All the matches are expected to be held at Ranchi’s JSCA Stadium © Getty Images The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) is set to launch its own T20 league – the Jharkhand Premier League – on September 15 this year. In an email accessed by ESPNcricinfo, several cricketers who are affiliated with the association were informed of their selection for the league and sent accompanying forms to register themselves for…
England v Australia 2020, 2nd ODI, Fantasy Pick, team predictions
Fantasy Pick: Back Buttler and Hazlewood to come good (5:42) We help you build a fantasy XI for the second ODI in Manchester (5:42) 5:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England v Australia, second ODI, Old Trafford Our XI: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Chris Woakes, Josh Hazlewood, Jofra Archer, Mitchell Starc Substitutes: Steven Smith Jason Roy, Adam Zampa, David Warner, Mark…
John Simpson inspires Middlesex as they maintain quarter-final hopes
Tim Murtagh was playing his first T20 in four years © Getty Images Middlesex 142 for 6 (Eskinazi 33, Crane 2-20) beat Hampshire 123 (Alsop 43, Finn 3-27) by 19 runs John Simpson proved Middlesex’s hero as they beat Hampshire by 19 runs to revive their Vitality Blast hopes. The Seaxes’ keeper hit 30 quick runs from 19 balls to carry the hosts to 142 for 6, before effecting three…
Umar Gul: We need departmental cricket back in Pakistan
Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq are among the prominent voices calling for department cricket to be reinstated in some form © Getty Images Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq have added their voices to the motion to revive department cricket in Pakistan. A year after the entire structure was revamped, there are now voices from within the Pakistan Cricket Board seeking a re-evaluation, with Gul being a PCB cricket committee member and Misbah…
How Brendon McCullum used the Last Dance to spur Trinbago Knight Riders
Trinbago Knight Riders are the 2020 CPL champions after winning 12 matches in 12 4:44 PM GMT Head coach Brendon McCullum impressed upon the Trinbago Knight Riders the way to build a T20 dynasty by showing them clips from the Last Dance, the mini documentary series about how Michael Jordan ensured the Chicago Bulls won six NBA titles in the 1990s. The Knight Riders went on to win all their…
Delray Rawlins' all-round showing helps Sussex take over at top of South Group
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Zak Crawley, 3.2 ov), 2-62 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 7.2 ov), 3-90 (Joe Denly, 10.5 ov), 4-104 (Heino Kuhn, 11.6 ov), 5-106 (Alex Blake, 12.3 ov), 6-107 (Jordan Cox, 13.1 ov), 7-116 (Jack Leaning, 15.2 ov), 8-125 (Grant Stewart, 17.1 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Sam Billings ready to do away with understudy tag as he seeks starring role
2:28 PM GMT Life as an understudy isn’t easy. Consider the example of Jimmie Nicol. Nicol, it might be remembered, was a Beatle for about 10 days in 1964. With Ringo Starr suffering from tonsillitis, Nicol, an accomplished session drummer, was drafted in to ensure the band fulfilled a raft of touring commitments. By all accounts he acquitted himself very well, too. But it was never going to make any…
Opposing gameplans collide as England seek lessons in defeat
6:58 PM IST Big Picture There was once a time when Gary Lineker’s famous football aphorism – “Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win” – could be transposed almost directly across to cricket and Australia. And while they may have fallen some way since the green-and-golden era in which they won four World Cups out of five between 1999 and 2015, victory…
Mitchell Marsh 'confident' of Australia role as opportunity knocks again
How Hazlewood kept it ‘simple’ in match-defining spell (0:55) Josh Hazlewood explains his thought processes in the first ODI against England (0:55) 1:23 PM GMT There is often a perception that Mitchell Marsh is forever fighting to keep his spot in any Australia side he plays for. In his fluctuating Test career that is perhaps fair, except for the fine run he enjoyed in 2017-18, and his T20I career has…
Mohammed Shami: IPL 2020 will prepare India players for Australia tour
Mohammed Shami was part of the India Test attack that helped them to a 2-1 series win down under in 2018-19 1:12 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After months of inactivity, enforced by the coronavirus pandemic, India’s players are set to return to action in IPL 2020 which will be played in the UAE from September 19 to November 10. Mohammed Shami, the Kings XI Punjab and India fast bowler, believes…