Month: December 2020

Fantasy Pick: Go with Perera and Gunathilaka as your captain and vice-captain (6:45) Russel Arnold makes his fantasy picks for the LPL game between Galle and Jaffna (6:45) 9:21 AM GMT Rahul Maniraja December 3: Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Stallions, Hambantota Pro Tip: In the last four games, only two openers managed to score 30-plus runs. So, pick more middle-order batsmen and allrounders in your XI. Our XI: Avishka Fernando,…

Martin Snedden has replaced Greg Barclay as the chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Board  5:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Martin Snedden has been elected as the new chairman of New Zealand Cricket (NZC), after the post became vacant following Greg Barclay’s election as the ICC chairman. Snedden, who played 25 Tests and 93 ODIs between 1980 and 1990, has played prominent roles at NZC in the past too –…

9:31 AM IST Sidharth Monga Toss India chose to bat vs Australia India won the toss in the third and final ODI against Australia and decided to bat, which has been the way to go in the series. The visitors lost chasing in Sydney in the first two games, but were on the right side of the coin in the third in Canberra. Both the teams made a host of…

2:04 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff One further positive Covid-19 case has been confirmed among the Pakistan touring squad in New Zealand bringing the total to eight. The latest case confirmed on Wednesday was one of three that were under investigation from Tuesday with the other two still to be determined. “This person is a member of the Pakistan cricket squad and was one of the three cases reported as under…

12:59 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Will Young has been handed his Test debut against West Indies in Hamilton after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hamstring injury. Tom Blundell will take the wicketkeeping gloves and move down the order with Young partnering Tom Latham at the top. Young, 28, has been close to a Test debut before and was set to play against Bangladesh in 2019 before the final…

9:36 PM GMT South Africa have a considerable amount of catching-up to do to reach the same white-ball standards as a team like England, according to their coach Mark Boucher. Speaking after South Africa failed to win a match in a home T20 series for the first time in the format’s history, Boucher acknowledged that England are in a different class when compared with other teams. “England are step ahead…

7:41 PM GMT South Africa’s national teams face tougher transformation targets aimed at ensuring that by the 2022-23 season they field a side with seven players of colour. The new measures may have already kicked in though have yet to be made public, and see an increased requirement on the number of black African players in the team this season, which will ultimately only leave room for four white players…

12:35 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Jaffna Stallions 185 for 8 (Perera 68, de Silva 61) beat Kandy Tuskers 131 (Shinwari 3-17) by 54 runs How the match played out Jaffna Stallions lost early wickets. Jaffna Stallions rallied through the middle and late overs, thanks largley to Thisara Perera. Then Jaffna Stallions’ bowlers locked the opposition out. The script for this match was largely the same as for the Stallions’…