3:25 PM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Sony, Sky Sports, and PTV have bought the rights to broadcast the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL), with Sri Lankan channel ITN securing the local terrestrial rights. Sony will broadcast the tournament throughout much of South Asia, particularly in India where Sri Lanka Cricket hopes desperately the tournament does
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7:20 AM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Canada batsman Ravinderpal Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sri Lanka for the Lanka Premier League (LPL) and has been isolated for treatment. Although he traveled in the same flight and bus as several other players including Andre Russell, Ravinderpal’s positive test will not have an
7:06 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA Cricket has announced that its commercial T20 franchise league partner,
12:43 PM GMT Daniel Brettig Close Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo Assistant editor Daniel Brettig had been a journalist for eight years when he joined ESPNcricinfo, but his fascination with cricket dates back to the early 1990s, when his dad helped him sneak into the family lounge room to watch the end of day-night World Series matches
6:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ten New Zealand players and support staff, along with as many West Indies players and support staff – including their T20I captain Kieron Pollard – cleared the second of their three Covid-19 tests on Thursday. The tests were conducted specifically for the entire IPL contingent that had arrived from the
7:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A South African player has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the upcoming limited-overs series against England. The player and two others considered to be close contacts by South African team medical staff have all been placed in isolation in Cape Town. All are asymptomatic but doctors will continue to
1:06 PM GMT India’s Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was back at the team’s nets in Sydney on Wednesday. Saha showed signs of recovery from his hamstring injury with four weeks still left for the much-anticipated December 17-21 Test series opener against Australia in Adelaide. Saha had injured both his hamstrings during a short but successful
3:10 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Brisbane Heat 6 for 139 (L Kimmince 40*, Glenn 4-31) beat Perth Scorchers 8 for 137 by four wickets A stunning display of hitting from Laura Kimmince helped the Brisbane Heat steal victory from the Perth Scorchers and put them one step closer to a guaranteed finals berth. The Heat
7:56 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Imad Wasim, Karachi Kings’ captain, hailed the contribution of the late Dean Jones to the franchise’s title win after they beat Lahore Qalandars to lift the Pakistan Super League trophy for the first time. Jones died suddenly in Mumbai, where he had been working as a broadcaster for the IPL,
2:29 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The bat with which Sir Geoffrey Boycott scored his 100th first-class hundred in 1977, and a maroon West Indies cap worn by Sir Viv Richards in 1980, were among the big-ticket items at an online auction of Boycott’s personal collection of memorabilia, which has realised a total of £207,625 across