11:09 AM ET Deivarayan Muthu ESPNcricinfo looks at the major talking points from the first day of the ninth round of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy Choudhary razes Tripura for 35 Rajasthan’s left-arm quick Aniket Choudhary scooped up his seventh five-wicket haul of the season to skittle Tripura out for 35, their lowest total in first-class
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6:06 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Winter can be a strange time for county cricketers. Once a period of rest or temporary work, the off-season has turned into a six-month bonanza of opportunity for many: T20 franchises are desperate to spot hidden gems outside of the international
shares © Getty Images Big Picture On Saturday, New Zealand dropped five catches – something that might happen to them once every 50 games, at most. A Sri Lanka player produced the batting performance of his life. And yet, such is the disparity between these teams that, a 21-run victory to New Zealand was
3:00 AM ET Rangpur Riders 169 for 3 (Rossouw 76*, Bopara 40*) beat Khulna Titans 161 for 5 (Stirling 61, Shafiul 2-44) by 8 runs How the game played out Rangpur Riders picked up their first win in the BPL, after beating Khulna Titans by eight runs in a contest that was alive until the
3:00 AM ET How the game played out Shahid Afridi‘s unbeaten 39 took Comilla Victorians to a four-wicket win against Sylhet Sixers. While the result was sealed off the penultimate ball – with Afridi sweeping Alok Kapali for a four through fine-leg – Victorians were in control of the 128-run chase, first through the efforts
4:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Thisara Perera lit up the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui with some of the cleanest hitting, smashing 140 off 74 balls to get Sri Lanka within sight of a miracle win. They lost eventually by just 21 runs in the second ODI. But while Thisara’s knock was the highlight of
shares Kagiso Rabada struck with his first ball © Getty Images With half an hour to go on the third day at Newlands, field placements and bowling strategies meant South Africa’s seventh home series win on the trot was almost in the bag. But after a bizarre unraveling at the tail end of the
3:00 AM ET South Africa 431 for 6 (du Plessis 103, Bavuma 75, de Kock 59) lead Pakistan 177 by 254 runs South Africa’s tail wagged with frenzied intent on the third morning at Newlands, as a series of cameos from their fast bowlers helped to add a further 49 runs to their overnight total
3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat v Sri Lanka New Zealand have won the toss and chosen to bat for the second successive match at Mt. Maunganui, on another surface expected to aid batsmen. Strangely, although it had been the hosts who won the first match comfortably, it
12:39 PM ET South Africa’s bowlers dominated headlines in 2018 and helped to make home a fortress, but on the second day at Newlands, the batsmen finally had their day in the sun. Aiden Markram kicked things off with a fluid 78 on Thursday, Temba Bavuma struck 75 to continue the good form he showed