Cricket

11:47 PM IST Vishal Dikshit Rajasthan Royals 186 for 3 (Stokes 50, Samson 48) beat Kings XI Punjab 185 for 4 (Gayle 99, Rahul 46, Archer 2-26, Stokes 2-32) by seven wickets A breath-taking half-century from Ben Stokes and a perfectly-paced 48 from Sanju Samson trumped a belligerent 99 from Chris Gayle to keep the

10:28 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Phil Neale, the most enduring presence in England dressing-rooms for the past two decades, is to retire from his role as the men’s team’s operations manager at the end of October. Neale, 66, was first appointed to his role in 1999, and witnessed at first hand England’s rise from ignominy

1:27 AM GMT Australian team management have reached out to the former Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes to speak to them about the nation’s history of racial discrimination and the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement, as they ponder how to engage with the issue after declining to take a knee during their limited-overs

11:49 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Chennai Super Kings 178 for 4 (Gaikwad 72, Rayudu 38, Jadeja 31*, Chakravarthy 2-20, Cummins 2-31) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 172 for 5 (Rana 87, Gill 26, Ngidi 2-34) by six wickets A twisting and turning contest between the Kolkata Knight

9:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Melbourne Renegades have boosted their overseas contingent for the upcoming BBL season with the signings of two wristspinners in Imran Tahir and the Afghanistan left-armer Noor Ahmad. Tahir will only be available post-Christmas, and Ahmad is expected to fill in for him until then. The signings fall on extreme

1:01 AM GMT Cameron Green‘s prodigious young talent has been recognised with selection in Australia’s 18-man white ball squad for ODIs and T20Is against India, while the seasoned New South Wales allrounder Moises Henriques has also been included as Mitchell Marsh continues his recovery from an ankle injury. In a week when the former selector

11:22 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians 166 for 5 (Suryakumar 79*, Kishan 25, Siraj 2-28, Chahal 2-37) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 164 for 6 (Padikkal 74, Philippe 33, Bumrah 3-14, Pollard 1-5) by five wickets A death-bowling masterclass from Jasprit Bumrah, followed by a rollicking unbeaten 79 from Suryakumar Yadav, ensured the Mumbai Indians

8:17 AM GMT Bangladesh cricket is eager to welcome Shakib Al Hasan back into the dressing room with open arms. That is the belief of Mahmudullah, who took over as the team’s T20I captain soon after Shakib was handed a 12-month ban. Shakib, whose ban ends on October 29, is currently in the USA with

2:13 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Victoria opener Marcus Harris is hopeful a set-up adjustment he has made with new state coach Chris Rogers will help propel him back into Test calculations. Harris hasn’t played Test cricket since the 2019 Ashes where he made just 58 runs in six innings. Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer dismissed

6:06 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit Here’s a short and straightforward guide on bowling in the death (and Super) overs from one of the best in the business, Jasprit Bumrah: Break the situation down into what your team wants from you in that over, assess the pitch and conditions, evaluate the match situation, check the boundary

6:33 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers will not return to the BBL with the Brisbane Heat this season due to the imminent birth of his third child and the complexities created by Covid-19 although the club have re-signed Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. De Villiers’ signing was announced to much fanfare last season

7:47 PM GMT Rohit Sharma‘s omission from the India squads for the three formats on their tour of Australia next month has raised questions over his participation in the remainder of this IPL season. At the same time, though, it does not imply the door is shut on his playing at some stage of the

4:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mitchell Johnson has revealed he’s been struggling with depression since retiring from professional cricket in 2018. Johnson, who took 313 wickets in 73 Test appearances, including 37 at 13.97 in a legendary display of fast bowling in the 2013-14 Ashes, spoke emotionally about the issue during the filming of Channel

9:16 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Navdeep Saini, the Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler, has suffered a split webbing in his right hand while bowling in the match against the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. He got hit on the right thumb while fielding off his own bowling, forcing him to immediately leave the field after

1:12 AM GMT As the group matches reach the final stage, with a number of teams jostling for places in the knockouts, a look back at how the Australians have gone over the last week Cummins doubles his tally It had been a lean tournament with the ball for Pat Cummins before he faced Delhi

9:57 PM IST Shashank Kishore Big picture It’s a mid-table clash but a blockbuster clash. A battle for fourth spot couldn’t have become more intriguing. Kings XI Punjab were at the bottom of the pile only 10 days ago. Suddenly, here they are now, having won four games on the trot, and looking for a

9:00 AM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 44th game of IPL 2020, between the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The likes of MS Dhoni, Sam Curran, Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja will be taking on the likes of

9:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After a spectacular collapse in which Sunrisers Hyderabad went from needing 27 runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand to losing by 12 runs against Kings XI Punjab, David Warner said his batsmen had been “complacent” in the middle overs. The Sunrisers bowlers had restricted Kings XI to