Hurricanes’ relief Hobart Hurricanes nearly messed up a chase of their own. Needing 132 against Stars, they were seemingly home with ease at 94 for 1 in the 12th over before mayhem set in. Caleb Jewell had made 70 off 44 balls out of those 94 runs when he departed with Hurricanes then almost falling
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All the major Indian broadcasters, including Disney Star*, Viacom 18, Sony and Zee, will be bidding for the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) media rights at an auction on Monday. The BCCI has adopted a closed bid auction method for the day-long event, and will announce the winner on the same day. ESPNcricinfo has learned
The BCB has backed TV umpire Tanvir Ahmed after he was involved in a contentious lbw call during the BPL game between Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal on Saturday. After umpire Morshed Ali Khan had given Jaker Ali out lbw in the 14th over of the Comilla innings, the batter reviewed, only for Tanvir to
In a boost for India, premier allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is likely to resume playing and will feature in Saurashtra’s final round of Ranji Trophy starting January 24. The match will be against Tamil Nadu in Chennai. Jadeja had to abort the Asia Cup last September to undergo surgery on his right knee. Currently at the
Ireland 150 for 4 (Adair 65, Burl 2-26) beat Zimbabwe 144 all out (Ervine 42, Hume 3-17) by six wickets Ross Adair, playing only his second international game, stroked a 47-ball 65 to help Ireland to a six-wicket victory against Zimbabwe, and level the three-match series going into the decider in Harare on Sunday. Chasing
Mukesh Kumar‘s match-haul of 7 for 99 backed up by unbeaten half-centuries from Sudip Kumar Gharami and captain Manoj Tiwary in the fourth innings led Bengal to a seven-wicket win over Baroda. Bengal had conceded a 78-run lead after being bowled out for 191 in reply to Baroda’s 269. However, the pace duo of Mukesh
Adam Zampa will reassess his future in red-ball cricket after being left “flat” by his omission from the Australia Test squad to tour India next month. Zampa had been told he was a strong chance of making the trip but the selectors opted to retain Mitchell Swepson as the legspinner after he toured Pakistan and
In a possible hint towards the future direction India will take in the shortest format, the selectors have left Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli out of the T20I squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand. KL Rahul is also not in the squad, and while the BCCI put his absence – and that
Running the non-striker out while he or she is backing up – it’s in the laws, but is it a cheap dismissal or a wicket of skill? Andrew Fidel Fernando and Sidharth Monga join Karthik Iyer to discuss Rohit Sharma’s withdrawal of Mohammed Shami’s appeal to run out Dasun Shanaka on 98 in the first
Marnus Labuschagne is excited by the “game of chess” with R Ashwin during the Test series next month with his mind turning to the challenge since the last meeting between the teams finished. The contest between the pair was one of the fascinating duels during the epic 2020-21 series in Australia which India famously won