2:44 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Southern Punjab beat Northern by seven wickets Southern Punjab followed up their sensational win against Balochistan with a thumping win over defending champions Northern to stride into the Natioanl T20 Cup final. Chasing 161, one fewer than they did with 56 balls to spare in their last game, Shan Masood‘s
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5:39 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Pakistan Cricket Board has admitted to being “disturbed and disappointed” after nine players – including three from the national team – and three officials were found to have violated Covid-19 protocols at their hotel in Rawalpindi during the ongoing National T20 Cup. Though Covid-19 tests eventually carried out on
8:12 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians have traditionally been slow starters in the IPL, but they’ve hit the ground running this season in the UAE, winning six of their first eight matches so far to lead the points table. Their captain Rohit Sharma, though, has warned the defending champions against complacency and wants them
2:42 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkwa by 11 runs A splendid team effort from Northern’s bowlers saw them edge out Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 11 runs. In what was a clash of the top two, the bowlers from both sides dominated proceedings, a significant departure from the trend over the course of this
3:00 AM GMT Defending champions New South Wales enter the Sheffield Shield fray from Monday, with the pleasant change that they will not be doing so as a lonely beacon for spin bowling. This time around, on nicely modulated surfaces prepared by the former South Australia and Western Australia paceman Trent Kelly, Queensland, Western Australia
8:11 PM GMT The ECB has confirmed it is in talks with the PCB about a short tour to Pakistan in late January or early February The tour, first revealed as a possibility by ESPNcricinfo on October 8, is likely to consist of three T20Is and would be England’s first visit to Pakistan since late
1:55 PM GMT In the last two editions – 2018 and 19 – the IPL gradually introduced the in-season player loan scheme. In 2018 a 5-day window was open mid-season where only uncapped players could be loaned. A year later the IPL allowed franchises to borrow capped players. This season the IPL has tweaked slightly
4:17 AM GMT Cricket Australia is confident the WBBL structure can react to a changing Covid-19 landscape as the start of the tournament which will be played entirely in a Sydney hub draws closer. The competition will begin on October 25 and run until the end of November, played at a variety of venues around
11:25 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Delhi Capitals 161 for 7 (Dhawan 57, Iyer 53, Archer 3-19) beat Rajasthan Royals (Stokes 41, Nortje 2-33) by 13 runs There was spine-tingling entertainment in the powerplay thanks to three unbelievably fast bowlers. There was shot-making of the highest quality from both top-orders. But in the end it was
1:43 PM GMT Varun Shetty Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 30th game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals and the Rajasthan Royals. Today it’s the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada and Prithvi Shaw taking on the likes of Steven Smith, Ben Stokes and Sanju