5:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sandeep Lamichhane, the Nepal legspinner, has tested positive for Covid-19. He revealed this in an Instagram post, in which he said he has experienced body aches since Wednesday, and that he has now gone into home isolation. The news comes just over a week after Lamichhane had signed for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, and puts his participation in the tournament in…
3:54 AM GMT Australia legspinner Adam Zampa has conceded “something has to be done” about slow over-rates after the opening ODI at the SCG on Friday ran an hour beyond the scheduled finish. The match technically went past the ground’s curfew limit for the lights, but no one flicked the switch as the contest finally ended at 11.10pm. “It felt like it went all day,” Steven Smith said. “The longest…
Nov 27, 2020 Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo Daniel Brettig Close Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo Assistant editor Daniel Brettig had been a journalist for eight years when he joined ESPNcricinfo, but his fascination with cricket dates back to the early 1990s, when his dad helped him sneak into the family lounge room to watch the end of day-night World Series matches well past…
9:23 PM GMT Jonny Bairstow insists he doesn’t mind where he bats for England, as long as he has a role in the team. Bairstow hit an unbeaten 86 from 48 balls – his highest score in T20I cricket – to carry England to a narrow victory with four balls of the game remaining in the first match of the series against South Africa in Cape Town But he did…
Faf du Plessis led the charge for South Africa © Getty Images A few allrounders and at least six bowling options are what South Africa needs to get their team balance right, according to former captain Faf du Plessis. “That’s a challenge that we are facing right now,” du Plessis said, after the five-wicket defeat to England in the first T20I. “We’ve lost Andile [Phehlukwayo] and Dwaine [Pretorius] which fills…
12:01 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Jaffna Stallions 176 for 2 (Fernando 92*) beat Galle Gladiators 175 for 8 (Afridi 58, Olivier 4-44) by eight wickets How the game played out Outside of Shahid Afridi‘s furious 23-ball 58, Jaffna Stallions were almost totally in control. They slowed Galle Gladiators down after Gladiators got a decent start with the bat, made breakthroughs through the middle overs, thanks partly to an outstanding…
9:29 PM IST England won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa England have won the toss and inserted South Africa in the first T20I of their series in Cape Town. England have, as expected, opted to open their innings with Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, with Jonny Bairstow moved down to No. 4. Both Sam and Tom Curran also win selection, with Mark Wood and Moeen Ali…
2:09 PM GMT Sidharth Monga Hardik Pandya‘s lower-back injury, which has taken away his bowling, for the time being, has affected India’s team balance in a big way, but there was good news for India’s fans after the first of the three ODIs in Australia. Not only did Pandya give a good account of himself as a batsman, top-scoring with 90 off 76 from 101 for 4, he also dropped…
Fantasy Pick: Hazratullah Zazai and Dinesh Chandimal must be your leading men (6:39) Russel Arnold makes his fantasy picks for the game between Galle and Colombo (6:39) 1:42 PM GMT Rahul Maniraja Nov 28: Colombo Kings vs Galle Gladiators, Hambantota Pro Tip: In-form players like Dinesh Chandimal and Isuru Udana are key in the line-up; pick another batsman-heavy team. Our XI: Danushka Gunathilaka, Hazratullah Zazai, Dinesh Chandimal, Laurie Evans, Bhanuka…
Tim Southee and Kieron Pollard greet each other after New Zealand beat West Indies in the first T20I 1:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff “It feels strange,” Kieron Pollard said at the toss as West Indies played New Zealand in the first T20I and he stood in the middle of Eden Park surrounded by a crowd. Covid-19 had changed cricket, but the first signs of the game starting to heal and…