10:45 AM GMT The 2020 IPL will have a new venue in Guwahati, which will host two of Rajasthan Royals’ home matches. The games, which will begin at 8pm IST, will be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. The first match is scheduled for April 5 against the Delhi Capitals and the second on April 9 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The IPL had earmarked Guwahati as an alternate venue…
Ajinkya Rahane optimistic about Wellington pitch for batsmen
7:58 AM GMT The pitch in Christchurch for the second New Zealand-India Test looks as green as the one that was rolled out for the first Test in Wellington, but India might be expecting life to be a little easier for their batsmen. While there might be a similar amount of seam and swing, especially on the first two days, there are suggestions that the ball might come onto the…
Sheffield Shield round-up: Victories for NSW, Tasmania and Victoria
7:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 373 (Hughes 103, Mennie 6-103) and 2 for 236 dec (Hughes 136) beat South Australia 207 (Copeland 5-63) and 269 (Ferguson 82, Cooper 62, Copeland 4-60) by 133 runs New South Wales surged to victory in the final session to consolidate their position at the top of the table as South Australia lost their last six wickets for 25 runs having put…
India through to semi-finals with last-ball win after Amelia Kerr's scare
7:21 AM GMT India 8 for 133 (Verma 46, Kerr 2-21, Mair 2-27) beat New Zealand 6 for 129 (Kerr 34*) by four runs India squeezed past an error-prone New Zealand into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals and probable tournament favouritism, after Shafali Verma added to her tournament highlight reel and and then Harmanpreet Kaur marshalled her bowlers to suffocating effect at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. Sent in to…
Sunrisers Hyderabad name David Warner captain for IPL 2020
6:06 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sunrisers Hyderabad have announced David Warner as their captain for the upcoming IPL that starts on March 29. Warner takes over from Kane Williamson , who led the side in 2018 and 2019. Williamson was named captain in 2018 after Warner had been barred from participating in that season of the tournament in the aftermath of Australia’s ball-tampering controversy, which occurred before the start of…
Harmanpreet Kaur searches for the joy of batting
12:34 AM GMT “I want you to get a feel of enjoyment rather than think of runs…” As Harmanpreet Kaur made her way into the nets for a second round of hits at a windswept Junctional Oval on Tuesday, India head coach WV Raman tried to put things into perspective for the captain of India. On the eve of their face-off against New Zealand at the ongoing T20 World Cup,…
Quinton de Kock stumped for answers as South Africa fluff their lines again
9:12 PM GMT It’s already got to the stage where we can start to feel sorry for Quinton de Kock. He has inherited a team on a downward spiral even as his own career is on the up. Aside from his promotion to the leadership role, de Kock has been South Africa’s leading run-scorer in all four series this season, and they have failed to win them all. He is…
Aaron Finch hails David Warner, Steven Smith after pair star with bat on Newlands return
8:32 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Aaron Finch has hailed the importance of David Warner and Steven Smith to Australia’s T20I side, after the pair starred in a dominant batting performance in the third and deciding game of the South Africa series in their first game at Newlands since the ball-tampering scandal of March 2018. Warner put on…
Stuart Broad extends Nottinghamshire contract to 2022
4:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Stuart Broad has committed to Nottinghamshire until 2022 at least, after signing a new two-year contract. Broad, 33, is second behind James Anderson among England’s leading Test wicket-takers with 485 scalps to his name, and is set to play his 13th and 14th seasons at Trent Bridge, the venue where his father Chris played the majority of his career. “Every time I step out at…
South Africa choose to field as Smith, Warner make Newlands returns
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