October 31, 2024 is he deadline for teams to finalise their retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. The IPL franchises can, by a combination of retentions and the right-to-match (RTM) option, retain a maximum of six players – a maximum of five capped (Indian and overseas) and no more than two uncapped (Indian) – ahead of the mega auction, as per the rules announced by the governing council on…
Afghanistan will host Bangladesh for three ODIs in the UAE in November. While the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) did not announce which cities would host the games exactly, it was confirmed that these ODIs are in lieu of the all-format tour that was supposed to happen earlier this year between the two sides as per the ICC’s Future Tours Programme (FTP). The BCB had declined to tour the UAE or…
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia’s resources have again been stretched for the ODI series decider in Bristol with captain Mitchell Marsh ruled out after pulling up sore following Lord’s. Steven Smith will lead the visitors who have handed a debut to allrounder Cooper Connolly. Despite the series being on the line England have rested Jofra Archer after he played back-to-back matches with Olly Stone…
Bangladesh 107 for 3 (Mominul 40*, Shanto 31, Akash Deep 2-34) vs India For the second consecutive day, there was no play in the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur. Unlike Saturday, there was not a single drop of rain today but a wet outfield resulted in play being called off at 2pm. Ironically, as soon as the umpires made that decision, the sun emerged from behind the…
Lunch New Zealand 88 and 335 for 8 (Phillips 78, Blundell 60, Peiris 5-155) trail Sri Lanka 602 for 5 dec by 179 runs New Zealand battled again with the bat in the first session of day four, with Glenn Phillips and Tom Blundell completing half centuries, before Mitchell Santner struck 48 not out. All up, they made 136 runs for the loss of three wickets in the session. That…
Sri Lanka Cricket had advertised the permanent head coach position following Chris Silverwood’s exit in late June. But with at least two of Sri Lanka’s three sides showing signs of improvement under Jayasuriya, SLC has initiated the process to bring Jayasuriya in on a longer term. “We are in the final stages of negotiating the contract with him,” board CEO Ashley de Silva told ESPNcricinfo. “Probably in the next two…
If five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) want, they can retain their former captain and talisman MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. This is because the IPL has decided to bring back a rule that it had started in 2008, allowing Indian players who had retired from international cricket at least five years before the relevant season to go into the auction as uncapped players. The rule was scrapped…
Overseas players who make themselves unavailable for an IPL season after being bought at an auction without legitimate reasons, will henceforth be penalised with two-year bans. That aside, overseas players’ auction price tags will be the “lower of the highest retention price” – of INR 18 crore (US$ 2.1 million approx.) – or “the highest auction price at the mega auction”. As reported by ESPNcricinfo in August, the request to…
Sussex 112 for 2 (Haines 53*) trail Middlesex 271 (Robson 113) by 159 runs Sam Robson‘s superb 113 off 103 balls spearheaded Middlesex’s sprint to 271 all out from just 44.3 overs at Hove, with Sussex replying on a more sedate 112 for two in a Vitality County Championship match that lost its first seven sessions to bad weather. Tom Haines’ secure unbeaten 53 steered Sussex through 33 overs in…
Kent 96 for 3 (Finch 34, Ackermann 1-1) trail Durham 360 (Lees 144, Bedingham 66, Parkins 6-109) A sparkling century from Alex Lees gave Durham the upper hand in their Vitality County Championship clash with Kent despite a six-wicket haul from Matt Parkinson. Play was abandoned without a ball bowled on days one and two after heavy downpours at the Seat Unique Riverside, so Lees was on a mission to…