards must now operate. Cricket Australia’s AGM…
4:15 AM GMT Alex Malcolm The sky is the limit for Australian cricket’s rising star Cameron Green, according to former Australia Under-19 coach and current Victoria coach Chris Rogers. Green, 21, was named in Australia’s 18-man white-ball squad to face India on the back of a stunning 12 months in Sheffield Shield cricket, where he’s scored 929 runs at 84.45 in nine games including four centuries, although he hasn’t played…
2:44 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kyle Jamieson‘s impressive start to the New Zealand season continued as he claimed a hat-trick on the second day of the Plunket Shield match against Central Districts. Jamieson, who took match figures of 8 for 45 in the opening round against Otago, removed Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver and Brad Schmulian for his hat-trick in the 27th over. He finished with figures of 5 for 41….
With two league games each left in IPL 2020, it’s still all up for grabs for everyone but CSK © BCCI With only two matches left for each team in the league stage of IPL 2020, there is still plenty of uncertainty over which four teams will make the playoffs. The Mumbai Indians are all but through, which leaves six teams – only the Chennai Super Kings are out of…
1:01 AM GMT Cameron Green‘s prodigious young talent has been recognised with selection in Australia’s 18-man white ball squad for ODIs and T20Is against India, while the seasoned New South Wales allrounder Moises Henriques has also been included as Mitchell Marsh continues his recovery from an ankle injury. In a week when the former selector Greg Chappell implored the current panel to choose Green after he maintained a seriously impressive…