2:09 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Birmingham 179 for 6 (Hain 61, Mousley 40) beat Worcestershire 163 for 8 (D’Oliveira 61, Rutherford 45) by 16 runs Birmingham Bears took a big step towards the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a 16-run victory over arch-rivals Worcestershire Rapids at Edgbaston. On a chilly, autumnal night in Birmingham, the Bears totalled 179 for 6. After Rob Yates‘ enterprising 37 at the top of the…
Fake fielding penalty costs Notts as Colin Ackermann seals run-chase
1:21 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 163 for 6 (Ackermann 67*) beat Nottinghamshire 162 for 7 (Duckett 53, Moores 51, Davis 3-38) by four wickets Skipper Colin Ackermann‘s unbeaten 67 helped Leicestershire Foxes end Nottinghamshire Outlaws’ unbeaten record at the top of the North Group in the Vitality Blast T20 in a match that left the visiting side counting the cost of a controversial incident that handed their opponents…
Somerset steal up on Northants in quarter-final race after spinners impress
1:14 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Somerset 146 for 3 (Davies 45) beat Northamptonshire 140 for 9 (Cobb 49, Goldsworthy 2-21) by seven wickets Only 10 days ago it would have been a ludicrous suggestion that Somerset could qualify for the T20 Blast quarter-finals at Northamptonshire’s expense. But thanks to a tight bowling effort on a used surface,…
Lancashire crushed on used wicket as Durham keep knock-out hopes alive
11:18 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Durham 157 for 5 (Lees 67*) beat Lancashire 83 (Potts 3-8) by 74 runs Durham maintained their Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes with a fourth straight North Group win – by 74 runs – as Lancashire crumbled in pursuit of 158 on a used pitch at Emirates Old Trafford. Alex Lees top-scored with an unbeaten 67 in Durham’s 152 for five, boosted to 157 with…
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2020, Fantasy Pick, team predictions
Fantasy Pick: Fill your team with Mumbai players (6:38) Sanjay Manjrekar and Tom Moody help you pick your fantasy XI for the first match of the seaosn (6:38) 5:15 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings, Abu Dhabi Pro Tips Mumbai have won eight out of their last ten games against Super Kings, so the best plan would be to pick most of the players from their…
George Garton follows four-for with match-winning blitz as Sussex stay on track
4:24 PM GMT ECB Reporters Network Sussex 158 for 7 (Salt 56, Holman 3-18) beat Middlesex 155 for 8 (Simpson 46, Garton 4-27) by three wickets George Garton had a day to remember with four wickets and a match-winning cameo of 24 from just nine balls as Sussex Sharks beat Middlesex by three wickets to keep their quarter-final hopes alive in the Vitality Blast. Garton took four wickets for the…
Jack Leaning steadies Kent nerves to cement South Group second spot
9:48 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Kent 171 for 6 (Leaning 55*, Plom 3-32) beat Essex 167 for 9 (ten Doeschate 52, Klaassen 3-36) by four wickets An unbeaten county-best 55 by Jack Leaning helped Kent to hold their nerve and land a four-wicket win with only two balls to spare over south group rivals Essex Eagles in Canterbury. Leaning, a winter recruit from Yorkshire, kept a cool head toward…
Reece Topley topples Covid-stricken Hampshire in nine-wicket rout
Reece Topley appeals for another wicket for Surrey © Getty Images Surrey 143 for 1 (Evans 81*, Jacks 56*) beat Hampshire 138 for 8 (Holland 65, Topley 4-20) by nine wickets Reece Topley returned to the Ageas Bowl to haunt depleted Hampshire as Surrey remained top of the Vitality Blast South Group with a nine-wicket win. England white-ball international Topley returned career-best figures of 4 for 20 to restrict his…
IPL 2020: New venues, new tactics, new experience
The IPL 2020 season preview (4:52) Gambhir, Manjrekar, Bishop, Moody, Chopra, Agarkar and Dasgupta make their predictions for the tournament (4:52) 3:19 PM GMT Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo Gaurav Sundararaman One of the truest clichés of the IPL is that each edition is more open than the last one. For example, the playoffs spots in the last four seasons were determined…
South Africa opens borders but international sport remains locked down
2:07 PM GMT South Africa’s borders will open for limited international travel on October 1, as the country further eases its lockdown regulations, but no international sport will be permitted just yet. The move to Level 1 (of five levels, with Level 5 being the strictest) comes six months after the country closed down in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19. Non-contact sport was allowed to resume under…