8:30 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting expects the UAE pitches to offer a bit of extra bounce in the first half of IPL 2020, despite being on the slower side. And that, he said, will suit the Capitals pacers’ style of bowling. The pitches in the UAE are expected to be on the slower side and deteriorate further as the tournament progresses, with the whole…
BCCI signs up Sportradar to detect betting irregularities during IPL 2020
Sportradar apparently tracks the odds of at least 600 independent bookmakers to detect anomalies 7:09 AM GMT Edited PTI copy The BCCI has roped in UK-based company Sportradar to detect betting irregularities during IPL 2020. “As part of the agreement, all matches in IPL 2020 will be monitored by Sportradar’s Integrity Services to detect betting irregularities,” a statement released by the company on Thursday said. “Sportradar will also provide a…
Shane Jurgensen to remain New Zealand bowling coach until 2022
4:26 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Queensland fast bowler Shane Jurgensen has extended his contract by a further two years as New Zealand bowling coach, thereby making him the longest serving coach for the national side. Jurgensen’s new deal is set to keep him in charge until the end of 2022, which would accumulate in a total of nine years with New Zealand, including his previous stint from 2008-10. “It’s…
Glenn Maxwell's masterpiece hatched in Melbourne lockdown
1:51 AM GMT Melbourne’s lockdown, in the cause of stemming the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much away from a previously vibrant city. One thing it has gifted Australian cricket, however, is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, a little more than a year after the absence of same contributed to a deeply disappointing World Cup campaign. It has been demonstrated in devastatingly effective fashion…
Glenn Maxwell's masterpiece hatched in Melbourne lockdown
1:51 AM GMT Melbourne’s lockdown, in the cause of stemming the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much away from a previously vibrant city. One thing it has gifted Australian cricket, however, is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, a little more than a year after the absence of same contributed to a deeply disappointing World Cup campaign. It has been demonstrated in devastatingly effective fashion…
Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver join Melbourne Stars for WBBL
12:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England duo Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver have joined the Melbourne Stars for the WBBL Sciver previously played for the Stars in the first two seasons of the WBBL before switching to the Perth Scorchers while Brunt also has past experience with the Scorchers. Sciver has scored 952 runs at 24.41 with a strike-rate of 112.52 across 52 WBBL matches alongside claiming 36 wickets. Brunt,…
Aron Nijjar strangles Hampshire run chase after Tom Westley leads Essex charge
Tom Westley hits inside-out over cover © Getty Images Essex 168 for 3 (Westley 51, Lawrence 49*) beat Hampshire 114 for 9 (Nijjar 3-22) by 54 runs Aron Nijjar celebrated career-best bowling figures as Vitality Blast holders Essex Eagles thrashed Hampshire by 54 runs to keep their faint quarter-final dreams alive. Left-arm spinner Nijjar ripped through a shaky Hampshire batting line-up with figures of 3 for 22, while Jack Plom…
Bursting of England's bubble shows how long the road to 2023 will be
Joe Root claimed quick wickets to put England in command © Getty Images If part of the art of success in limited-overs cricket is peaking at the right time, England haven’t timed their dip in results too badly. There’s never a good time to lose to Australia, of course. Particularly given that the result was 5-0 to England the last time they visited. But this is still the early stages…
Babar Azam hits career-best 114 not out as Somerset cruise to victory
3:29 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Somerset 183 for 8 (Babar 114*) beat Glamorgan 117 (Overton 3-36) by 66 runs Babar Azam‘s career-best 114 not out from only 62 balls set up a convincing win for Somerset in Cardiff, maintaining their outside chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals. They also improved their net run rate, with Glamorgan losing ten wickets with 25 balls of their innings remaining. The Glamorgan bowlers…
Matty Potts, Paul Coughlin seal Durham win over Covid-depleted Yorkshire
3:16 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Durham 147 beat Yorkshire 104 (Potts 3-14, Coughlin 3-22) by 43 runs Durham won their third successive Vitality Blast game by beating Yorkshire in a low-scoring affair at Emerald Headingley, maintaining their hopes of quarter-final qualification. The visitors defended a 148 target against the under-strength Vikings, whose knockout hopes are all but over after a third straight defeat in which they were bowled out…