6:06 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit Here’s a short and straightforward guide on bowling in the death (and Super) overs from one of the best in the business, Jasprit Bumrah: Break the situation down into what your team wants from you in that over, assess the pitch and conditions, evaluate the match situation, check the boundary
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11:17 AM GMT Leicestershire have signed former Essex batsman Rishi Patel on a three-year deal. While 22-year-old Patel currently has a modest record at senior level – he averages 17.00 in first-class cricket and 21.66 in List A cricket – he has a good record in second XI cricket and is seen as an exciting
4:07 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has broken his thumb while training with his domestic side Canterbury in the Plunket Shield. Henry was hit on his right thumb while batting in the nets, and the injury has put him in doubt for New Zealand’s upcoming home season. “Matt was unfortunately
7:47 PM GMT Rohit Sharma‘s omission from the India squads for the three formats on their tour of Australia next month has raised questions over his participation in the remainder of this IPL season. At the same time, though, it does not imply the door is shut on his playing at some stage of the
11:30 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI is yet to send a formal approval to Cricket Australia on the schedule for India’s upcoming tour of Australia, but the Indian board president Sourav Ganguly has pointed out that Indian team will be travelling to Sydney immediately after the IPL which will finish on November 10. Sydney
1:12 AM GMT As the group matches reach the final stage, with a number of teams jostling for places in the knockouts, a look back at how the Australians have gone over the last week Cummins doubles his tally It had been a lean tournament with the ball for Pat Cummins before he faced Delhi
12:48 AM IST Hemant Brar Rajasthan Royals 196 for 2 (Stokes 107*, Samson 54*, Pattinson 2-40) beat Mumbai Indians 195 for 5 (Hardik 60*, Yadav 40, Gopal 2-30) by eight wickets Ben Stokes finally came to the party with an unbeaten 107 off 60 balls as the Rajasthan Royals chased down Mumbai Indians’ 195 for
10:32 AM GMT At least five members of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) board have acceded to the request of the nembers’ council – the highest decision-making body in South African cricket, made up of the 14 provincial affiliate presidents – and stood down from their positions. The list included acting president Beresford Williams, who
9:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After a spectacular collapse in which Sunrisers Hyderabad went from needing 27 runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand to losing by 12 runs against Kings XI Punjab, David Warner said his batsmen had been “complacent” in the middle overs. The Sunrisers bowlers had restricted Kings XI to
3:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A day after losing his father, Mandeep Singh chose to step out in the Kings XI Punjab’s IPL 2020 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai. Singh’s father Hardev died on Friday evening, and he is understood to have told his franchise that he was up to playing the game.