2:16 AM ET The Ranji Trophy 2018-19 match between Puducherry and Uttarakhand started afresh on the fourth day, with a new toss taking place on a fresh pitch at the CAP Siechem Ground in Puducherry. However, only 15 overs were possible on the fourth day before the match was called off, with the pitch once
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1:39 PM ET Dale Steyn has spent the last six months on the cusp of becoming the most successful South African Test bowler in history, but he has spent even longer within close striking distance of the record. He passed the 400-wicket mark three-and-a-half years ago, but has only played eight Tests since, and ahead
7:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff MS Dhoni is back in India’s T20I squad. He hadn’t found a place in India’s two most recent T20I squads, against West Indies at home and in Australia, but he has returned as one of three wicketkeeper-batsmen for the three-match T20I series in New Zealand in early February. In more
1:44 PM ET Umpire Tanvir Ahmed, whose erroneous no-ball calls during the third T20I between Bangladesh and West Indies had caused an eight-minute halt in play, has admitted that he had made a mistake. Off what was supposed to be the final ball of the fourth over of Bangladesh’s chase of 191, Tanvir wrongly pulled
1:51 AM ET Ravindra Jadeja has been carrying an injury from even before he landed in Australia, and yet he was named in the 13 for the Perth Test even when not fully fit, India’s coach Ravi Shastri has revealed. In trying to defend himself against criticism from all corners regarding the selection of the
Dec 21, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Adam Zampa, the Australia legspinner, has signed for a second season with Essex in the Vitality Blast. He was the club’s leading wicket-taker in 2018, although they managed just two wins and finished seventh in the South Group. The 26-year-old took 12 wickets in 10 Blast matches with an economy
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand allrounder Sophie Devine produced a stunning all-round display as she became the first player in WBBL to score a half-century and take five wickets in the same match. She only came up five runs short of a century, clubbing 95 off 60 balls for Adelaide Strikers – an
12:27 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After smog, pollution and an intruder driving onto the pitch, Ranji cricket in Delhi has encountered another strange reason for a delay. Even as overheard conditions aided the scheduled start, Saturday’s Delhi-Madhya Pradesh fixture at the Feroze Shah Kotla was delayed for more than two-and-half-hours after Sunil Chauhan, the BCCI’s
8:40 AM ET Mohammad Isam in Mirpur Play was stopped for at least eight minutes during the series-deciding third T20I in Mirpur after West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite contested a dubious on-field call by umpire Tanvir Ahmed. The incident occurred in the fourth over of Bangladesh’s chase when Ahmed called wrongly a no-ball off Oshane
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sydney Sixers 3 for 166 (Perry 103*) beat Brisbane Heat 7 for 155 (Jonassen 33, Burns 2-9) by 11 runs For the second time this season, Ellyse Perry completed a T20 century even as it seemed like time was running out. And she did it in some style as well.