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
6:15 PM GMT Tom Abell has defended Somerset’s record for retaining players despite some high-profile departures in recent times. Over the last few weeks, Somerset have seen Jamie Overton leave for Surrey and Dom Bess announce that he will leave for Yorkshire at the end of the season. Jos Buttler, who left the club at
6:44 AM GMT “I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s it seems weird and scary to me, and it’ll happen to you, too.” Many a cricketer at the mercy of selection whims will find something empathetic in Grandpa Simpson’s line about
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.
12:04 AM IST Sidharth Monga Royal Challengers Bangalore 163 for 5 (Padikkal 56, de Villiers 51, Natarajan 1-34) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 153 all out (Bairstow 61, Pandey 34, Chahal 3-18) by 10 runs Sunrisers Hyderabad’s inexperienced middle order hurt them big time as they collapsed spectacularly from 121 for 2 in a chase of just
10:44 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Steven Smith , the Rajasthan Royals captain, is available for selection for their IPL 2020 opener against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday in Sharjah, according to head coach Andrew McDonald. Smith missed Australia’s ODI series against England earlier this month because of concussion. “Fantastic news that Steve is available,” McDonald
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
5:29 PM GMT September 19 had been in Nat Sciver‘s diary for a long time: before Covid-19 struck, it was the date that she had picked alongside Katherine Brunt for their wedding, chosen specifically to avoid a clash with the England women’s series against India. Instead, they spent the day in Derby, locked in the