8:48 AM GMT No Meg Lanning, no Ellyse Perry, no problem for Australia. There could not have been a more emphatic way for Australia to equal the world record for consecutive ODI wins than the performance they produced against New Zealand in Brisbane, both in the context of the individual match itself and also as
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2:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England pair Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont have joined the Sydney Thunder for the WBBL while West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor returns to the Adelaide Strikers. The confirmation of the three overseas signings completes the squads for the Thunder and Strikers ahead of the tournament which will be played entirely
11:40 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians193 for 4 (Yadav 79*, Sharma 35, Gopal 2-28) beat Rajasthan Royals 136 (Butter 70, Archer 24, Bumrah 4-20, Pattinson 2-19) by 57 runs An inventive 79 not out off 47 balls from Suryakumar Yadav – his highest score in the IPL – carried the Mumbai Indians to 193
7:39 AM GMT Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is hoping to become the first ICC Full Member nation to host a national T10 league, with SLC this week having called for tenders over franchise ownership and tournament sponsors. While the details of the tournament are yet to be finalised, SLC hopes to hold the
Oct 5, 2020 Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Courtney Walsh wants to see West Indies women’s team smiling again – he also wants to see them winning, but believes the two go hand-in-hand. Walsh has laid out his blueprint as the new West Indies women’s head coach on the
4:51 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A potential controversy was avoided at IPL 2020 when Delhi Capitals spinner R Ashwin warned Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Aaron Finch for straying out of the crease at the non-striker’s end but didn’t take the chance to run him out for the same. While bowling the third over of the
9:12 AM GMT Warwickshire have signed left-arm spinner Danny Briggs on a three-year deal. Briggs, the highest wicket-taker in the history of England’s domestic T20 competition, has been limited to a role as a white-ball bowler at Sussex in recent times but hopes to feature in all formats of the game for Warwickshire. Although Briggs
2:41 AM IST Nottinghamshire 129 for 4 (Duckett 53*) beat Surrey 127 for 7 (Roy 66, Christian 4-23) by six wickets Nottinghamshire confirmed their status as the dominant force in English T20 cricket, sealing a second Blast title in four seasons by chasing down 128 with 16 balls to spare in a 16-over final against
9:30 PM IST Surrey 74 for 4 (Payne 3-18) beat Gloucestershire 73 for 7 (Plunkett 3-11) by six wickets Surrey strutted into their final T20 Blast final since 2013 by beating Gloucestershire with eight balls to spare to seal their ninth win on the bounce in an 11-over game at Edgbaston after the rain eventually
6:11 AM GMT A player competing in IPL 2020 has “reported a corrupt approach”, putting the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) on a high alert. The current edition of the IPL is being held in the UAE in a biosecure environment, which has significantly reduced the chance for persons with dubious credentials approaching the player directly.