Month: October 2020

3:04 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia opener Jake Weatherald has withdrawn from Friday’s Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria for mental health reasons. Weatherald opened the season with a century against Western Australia, but SACA Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager John Porter revealed that Weatherald spoke with the SACA medical team about his mental health following the draw with Tasmania last week. It was decided that he should time…

Oct 27, 2020 Grant Bradburn, the head of high performance coaching in Pakistan wants to see a significant shift in redeveloping approaches for players growing up, emphasising the need for a team-centric approach than a player-centric approach. He was speaking to media on a day he structured a programme for coaches in the country to mentor players, and ingrain a culture that prioritised match-winning performances over those that only served…

2:13 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Victoria opener Marcus Harris is hopeful a set-up adjustment he has made with new state coach Chris Rogers will help propel him back into Test calculations. Harris hasn’t played Test cricket since the 2019 Ashes where he made just 58 runs in six innings. Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer dismissed Harris five times between them, all from around the wicket and all where he was…

11:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The schedule for India’s tour to Australia has been confirmed with Adelaide to host a day-night Test as part of the four-match series that is also set to take in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane following three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs will be played on November 27, 29 and December 2 with the T20Is on December 4, 6 and 8. The first Test in…

6:06 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit Here’s a short and straightforward guide on bowling in the death (and Super) overs from one of the best in the business, Jasprit Bumrah: Break the situation down into what your team wants from you in that over, assess the pitch and conditions, evaluate the match situation, check the boundary distance on all sides, especially square, and then choose the deliveries from the options available….

11:10 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Sunrisers Hyderabad 219 for 2 (Saha 87, Warner 66) beat Delhi Capitals 131 (Pant 36, Rashid 3-7) by 88 runs The Sunrisers Hyderabad came into this game having to win everything to stand even the slimmest chance of qualifying for the playoffs. One wrong move could have ended their entire campaign right here, right now. That is a lot of pressure. And yet, they reveled…

Saleem Malik has been trying to move on from the match-fixing ban that tarnished his career  2:40 PM GMT Saleem Malik‘s bid to get a clean chit for his credibility was frustrated once more, with the independent adjudicator, Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan terming the process by which Malik was trying to obtain an NOC for his integrity as “unnatural”. He said Malik did not need a character certificate from the PCB,…

1:58 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Marchant de Lange, the former South Africa fast bowler, has left Glamorgan to join Somerset as an overseas player on a two-year contract. De Lange, who recently turned 30, had spent four seasons at Glamorgan as a UK-registered player, thanks to a spousal visa. However, that arrangement will no longer stand post-Brexit, and his contract was terminated by mutual consent. However, he remains capable of…

1:46 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Abu Dhabi Pro Tip: AB de Villiers has a good record against the Mumbai Indians, while Suryakumar Yadav has done well in Abu Dhabi. Our XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal Substitutes: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya…

1:05 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 47th game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad. The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin will take on the likes of David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Manish Pandey, and others in Dubai. Delhi Capitals vs…