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2:10 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff In a sponsorship deal fitting for the times, Dettol has become the naming-rights partner for the Australia men’s ODI and T20I series as part of a four-year deal. They replace Gillette, the previous title sponsors for men’s limited-overs matches, in a deal that also will see them be the naming

8:54 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Sanju Samson has been one of the Rajasthan Royals’ lynchpins since 2013. He even made it to our all-time Royals XI. But, until IPL 2020 came along, Samson had never hit consecutive 50-plus scores for the Royals. That changed on Sunday,

1:10 PM GMT Vishal Dikshit Mumbai Indians are keen to get some overs out of their key allrounder Hardik Pandya but are taking a cautious approach with him after his back surgery last year. Zaheer Khan, Mumbai’s director of cricket operations, said on Sunday that Pandya is “very keen and really wanting to bowl,” but

12:51 AM IST Sreshth Shah Kolkata Knight Riders 145 for 3 (Gill 70*, Morgan 42*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 142 for 4 (Pandey 51, Russell 1-16, Cummins 1-19, Chakravarthy 1-25) by seven wickets The Kolkata Knight Riders bounced back from their comprehensive defeat to the Mumbai Indians to ease past the Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets

6:46 PM GMT Whatever happens on the final day of the English first-class season on Sunday, Somerset – and perhaps England – can take heart from the emergence what may well prove to be a significant new talent. In normal circumstances, there is every chance Tom Lammonby may have spent this season playing second XI

12:50 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the eighth IPL 2020 match, between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Knight Riders lost their first game, and in their camp are the likes of Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, and others.

4:56 AM GMT Jane Jones, Dean Jones‘ wife of 34 years and the mother of their two children, has spoken of the family’s grief at losing the 59-year-old to a heart attack and of their gratefulness for the global outpouring of gratitude for his eventful life in cricket. A major commemorative celebration will take place

8:35 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It’s not often that the Chennai Super Kings find themselves struggling at the start of an IPL season. This time round, though, they lost key players even before the tournament began, and an injury to Ambati Rayudu has weakened their batting to the extent that they’ve fallen out of contention

12:50 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the seventh IPL 2020 match, between the Chennai Super Kings and the Delhi Capitals. CSK have won and lost a match each, and in their camp are the likes of MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak

4:17 AM GMT Dean Jones was lost to Australian cricket just when it appeared as though his occasionally fraught relationship with the leadership of the game had moved towards more constructive and collaborative territory. In mourning Jones’ sudden loss at the age of 59 and his rich legacy as a cricketer, Australia’s coach Justin Langer

6:12 PM GMT Eddie Byrom hailed “the most important innings” of his life after his century helped Somerset into a strong position in the Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord’s. Byrom, who had never previously made more than 56 in a first-class game against a county side, made a fluent 117 to lead Somerset to

10:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, has died on Thursday after a heart attack in Mumbai. He was 59. Jones, who was is in India as a commentator for the IPL, is understood to have suffered a massive heart attack around noon IST. “It is with great sadness that we

3:53 AM GMT Mitchell Marsh has been forced out of the IPL with an ankle injury to continue a rollercoaster few years for the allrounder and it leaves him in doubt for the start of the Australian home summer. March 2017: India tour cut short Having returned to the Test side after been dropped the

12:05 AM IST Somerset 119 for 4 (Byrom 51*, Davies 19*) v Essex It’s one of the great ironies of the season that the first-class competition should be named in honour of Bob Willis. While Willis was, without doubt, a passionate supporter of the game in England, he wasn’t necessarily a supporter of the county

11:15 AM GMT Mitchell Marsh has become the first player to be ruled out of IPL 2020 because of injury. Marsh hurt his right ankle during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s first match of the tournament, on September 21 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. West Indies allrounder Jason Holder has been named Marsh’s replacement. This is the second time

10:44 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has reiterated that the impact on cricket would be “severe” if fans were unable to return to grounds for the 2021 season, after the UK government confirmed that plans to reintroduce spectators to sporting events were being paused. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, the

8:05 PM GMT Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Before IPL 2020, MS Dhoni had batted at No. 7 – the lowest he’s ever batted in the tournament – only six times in 12 years. In the two matches the Chennai Super Kings have played this year though, Dhoni has

11:40 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket who is set to assume office in October 2021 as the first female president of the 233-year-old Marylebone Cricket Club, offered a ringside view into women’s cricket administration during an ICC “100% Cricket” virtual event. ESPNcricinfo highlights some key points made