Month: April 2021

Craig Overton and Steven Davies put on a strong partnership for the sixth wicket   Gloucestershire 13 for 0 trail Somerset 312 (Davies 87, Overton 54) by 299 runs Dystopian science fiction novels have never been shy of depicting an isolated and fearful society in which debilitated human beings become over-reliant on technology and are force-fed propaganda in a sad and meaningless existence. That’s a bit unfair to county cricket’s…

Report Opener reaches 97, Harry Brook scores fifty as visitors go to stumps 358 for 8 at Canterbury Yorkshire 358 for 8 (Lyth 97, Brook 54) vs Kent Yorkshire reached 358 for 8 at stumps against Kent on a fluctuating first day in the LV= Insurance County Championship at Canterbury, Adam Lyth their top-scorer with 97 and Harry Brook making 54. Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens celebrated being named as one…

News Gill, Axar and Siraj are new entrants, while Hardik Pandya and Thakur have earned promotions Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are no longer key players in India’s white-ball teams   Wristspinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, who were a crucial part of India’s white-ball plans in the lead-up to the 50-over World Cup in 2019, have suffered demotions in the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players for the October…

News Batter should be fit in time for T20 Blast campaign as he works on rehab alongside Archer Phil Salt, the Sussex batsman, has been ruled out until the end of May due to a cycling injury. Sussex announced on Thursday that Salt had broken a bone in his right foot, which was confirmed after a visit to a specialist. He suffered the injury last month after a collision while…

Report Updates, colour and analysis with ESPNcricinfo’s match-day blog Tonight we have Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals facing off against Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals. We’ll have the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan and Kagiso Rabada against the likes of Jos Buttler, Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman. If this blog doesn’t load for you, click here. For our ball-by-ball commentary, click here Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx Source:…

News How, where and when to watch Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals live match at 7.30 PM IST on April 15, 2021 Rajasthan Royals will head into Thursday’s encounter against Delhi Capitals with a Ben Stokes-sized void to fill after the allrounder was ruled out of the tournament due to a finger injury. Liam Livingstone, who had a good run at BBL a few months ago, could be Stokes’ possible…

News “What we’ve seen during Covid is the drop off in the amount of international cricket in the women’s game” Any push to increase the amount of Test cricket in the women’s game would need to be balanced against the wider development of the sport, according to Australia selector and female high-performance manager Shawn Flegler. Only Australia Women and England Women have played Test cricket in the last six years…