Month: April 2021

Report Updates, colour and analysis with ESPNcricinfo’s match-day blog Tonight we have Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore facing off against Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders. We’ll have the likes of AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal against the likes of Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan and Pat Cummins. For our ball-by-ball commentary, click here Alagappan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo Source: ESPN Crickinfo

News How, where and when to watch Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders live match at 3.30 PM IST on April 18, 2021 Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are occupying the second position after two round of games, will have their sights set on a third win in a row when they face the Kolkata Knight Riders in in Chennai on Sunday. The addition of Glenn Maxwell has only bolstered…

News Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa can withdraw funding and no longer officially recognise CSA as the governing body of cricket The sports minister’s office said he “will be taking the necessary steps required to exercise his rights”   Cricket South Africa will face intervention from the country’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa after failing to agree on a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will set out the blueprint for a majority…

News With plenty of tweaks and a little bit of shortening here and there, all the major competitions were played The first title of the season was decided in late November when Sydney Thunder won the WBBL for the second time by comprehensively beating Melbourne Stars in the final at North Sydney Oval after the competition had been staged entirely in a Sydney-based hub. Shabhim Ismail and Sammy-Jo Johnson were…

Report The home side wrapped up the match inside the opening session of the fourth day Queensland 389 (Labuschagne 192) beat New South Wales 143 (Neser 5-27, Wildermuth 4-21) and 213 (Doggett 3-37, Bartlett 3-42, Swepson 3-68) by an innings and 33 runs Queensland won the Sheffield Shield for the ninth time as they secured an innings-and-33-run victory over New South Wales in a final they dominated from start to…

Report Saqib Mahmood helps reduce Northants to 59 for three, still needing 366 runs on final day Northamptonshire 177 and 59 for 3 (Vasconcelos 22*, Proctor 15*, Mahmood 2-9) need another 366 runs to beat Lancashire 305 and 296 for 7 declared (Croft 103*) When this morning’s play began Lancashire had a lead of 188 over Northamptonshire and all their second-innings wickets in hand. By the time the long day…

Report Critchley claims five-for, then falls 16 runs short of second century for the match as hosts hold healthy advantage Derbyshire 390 and 268 for 5 (Critchley 84, Madsen 66) lead Worcestershire 305 (Fell 69, Wessels 60, Critchley 5-67) by 353 runs “What’s the point of Derbyshire?” asked Michael Atherton a decade or so ago. Anticipation is growing that the answer lies in the figure of Matt Critchley. He is…