Royal Challengers Bangalore: Mat 13, Pts 14, NRR -0.323 The defeat against Punjab Kings and its margin means that Royal Challengers Bangalore are now officially on a sticky wicket in their quest for qualification to the playoffs. Even if they win their last match – against current table-toppers Gujarat Titans, no less – and finish

Surrey 318 for 4 (Pope 96, Foakes 86*, Patel 76) vs Kent Sometimes you do just have to check yourself. Yes, Kent’s suburban secondary ground at Beckenham was bathed in deceptively bright sunshine as a brisk wind swept through the ground and stayed there, forcing all but the most optimistic of onlookers to counter shorts

In what is a largely stable group of players, there was a vacancy created by the retirement of Ross Taylor while Bracewell, who was recently included in the Test squad to tour England after making his international debut against Netherlands in March, effectively replaces Neesham. Neesham, who has not featured in Test cricket since 2017,

Nottinghamshire 329 for 5 (Hameed 112, Mullaney 91*) vs Middlesex McCullum was the inspiration for England’s white-ball revolution, master of ceremonies at Morgan’s wedding and his coach when he captained KKR to the IPL final last year; they share passions for red wine, horse racing and gambling and while Morgan is not directly involved in

Allan Donald will have his work cut out this week as he prepares one of Bangladesh’s least experienced pace attacks for the Chattogram Test against Sri Lanka. The home side are missing their important spin duo in Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, apart from Taskin Ahmed, their most in-form fast bowler. The South

Shaun Marsh will play on for a 23rd first-class season to help Western Australia and Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges try and achieve the near-impossible task of defending all three domestic crowns. Marsh took some time after the Shield final to decide whether he would continue to play for WA next season. He was contracted

Buttler’s rare failureJos Buttler has carried the batting for Royals, a side with a short batting line-up and only one toss won in 12 matches, but he was stifled and then taken out for his lowest score this season and his earliest dismissal. Chetan Sakariya, coming in for the injured Khaleel Ahmed, didn’t give him

Ishan Kishan admits having “lost focus” in trying to deviate from being an early enforcer to a finisher. Having gotten into a rut, he’s trying to revert to his original style that has brought him T20 success. Currently, his strike rate of 117.15 is the fourth lowest among batters who have faced at least 150

Chris Lynn is looking for a new BBL club after Brisbane Heat made the shock decision to delist the BBL’s all-time leading runscorer after 11 seasons at the club. Queensland Cricket and Brisbane Heat CEO Terry Svenson confirmed on Wednesday that Lynn would not be offered a new contract for next season after another disappointing

The IPL’s newest franchises knew that the winner of Monday night’s game would officially seal a spot in the playoffs as well as taking big strides towards a top-two finish, and the game looked in the balance after Titans posted the joint-lowest total batting first this season in Pune while losing only four wickets in