9:07 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kolkata Knight Riders have not quite hit their stride this IPL and the uncertainty surrounding their two biggest match-winners hasn’t helped. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine’s participation in this game is unclear as well, but they still hold on to fourth place and their chances of qualification into the playoffs
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12:13 AM GMT Melbourne teams in the WBBL, the Renegades and Stars, will venture a little into the unknown this weekend when they begin their tournaments having done the majority of their preparation amid strict Covid-19 lockdown in Victoria. Although Victoria-based players, who were not part of the Australia squad for the recent series against
11:13 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Mumbai Indians 116 for 0 (Kishan 68*, de Kock 46*) beat Chennai Super Kings 114 for 9 (Curran 52, Boult 4-18, Bumrah 2-25, Rahul Chahar 2-22) by 10 wickets IPL 2020 had begun with the Chennai Super Kings surging to a
10:16 AM GMT England could host Tests against New Zealand or Ireland in 2021 if the World Test Championship final is postponed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB have held talks with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and Cricket Ireland (CI) about filling the gap in the schedule if the final does not go ahead as planned The
11:45 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jason Roy has become the latest England player to sign for the upcoming BBL after joining the Perth Scorchers. He will link up with Liam Livingstone and it provides the Scorchers with enviable top-order options after last year’s opening pair of Livingstone and Josh Inglis became one of the most
11:19 PM IST Hemant Brar Sunrisers Hyderabad 156 for 2 (Pandey 83*, Shankar 52*, Archer 2-21) beat Rajasthan Royals 154 for 6 (Samson 36, Stokes 30, Holder 3-33) by eight wickets Manish Pandey‘s counter-attacking 83 not out off 47 balls, studded with four fours and eight sixes, nullified Jofra Archer’s opening burst in the second
1:21 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia 195 (Nielsen 64) and 5 for 347 (Head 171*) drew with Tasmania 8 for 493 dec (Doran 112, Paine 111, McDermott 90, Wakim 83) Travis Head batted throughout the final day against Tasmania, in front of his Test captain Tim Paine, to salvage a draw for South Australia
12:04 AM GMT Adelaide Strikers Captain: Suzie Bates Coach: Luke Williams WBBL history: 2015-16: 7th, 2016-17: 8th, 2017-18: Semi-final, 2018-19, 6th and 2019-20: Runners-up Squad: Darcie Brown, Suzie Bates (NZ), Sarah Coyte, Ellie Falconer, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Katie Mack, Tegan McPharlin, Tahlia McGrath, Annie O’Neil, Bridget Patterson, Madeline Penna, Alex Price, Megan Schutt, Stafanie Taylor (WI),
10:37 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Royal Challengers Bangalore 85 for 2 (Padikkal 25, Gurkeerat 21*, Ferguson 1-17) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 84 for 8 (Morgan 30, Siraj 3-8, Chahal 2-15) by eight wickets A devastating spell of new-ball bowling from Mohammed Siraj (4-2-3-8) left Kolkata Knight Riders so far down on the mat it was
2:02 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia 195 and 2 for 93 trail Tasmania 8 for 493 dec (Doran 112, Paine 111*, McDermott 90, Wakim 83) by 205 runs Tim Paine‘s third first-class century pushed Tasmania into a position from where they will hunt a final-day victory against South Australia who are in danger of