9:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rohit Sharma, the most successful captain in the IPL, is set to lead India for the first time after having played 262 internationals. On the eve of the ODI series opener against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala, Rohit – who takes charge for the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka in the absence of the rested Virat Kohli – spoke of the challenges facing him in his…
Jennings impresses on troubling day for England
3:00 AM ET Cricket Australia XI 1 for 62 trail England XI 9 for 314 dec (Jennings 80, Curran 77*) by 252 runsScorecard Tom Curran showed some attacking strokes in his unbeaten 77 Getty Images It’s not just the shots you play. It’s the shots you don’t play. And, it would appear, the shots you don’t drink. If you were to walk past the nets while this England squad – enlarged…
Defending champions Gujarat concede lead
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bengal 354 and 177 for 1 (Easwaran 93*) lead Gujarat 180 for 6 (Merai 67, Dinda 3-48, Amit 3-53, Porel 3-64) by 307 runsScorecard Bengal’s seamers – Ashok Dinda, Ishan Porel and B Amit – kept defending champions Gujarat to 224 in their first innings, helping their team secure a handsome lead of 130 runs in Jaipur. Then, with Abhimanyu Easwaran nearing his second century…
Chandela, Himmat fifties secure Delhi's first-innings lead
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Madhya Pradesh 338 and 47 for 2 (Sharma 25*, Dane 16) trail Delhi 405 (Chandela 81, Shorey 78, Himmat 71, Hirwani 5-89) by 20 runsScorecard Rishabh Pant cracked 42 fours and nine sixes in his 326-ball 308 Prakash Parsekar Fifties from opener Kunal Chandela and Himmat Singh, along with handy middle-order contributions from Rishabh Pant and Nitish Rana carried Delhi to a vital first-innings lead against…
Gurbani, Fazal put Vidarbha in command
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Vidarbha 246 and 77 for 1 (Fazal 51*) lead Kerala 176 (Jalaj 40, Gurbani 5-38) by 147 runsScorecard Faiz Fazal celebrates his double hundred PTI Medium-pacer Rajneesh Gurbani‘s second five-wicket haul in two matches bowled out Kerala for 176 and handed Vidarbha a 70-run first-innings lead. Captain Faiz Fazal then made an unbeaten 51 – his fifth fifty-plus score of the season – to extend the…
Shreyas Gopal's 150 flattens Mumbai
Mumbai 120 for 3 (Suryakumar 55*) and 173 trail Karnataka 570 (Gopal 150*, Gautam 79, Agarwal 78, Dubey 5-98) by 277 runsScorecard © PTI Shreyas Gopal‘s unbeaten 150 helped Karnataka take another decisive step towards clinching a semi-final berth, as they amassed a first-innings lead of 397 runs against Mumbai in Nagpur. Mumbai began their second innings better than their first, but lost three wickets as they went to stumps…
Players' behaviour 'totally unacceptable' – Bayliss
Getting drunk is the best form of team bonding – KP (1:45) In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Kevin Pietersen says if he was coach he would allow the players freedom to go and ‘do what you want, but don’t get caught. (1:45) 7:05 AM ET George Dobell in Perth Trevor Bayliss has threatened to drop players from the England team after another late-night incident in Perth which saw Ben…
Duckett 'poured drink over' Anderson
‘ECB will take dim view of Duckett’s behaviour’ (1:21) George Dobell reports from Perth, where Ben Duckett is facing a disciplinary investigation after an alcohol-related incident (1:21) 5:00 AM ET George Dobell in Perth England’s Ashes tour has taken a further slide towards ignominy with news that Ben Duckett is facing a disciplinary investigation after an alcohol-related incident in Perth. Duckett, who has played four Tests for England and is…
Sri Lanka's best chance to challenge Kohli-less India
Agarkar: Sri Lanka need leaders to show the way forward (5:12) Ajit Agarkar and Gaurav Kalra preview the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Dharamasala (5:12) 5:06 AM ET Big picture Sri Lanka can breathe easy. And not just because they are out of Delhi. Virat Kohli will not be breaking any more records on the rest of their tour. That’s where the good news ends, though. The…
Didn't assess Hamilton pitch well enough – Gabriel
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff 3:51 West Indies bounced back in the last session of the day, picking up four wickets as New Zealand ended on 286 for 7 Although West Indies “didn’t assess the wicket well enough,” they would have taken having New Zealand seven down at stumps, according to fast bowler Shannon Gabriel. New Zealand finished the first day in Hamilton at 286 for 7 after they were…