The IPL 2022 playoffs – one eliminator, two qualifiers and the final – will be held in Kolkata and Ahmedabad between May 24 and May 29, the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday. As reported by ESPNcricinfo earlier, the first two of those matches will be hosted at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, and the rest at Narendra Modi
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New Australia coach Andrew McDonald insists there was never a risk he would have pursued the England job due to his firm belief that international coaches should oversee all three formats, with England set to split the roles down white and red-ball lines. There was interest from England in both McDonald and Langer prior to
ESPNcricinfo experts Daniel Vettori and Imran Tahir have called for wides and height no-balls to be available for reviews even if they haven’t resulted in a dismissal. Vettori originally made the statement on the show Mute Me last week, and repeated it on the T20 Time:Out post-game show on Monday night, after the 19th over
Sana Mir isn’t too sure if she still knows how to bowl a cricket ball, but the next fortnight will tell. The former Pakistan captain has come out of retirement to lead Sapphires at the FairBreak Invitational T20 competition and has temporarily swapped her commentator’s microphone for time in the middle, in the hope of
It wasn’t a great week for the Australians at the IPL with very few outstanding performances. Mitchell Marsh produced his best score of the tournament to-date after an interrupted start due to injury and Covid-19. He looked in superb touch as he smashed 37 off 20 balls on Sunday for Delhi Capitals against Lucknow Super
Back in his first game as Chennai Super Kings captain since giving up the role at the start of IPL 2022, MS Dhoni has suggested that the pressure of leading a side had taken a toll on Ravindra Jadeja, and that it had “burdened his prep and performances”. Speaking to the host broadcaster Star Sports
Lucknow Super Giants 195 for 3 (Rahul 77, Hooda 52, Shardul 3-40) beat Delhi Capitals 189 for 7 (Pant 44, Axar 42*, Mohsin 4-12) by six runs Half-centuries from KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda, followed up by a special spell from Mohsin Khan sealed a tight six-run win for Lucknow Super Giants over Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals 150 for 6 (Warner 42, Powell 33*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 146 for 9 (Rana 57, Shreyas 42, Kuldeep 4-14, Mustafizur 3-18) by four wickets Part of Kolkata Knight Riders, Kuldeep Yadav didn’t get a single game last IPL. The reason perhaps is that in the two preceding IPLs, he picked just five
Durham 223 (Trevaskis 88) and 169 for 0 (Dickson 110*, Lees 50*) trail Sussex 538 (Pujara 202, Rizwan 79, Alsop 66, Haines 54, Clark 50, Trevaskis 5-128) by 146 runs An unbroken opening stand of 169 between Alex Lees and Sean Dickson gave Durham an excellent chance of saving their LV= Insurance County Championship match
Jadeja is now recognised as one of the top all-format allrounders, but in Super Kings’ poor start to defending the trophy they won at IPL 2021, his form has taken a hit: he has 112 runs in eight games at 22.40, with a strike rate of 121.73, and five wickets at 42.60 with an economy