8:05 PM IST Madushka Balasuriya Dambulla Viiking 195 for 4 (Shanaka 73, Patel 58, Gunaratne 2-20) beat Kandy Tuskers 84 for 3 (Mendis 34, Ali 1-13) by four runs (DLS method) How the game played out The Kandy Tuskers suffered their second-straight narrow defeat as the Dambulla Viiking eked out a four-run victory (DLS method) after rain brought play to an abrupt close in Sooriyawewa. Set a target of 196,…
1:38 PM GMT Sydney Thunder quick Shabnim Ismail went to bed on Saturday night plotting how she would dismiss Australia captain Meg Lanning in the WBBL final. For a brief moment it looked like it could become a nightmare, but very soon the dream came true. Overall, Ismail produced a blistering four-over spell off the reel to spearhead the Thunder’s title victory, but it was her seven-ball contest with Lanning…
Play 09:56 Steven Smith and Virat Kohli should be your top picks Nov 29: Australia vs India, 2nd ODI, Sydney Pro Tip: Since the game is happening at the same venue as the first ODI, we can expect a similar trend – team batting first having an advantage, top three batters scoring majority of runs and spinners getting wickets, especially while defending scores. Our XI: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank…
4:32 PM IST Sydney Thunder 3 for 87 beat Melbourne Stars 9 for 86 (Johnson 2-11, Ismail 2-12) by seven wickets A searing opening spell from Shabnim Ismail and menacing seam by Sammy-Jo Johnson set up the Sydney Thunder for title glory in overwhelming fashion against the tournament pace-setters Melbourne Stars who crumbled for the lowest total in a WBBL final. Ismail, named Player of the Match, took 2 for…
10:39 AM GMT Gazi Group Chattogram (Liton 53*, Soumya 26) beat Gemcon Khulna 86 (Kayes 21, Mustafizur 4-5, Nahidul 2-15) by nine wickets Gazi Group Chattogram bowled out a side for a double-digit total for the second game in a row in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, trouncing Gemcon Khulna by nine wickets and reaching their 87-run target in just 13.4 overs. The win took Chattogram to the top of the…
Ben Stokes goes down on one knee © Getty Images Big picture Their bowling lacked bite, their much-heralded top three contributed 26 runs between them, and their captain was scathing about what he saw as a “pretty average” performance. And yet England still won the first T20I by five wickets with four balls to spare – ominous signs for South Africa, as they stumble towards next year’s T20 World Cup….
2:47 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big Picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-match series, at Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia in fact. On that occasion, India came from behind to win it 2-1, but that was in January 2019. Back when Covid was…
7:21 AM GMT A seventh positive Covid-19 test has emerged from Pakistan’s touring contingent in New Zealand. The identity of the squad member is not yet clear. Six players – Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rohail Nazir, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali and Danish Aziz – had returned positive results from the first tests conducted upon Pakistan’s arrival in New Zealand on November 24. The latest positive result comes from the second…
6:19 AM GMT Ali Arman, the reserve umpire in both of today’s Bangabandhu Cup T20 matches, has been withdrawn after he tested positive for Covid-19. Arman has already left the BCB-mandated bio-bubble hotel in Dhaka, according to Dr Debashish Chowdhury, the BCB’s chief physician. Dr Chowdhury also said that Mahmudul Hasan, the Under-19 batsman who was picked by Gazi Group Chattogram in the players’ draft, had also tested positive for…
Sheldon Cottrell brings out his trademark celebration after getting Martin Guptill 11:38 AM IST Alagappan Muthu Big Picture The thrill of a fast start. The chaos of a collapse. A fast bowler breathing fire. A T20 maverick standing tall. There were so many good things about the first T20I in Auckland – not least the return of people in the stands and the death of the artificial crowd noise machine,…