12:05 AM IST Somerset 119 for 4 (Byrom 51*, Davies 19*) v Essex It’s one of the great ironies of the season that the first-class competition should be named in honour of Bob Willis. While Willis was, without doubt, a passionate supporter of the game in England, he wasn’t necessarily a supporter of the county
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11:15 AM GMT Mitchell Marsh has become the first player to be ruled out of IPL 2020 because of injury. Marsh hurt his right ankle during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s first match of the tournament, on September 21 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. West Indies allrounder Jason Holder has been named Marsh’s replacement. This is the second time
10:44 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has reiterated that the impact on cricket would be “severe” if fans were unable to return to grounds for the 2021 season, after the UK government confirmed that plans to reintroduce spectators to sporting events were being paused. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, the
8:05 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Before IPL 2020, MS Dhoni had batted at No. 7 – the lowest he’s ever batted in the tournament – only six times in 12 years. In the two matches the Chennai Super Kings have played this year though, Dhoni has
11:40 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket who is set to assume office in October 2021 as the first female president of the 233-year-old Marylebone Cricket Club, offered a ringside view into women’s cricket administration during an ICC “100% Cricket” virtual event. ESPNcricinfo highlights some key points made
2:03 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Meg Lanning has been named the Melbourne Stars captain for the WBBL following her off-season move back to the club after a spell with the Perth Scorchers. Lanning, the Australia captain, will replace Elyse Villani in a move that had long-been expected after she returned to the Stars in July.
7:57 PM GMT Sidharth Monga You are 89 for 1 and 121 for 2 chasing 164 when the opposition feels there is so much dew the ball feels like a cake of soap. You find a way to lose from there. Sunrisers Hyderabad will not only be gutted about the two points lost against Royal
11:24 AM GMT At some point over the next few days, Jamie Porter will take the new ball in a five-day match at Lord’s. It won’t quite be the Test debut that he has spent his career working towards, but it will nevertheless be a memorable way to sign off a season that almost wasn’t,
2:38 AM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Delhi Capitals 157 for 8 (Stoinis 53, Iyer 39, Pant 31, Shami 3-15, Cottrell 2-24) beat Kings XI Punjab 157 for 8 (Agarwal 89, Ashwin 2-2, Rabada 2-28, Stoinis 2-29) via the Super Over Seam movement and bounce with the new ball. A 20-ball half-century that came out of nowhere.
7:00 PM GMT West Indies women’s interim head coach Andre Coley has called upon his team’s batters to step up and take responsibility in their T20I series against England. In the T20 World Cup earlier this year, West Indies did well with the ball, with their medium-pacers and spinners proving difficult to hit. But with
5:45 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is focusing on keeping himself in the right space mentally because “moving from one bio-bubble to another is quite a challenge”. Warner has just arrived in the UAE from the UK, where he was part of Australia’s limited-overs series against England. “Bubble life is very
8:44 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo West Indies and England women will take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter during their five T20Is starting on Monday. Stafanie Taylor, the West Indies captain, revealed on Saturday that the teams would perform the gesture and praised England
12:11 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Lightning 303 for 5 (Bryce 136*, Graves 65) beat Central Sparks 248 (Jones 115*) by 55 runs Opener Sarah Bryce hit a List A career-best 136 not out as Lightning wrapped up their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign with a comfortable victory over Central Sparks. The 20-year-old Scotland international
8:59 AM GMT Craig McMillan will be unable to take up his role as batting consultant for Bangladesh’s Test series against Sri Lanka due to a loss in the family. McMillan was supposed to join the team later this month to prepare for the three-match series which would have been Bangladesh’s first assignment since the
2:38 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 188 for 4 (Balbirnie 99*) beat Gloucestershire 171 for 6 (Dent 55, Wagg 3-34) by 17 runs Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie fell agonisingly short of becoming Glamorgan’s sixth centurion in T20 cricket as he led his side to a well-earned victory over Central Group leaders Gloucestershire by 17
3:34 PM GMT Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo Gaurav Sundararaman One of the truest clichés of the IPL is that each edition is more open than the last one. For example, the playoffs spots in the last four seasons were determined only on the last day of
10:43 AM GMT Unhappy at Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali‘s attempts to bypass the PCB hierarchy in meeting with Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan – also patron of the PCB – to discuss their reservations about the current domestic structure, board chairman Ehsan Mani has summoned the two for a meeting next week. The new domestic
1:47 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Allrounder Dan Christian will return home for this season’s BBL after signing for defending champions the Sydney Sixers in what could mark the beginning of the final phase of his T20 career on Australian soil. For Christian, 37, who was born in Sydney, the Sixers will be his fourth BBL