5:02 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff R Ashwin‘s immediate future with the Delhi Capitals was put in doubt after he dislocated his left shoulder while diving to try and stop a Glenn Maxwell punch down the ground during his team’s IPL 2020 season opener against the Kings XI Punjab in Dubai on Sunday. It was the last ball of the sixth over of the Kings XI innings, Ashwin’s first, in which…
Joe Root's 60 not out leads Yorkshire to consolation win
9:59 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 171 for 4 (Root 60*, Brook 50*) beat Derbyshire 167 for 6 (Wood 67, Godleman 49, Coad 3-40) by six wickets Joe Root and Harry Brook led Yorkshire Vikings to a dramatic six-wicket victory off the final ball against the Derbyshire Falcons in the Vitality Blast at Headingley. Root scored an unbeaten 60 from 50 balls while Brook smashed 50 off 29 to…
Durham bow out as Nottinghamshire strangle run chase defending 150
9:55 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 150 for 6 beat Durham 132 by 18 runs A game-defining over from Imad Wasim ensured that Notts Outlaws defeated Durham in their Vitality Blast meeting at Trent Bridge to finish at the top of the North Group, as the visitors’ group-stage exit was confirmed. Imad took 2 for 24 but also executed a couple of run-outs as Durham fell short of a…
Colin Ackermann leads with ball to drag Leicestershire into quarter-finals
9:46 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 154 for 5 (Lilley 49) beat Lancashire 132 for 5 (Davies 52, Ackermann 3-18) by 22 runs A captain’s performance with the ball by Leicestershire Foxes’ Colin Ackermann ensured that his side completed their Vitality Blast North Group games on a high note as they defeated Lancashire Lightning by 22 runs at Emirates Old Trafford, taking them into the quarter-finals for the first…
Dan Douthwaite cameo powers Glamorgan despite Hamish Rutherford ton
9:37 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 196 for 4 (Lloyd 56, Selman 78) beat Worcestershire 190 for 3 (Rutherford 100, van der Gugten 3-28) by six wickets Dan Douthwaite powered Glamorgan to a six-wicket victory with a last-over six-hitting blitz against Worcestershire Rapids seamer Pat Brown in a T20 Blast dead rubber at New Road. Douthwaite smashed three of the opening four balls from the England T20I bowler over…
Last-ball defeat sends Somerset out as Ian Cockbain sets up Gloucestershire win
9:27 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 163 for 8 (Cockbain 89, Sale 3-32, Davey 3-24) beat Somerset 161 for 7 (Gregory 50) by two wickets Ian Cockbain played the starring role as Gloucestershire eliminated arch-rivals Somerset from the Vitality Blast with a thrilling two-wicket Central Group win in Bristol. The visitors posted 161 for 7 after winning the toss under cloudless skies, Lewis Gregory hitting 50 and Babar Azam…
Northants pull off remarkable win to edge quarter-final spot ahead of Bears
9:16 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 193 for 7 (Taylor 50*, Bresnan 3-25) beat Birmingham Bears 191 for 5 (Hose 119, Mousley 58*) by three wickets Northants Steelbacks booked their place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a stunning three-wicket victory over Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston, who missed out on the last eight on net run-rate after their defeat. A wildly fluctuating match was yanked the Steelbacks’ way in…
Sussex secure home quarter-final as George Garton stars again
9:01 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Sussex 137 for 6 (Salt 42, MacLeod 40) beat Essex 136 for 9 (Walter 76, Garton 4-21) by four wickets Sussex secured a home Vitality Blast quarter-final against Lancashire when they beat last season’s winners Essex by six wickets with 10 balls to spare. Replying to a modest Essex total of 136 for 9 they recovered from 59 for five to claim a victory…
Shaheen Shah Afridi's four wickets in four balls to end Hampshire's losing streak
8:52 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 141 for 9 (Wallawawita 3-19) beat Middlesex 121 (Simpson 48, Afridi 6-19) by 20 runs Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets in four balls as his six-wicket haul made sure Hampshire ended their horror Vitality Blast campaign with victory over Middlesex. The Pakistan fast bowler demolished John Simpson, Steven Finn, Thilan Walallawita and Tim Murtagh’s stumps in consecutive deliveries to blow away the…
Squad tweaks in place, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad look to make early gains
Royal Challengers Bangalore have often been a bit over-reliant on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers 8:48 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture Every IPL season, the Royal Challengers Bangalore look like one of the teams to beat on paper. They invariably have plenty of superstars, their supporters are filled with hope and all eyes are fixed on them. So far,…