Cricket

9:08 PM GMT Defending Big Bash champions Sydney Sixers have signed Carlos Brathwaite, who returns to the club after playing four games for them in 2017-18. Brathwaite is the Sixers’ third overseas signing after Englishmen James Vince and Tom Curran, and like Vince will be available for the full tournament. He is set to form

2:23 AM IST Deivarayan Muthu Lahore Qalandars 171 for 5 (Hafeez 74*, Mahmood 3-41) beat Peshawar Zalmi 170 for 9 (Malik 39, Viljoen 37, Dilbar 3-33) by five wickets How the game played out Featuring in their first playoff game, the Lahore Qalandars hunted down 171 and knocked out former champions Peshawar Zalmi in Karachi.

12:00 AM IST Hemant Brar Big picture The first half of IPL 2020 might not have been as closely fought as in some of the previous editions, but with no team completely out of the playoffs race yet, it has become competitive in the last few days. The Kings XI Punjab, who were languishing at

11:36 AM GMT Worcestershire will look to recruit “at least one” spinner ahead of the 2021 season, but have confirmed that Wayne Parnell‘s time at the club has come to an end due to the closure of the Kolpak loophole. At a virtual members’ forum, chairman Fanos Hira revealed that the club had suffered a

4:41 AM GMT The opening two rounds of the Sheffield Shield being played in an Adelaide hub are completed and they have produced some compelling cricket. Here’s a few things that have stood out and a quick look at what’s to come Allrounders galore The multi-skilled players have been making their mark everywhere you look

11:19 PM IST Hemant Brar Sunrisers Hyderabad 156 for 2 (Pandey 83*, Shankar 52*, Archer 2-21) beat Rajasthan Royals 154 for 6 (Samson 36, Stokes 30, Holder 3-33) by eight wickets Manish Pandey‘s counter-attacking 83 not out off 47 balls, studded with four fours and eight sixes, nullified Jofra Archer’s opening burst in the second

Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 40th game of IPL 2020, between the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Tonight the likes of Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer take on David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Kane Williamson, and others. Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad ball-by-ball commentary. If the blog

3:39 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fast-bowling allrounder Romario Shepherd will replace the injured Dwayne Bravo in the West Indies T20 squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. The 25-year-old Shepherd made his international debut last year against Afghanistan, and has played five ODIs and two T20Is so far. Bravo sustained a groin injury while

Coaches Brendon McCullum and Abhishek Nayar look on © BCCI Brendon McCullum, the Kolkata Knight Riders coach, has said the team “just wasn’t good enough” with the bat and had shown a “timid” approach in their eight-wicket loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Knight Riders were undone by Mohammed Siraj’s 3 for 8 in

11:46 AM GMT Cameron Green‘s Western Australia team-mate Ashton Agar believes the 21-year-old will be able to cope with the jump to international level, but has cautioned against burdening him with too much expectation after a career-best 185 not out against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield. It was Green’s fourth first-class century since

2:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi will return as one of Melbourne Renegades’ overseas players for the BBL. Nabi, who is the No.1-ranked T20I allrounder, has been part of three previous campaigns for the Renegades: in 27 matches he has scored 476 runs at a strike-rate of 130.76 and has taken 21

12:04 AM IST Hemant Brar Kings XI Punjab 167 for 5 (Pooran 53, Maxwell 32, Rabada 2-27) beat Delhi Capitals 164 for 5 (Dhawan 106*, Shami 2-28) by five wickets Shikhar Dhawan became the first batsman to score back-to-back hundreds in the IPL but it wasn’t enough as the Kings XI Punjab beat the Delhi

Jason Holder points to the Black Lives Matter emblem on his collar © Gareth Copley/Getty Images Jason Holder, West Indies’ captain, has expressed his disappointment that the gesture of taking a knee before each match of their Test series against England this summer, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, was discontinued for the

4:17 AM GMT Teenaged Victorian wristspinner Wil Parker‘s signing with Hobart Hurricanes will see him replace Qais Ahmad after the club decided against extending their deal with the Afghanistan legspinner. Parker, who made his state debut for Victoria last summer as an 18-year-old and chose cricket over a possible Australian football career in the process,

6:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ten games, seven losses, just six points, and a spot right at the bottom of the table. That’s not what the Chennai Super Kings are used to – not to mention their fans – and MS Dhoni conceded after the team’s latest defeat, by seven wickets to the Rajasthan Royals,

10:54 AM GMT Sydney has emerged as a last moment contender to welcome India’s squad for the tour of Australia, scheduled to begin next month. The development came after Cricket Australia and Queensland Health met again on Monday evening in the latest step of a laborious process to get the tour to begin in Brisbane

3:34 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s Dawid Malan, the No.1-ranked T20I batsman, has signed a BBL deal with the Hobart Hurricanes. Malan’s interest in the tournament had been confirmed during the series against Australia when his consistent displays propelled him to the top of the rankings. In 16 T20Is, Malan has scored 682 runs at

12:34 AM IST Alagappan Muthu Mumbai Indians 176 for 6 (de Kock 53, Pollard 34*, Krunal 34, Shami 2-30) tied with Kings XI Punjab 176 for 6 (Rahul 77, Bumrah 3-24)Kings XI won the second of two Super Overs About three inches. That’s all that stood between the Kings XI Punjab and an outright victory