11:49 PM IST Sidharth Monga Royal Challengers Bangalore 163 for 5 (Padikkal 56, de Villiers 51, Natarajan 1-34) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 153 all out (Bairstow 61, Pandey 34, Chahal 3-18) by 10 runs Sunrisers Hyderabad’s inexperienced middle order hurt them big time as they collapsed spectacularly from 121 for 2 in a chase of just 164, giving Royal Challengers Bangalore a winning start to their campaign. The knowledge of such…
England win toss, bat against West Indies, Tammy Beaumont to open with Danni Wyatt
10:21 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England win toss, bat vs West Indies England women won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening T20I of their five-match series against West Indies. It is the first international match between top-level women’s teams since the T20 World Cup final in early March, when Australia defeated India in front of more than…
Mithali Raj: India women cricketers 'anxious', 'don't know for what we're training'
Mithali Raj on the current state of women’s cricket in India: “We’re having an optimism that we’ll have matches, and that’s why all of us are still into our fitness training.” 3:22 PM GMT Annesha Ghosh India ODI captain Mithali Raj feels that the national team’s players have been grappling with “anxiety” and a lack of “sense of purpose”. This comes even as the players look for any “competitive cricket…
Sam Curran's performance 'takes pressure off rushing Dwayne Bravo back' – Stephen Fleming
2:12 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sam Curran‘s “attitude” in pressure moments, his all-round skills, and performance in Chennai Super Kings’ win in the IPL 2020 opener against Mumbai Indians on Saturday has meant the team doesn’t have to worry about the absence of the injured Dwayne Bravo, coach Stephen Fleming feels. Bravo’s recovery – from a knee injury – is being monitored even as the Super Kings prepare for two…
Chennai Super Kings look to make it two-in-two against depleted Rajasthan Royals
Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu played lead roles in Chennai Super Kings’ opening-day win 6:55 PM IST Shashank Kishore Big picture Over the years, Rajasthan Royals have had to force-fit overseas players into their XIs at the back end of the competition because of the unavailability of their first-choice picks. This season, they have to do that from the start. Jos Buttler has arrived in the UAE with family…
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2020 – Rolling Report
Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the third IPL 2020 match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai. On one side, we have the likes of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav and others. On the other, there are David Warner, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson and others. Stay with us to know how it…
Jamie Porter puts England snub on back-burner as more Essex glory beckons
Jamie Porter can consider himself unfortunate to have missed out on England’s enlarged squad 11:11 AM GMT At some point over the next few days, Jamie Porter will take the new ball in a five-day match at Lord’s. It won’t quite be the Test debut that he has spent his career working towards, but it will nevertheless be a memorable way to sign off a season that almost wasn’t, as…
Steven Smith, Rajasthan Royals captain, available for first game against CSK – Coach Andrew McDonald
10:44 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Steven Smith , the Rajasthan Royals captain, is available for selection for their IPL 2020 opener against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday in Sharjah, according to head coach Andrew McDonald. Smith missed Australia’s ODI series against England earlier this month because of concussion. “Fantastic news that Steve is available,” McDonald said in a Royals release. “It’s fantastic especially on the back of some setbacks back…
'I'm trying to be the best Jack Leach I can be'
Jack Leach appeals © Getty Images The 290 days between Jack Leach’s 16,511th and 16,512th balls in first-class cricket were some of the hardest of not only his professional career, but his life. Leach feared he was dying after being diagnosed with sepsis in New Zealand over the winter, went home early from South Africa after struggling with illness throughout the tour, and had to lay low during the UK’s…
Boxing, family, perspective: Justin Langer's plans to handle the era of cricket hubs
The view across Adelaide Oval © AFP Four consecutive weeks of hotel quarantine must elapse before Justin Langer – or any of the other West Australian or Tasmanian members of Australia’s England tour party – can see their families again. And that’s just for starters. Langer was at close to his most wide-eyed and pleading on a recent podcast with the England rugby coach Eddie Jones, as he emphasised the…