12:21 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 302 (Marsh 115, Ellis 4-76) and 5 for 436 dec (Whiteman 118, Bancroft 104, Marsh 88, Short 57*) drew with Tasmania 431 (McDermott 90, Wade 83, Morris 5-94) and 2 for 117 (Wade 57*) Western Australia did their best to conjure a result against Tasmania but honours ended even on a surface that did not offer much deterioration. Shaun Marsh‘s prolific start to…
11:00 AM IST New South Wales 283 (Abbott 66, Nevill 59, Swepson 5-97) and 206 for 9 (Solway 52, Swepson 5-74) beat Queensland 298 (Labuschagne 117, Starc 4-76) and 190 (Copeland 5-17) by one wicket Sean Abbott held his nerve to deliver victory for New South Wales over Queensland despite the history-making efforts of Mitchell Swepson in a thrilling conclusion to the Sheffield Shield match at Karen Rolton Oval in…
7:37 PM GMT Kolkata Knight Riders’ emphatic 60-run win has pushed them close to qualification, while the result margin of the Delhi Capitals-Royal Challengers Bangalore game on Monday becomes hugely important. Here is a look at who will make the playoffs depending on the results of the last two games. Scenario 1 Game 1: Capitals score 160 and win by 21 runs or fewer, or chase down 161 in 17.3…
6:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell remains optimistic that he will be fit to bowl in the IPL playoffs should the Kolkata Knight Riders make it there, after returning from a “grade two, grade three” hamstring tear in two weeks to hit 25 off 11 balls in a crucial win against the Rajasthan Royals. Russell had missed the Knight Riders’ last four games because of the injury, which he…
The Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab players greet each other after the game 6:44 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Chennai Super Kings have had their worst season, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 11 years they’ve been part of the IPL. When the Super Kings stumbled with the bat and fumbled in the field in the first half of the season, the usually…
11:50 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Kolkata Knight Riders 191 for 7 (Morgan 68*, Tripathi 39, Tewatia 3-25, Tyagi 2-36) beat Rajasthan Royals 131 for 9 (Buttler 35, Cummins 4-34, Mavi 2-15, Varun 2-20) by 60 runs Both the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals had come into this game knowing it was not just must-win, but they needed to win…
Haider Ali‘s debut ODI innings was going well until it was cut short by what would appear to be an unusual TV umpiring error. The dismissal was a point of interest in an otherwise routine game with little drama. Pakistan got on top early in the “>second ODI against Zimbabwe, never relinquishing control, and running down a small target on a good batting surface with consummate ease. But the decision…
4:32 PM GMT “Definitely not.” With those words MS Dhoni assured the Chennai Super Kings fans that he is not retiring from the IPL. Dhoni, who retired from international cricket on August 15, said that he would be back next IPL, but admitted that it was time to revamp the Super Kings’ core group at the next mega auction. Dhoni had challenged the Super Kings to stay “relevant” in the…
3:33 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After the Kings XI Punjab were knocked out of IPL 2020 following a loss against the Chennai Super Kings, KL Rahul, the captain, said that the controversial one-short run call against them during their first match of the season eventually came back to bite them “very hard”, and that the team’s fortunes could have been different had they not let go of matches within their…
2:13 PM GMT The Kings XI Punjab’s defeat against the Chennai Super Kings has eliminated them from the tournament, but five teams are still in the fray for three places. Here is a look at how things stand after the Kings XI’s elimination. Rajasthan Royals: Played 13, Points 12, NRR -0.377Remaining match: vs Knight Riders The Rajasthan Royals’ need to beat the Kolkata Knight Riders to keep their hopes alive….