Big picture – Tough challenge for Delhi Capitals Is Tuesday night’s game a contest between the season’s best and worst teams? It’s not just the points table suggesting that. In key metrics, Gujarat Titans reign supreme while Delhi Capitals bring up the bottom. Their chasing records (100% v 20%), middle-order batting averages (37.8 v 16.6)
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In March they were facing each other in Ahmedabad and next month they will do so again at The Oval, but for the next few weeks Cheteshwar Pujara and Steven Smith will be team-mates at Sussex. Smith joins the county this week for his somewhat controversial pre-Ashes stint, which will see him play three County
Tim David has played only 16 games for Mumbai Indians, but he has already shown glimpses of the power-hitting ability that had made Kieron Pollard one of the stalwarts of the IPL. In the 1000th game of the IPL on Sunday, David went 6, 6, 6 off the first three balls of the last over
Big picture – RCB begin long streak of away games The effect of travel fatigue is underrated. It can’t be easy playing IPL games up until midnight and fly out the next day, before that same old routine for another game on the third day. Teams were spared of this over during the Covid-19 era,
Sunrisers Hyderabad 197 for 6 (Abhishek 67, Klaasen 53*, Marsh 4-27) beat Delhi Capitals 188 for 6 (Marsh 63, Salt 59, Markande 2-20) by 9 runs In a game of high drama where both sides kept landing punches at each other with neither backing off, Sunrisers Hyderabad pipped Delhi Capitals to arrest a three-match losing
Southern Vipers 287 for 6 (McCaughan 67, Bouchier 59, Elwiss 59) beat South East Stars 129 (Scholfield 31, Bell 4-37, Dean 3-18) by 158 runs Lauren Bell took 4 for 37 as the Southern Vipers routed the South East Stars by 158 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham. Bell was twice on
Legspinner Matt Parkinson joined Durham from Lancashire on a two-week loan deal last week, ahead of their current match against Derbyshire, while Kuhnemann’s injury continued to be assessed. Parkinson had featured in just one of Lancashire’s three Championship fixtures previously this season and, after talks with Lancashire, it was agreed his move to Durham would
According to Rahul, the six-day gap between the two games helped the players take their minds off the defeat and come back stronger. “The last game was a bit of a downer and did hurt us as a team,” Rahul said at the post-match presentation. “But we had three or four days’ break after that,
Lucknow Super Giants 257 for 5 (Stoinis 72, Mayers 54, Pooran 45, Badoni 43, Rabada 2-52) beat Punjab Kings 201 (Taide 66, Thakur 4-37, Naveen 3-30, Bishnoi 2-41) by 56 runs Punjab Kings fought hard to get past 200 themselves, with Atharva Taide slamming a 36-ball 66, but they were never really in contention to
Big picture: Will we witness Rinku magic again? There isn’t a lot to talk about when talking about this game, is there? Just kidding. Where my Rinku fans at? Living up to that epic night three weeks ago is not going to be possible. 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 to win a game feels like
Jake Weatherald will look to make a fresh start to his state career after moving to Tasmania on a two-year deal from South Australia. Weatherald, 28, did not play for South Australia since last December having stepped away from the game to manage his mental health early in the BBL. “I’m really excited and grateful
Rajasthan Royals 202 for 5 (Jaiswal 77, Jurel 34, Deshpande 2-42) beat Chennai Super Kings 170 for 6 (Dube 52, Gaikwad 47, Zampa 3-22, Ashwin 2-35) by 32 runs After losing their previous two games, Rajasthan Royals not only returned to winning ways but also the top of the IPL points table with a thumping
Poonam Yadav, the legspinner, who had previously been placed in the highest bracket when the central contracts were last made public in May 2021 (for the period October 2020-September 2021), drops out altogether along with the now-retired pair of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, who had both been placed in Grade B (worth INR 30
As the IPL regular season passes the midway point here’s a look at how the Australian contingent are tracking and the implications for what is to come for some of them One of the major narratives from an Australian point of view has been Warner’s form and it has provided a curious situation. His strike-rate
Royal Challengers Bangalore gave Kolkata Knight Riders “a freebie” on Wednesday night, and “deserved to lose” after all their lapses in the field, Virat Kohli, standing in as captain in place of Faf du Plessis, said after the 21-run defeat at home in Bengaluru. “To be honest, we handed over the game to them,” Kohli
Sri Lanka gathered 276 brisk runs for the loss of just the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne, as they eased into control of the second Test, on a rain-curtailed day. Nishan Madushka‘s maiden Test century was a highlight, as he added 108 to his overnight score. Karunaratne also hit his second hundred in as many innings,
Cricket Australia will allow Big Bash clubs to sign nationally-contracted players outside of their salary cap in a bid to avoid the Steven Smith fiascos of the past two seasons. Under rules unveiled by CA on Wednesday, players will be able to sign with individual clubs on a marquee supplementary list if they are not
Sunil Gavaskar feels Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians and India captain, should take some time off from the ongoing IPL and come back fresh for the last few league games and the subsequent World Test Championship (WTC) final. “I would like to see some change in the batting order [for Mumbai Indians],” Gavaskar said on