Month: November 2020

4:50 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Faf du Plessis is the highest-profile new name drafted in for the playoff stage of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 to be played in Karachi, with the former South Africa captain set to represent the Peshawar Zalmi. A number of players originally part of the squads of the PSL franchises that made the last four remained unavailable due to international commitments. As a result,…

4:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ron Kalifa, a financial and digital specialist, has joined the ECB board as an independent non-executive director, while current incumbents Lucy Pearson and Martin Darlow have been re-appointed for additional two-and-a-half-year term. Kalifa, who currently sits on the board of the Hundred, is also a member of the ECB’s Audit and Risk Committee. His CV includes a ten-year stint as CEO of Worldpay, the technology…

7:17 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Big picture After the Sunrisers Hyderabad botched a chase of 127 against the Kings XI Punjab in Dubai, they had to topple the top-three teams to make the playoffs. Having seen off the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, David Warner’s men now run into the table-topping Mumbai Indians in the last league fixture of IPL 2020 on Tuesday in Sharjah. If they win,…

1:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Delhi Capitals are in a bit of a slump with four back-to-back losses having derailed their campaign. All the early momentum they gathered to push for a playoffs spot now seems lost. But a win today will not only assure they finish second, but also get a much needed boost ahead of the playoffs. The Royal Challengers Bangalore are in a similar spot. Though…

12:53 PM GMT Alagappan Muthu Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 55th game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Abu Dhabi. The team of Shreyas Iyer, with Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Marcus Stoinis, R Ashwin will take on the likes of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, and others. Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore ball-by-ball commentary If the…

South African cricket resumed after almost seven months of inaction due to the coronavirus pandemic but Covid-19 has made its effects felt immediately. The Eastern-Cape based Warriors had to withdraw six members of their squad from their opening fixture against the Knights at the Mangaung Oval, after two players tested positive and four others were in direct contact with them. The players were tested last Thursday, before the Warriors squad…

Rahmatullah Qureishi (right), the new CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), during a board meeting in Kabul on Monday  10:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Rahmatullah Qureishi as its new CEO following a selection process among candidates who were assessed by the ACB chairman as well as the board members. Qureishi joins the ACB after Jaar Abdulrahimzai had taken up the post in…

7:46 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England allrounder Lewis Gregory has signed with the Brisbane Heat for the BBL, joining Somerset team-mate Tom Banton at the club. Gregory has played eight T20Is, the most recent during the series against Pakistan in September, and has also had spells at the Pakistan Super League and Bangladesh Premier League. “He was quite sought after so we’re very pleased he is coming to us,” the…

4:16 PM IST South Australia 200 and 2 for 172 (Head 104*, Hunt 55*) trail Victoria 3 for 564 dec (Pucovski 255*, Harris 239) by 192 runs For the second match running, captain Travis Head led South Australia’s quest to salvage a draw after the record-breaking feats of Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski where the Victoria openers added a record Sheffield Shield partnership of 486. Pucovski might have managed a…