Siddarth Ravindran (ESPNcricinfo) Kolkata Knight Riders’ four-wicket victory over Lahore Lions followed the template that has largely been the basis of their 11-game winning run: bowl first to allow Sunil Narine and the other spinners to smother the opposition, before Robin Uthappa and the rest of the top order click to set up the chase
Alagappan Muthu (ESPNcricinfo) The romance of T20 cricket is that one ball can change the game. Cobras were reminded of it in gruesome fashion in the 18th over. Their lead bowler Vernon Philander had routed Hobart Hurricanes’ final hope when he had Aiden Blizzard caught on the long-on boundary, and it did not augur well
Alagappan Muthu (ESPNcricinfo) The Kings XI Punjab production line of batsmen was under threat of being shortcircuited but Akshar Patel strode in at No. 8 and clobbered 20 runs off the penultimate over to script a second successive victory in Mohali. The situation had not been too dire, but that cameo erased all doubts of
Uncapped fast bowler Shamilia Connell is one of three new additions in West Indies Women’s 13-member Twenty20 squad for the upcoming three-match series against New Zealand Women, which starts from September 23. Connell, 22, was Barbados Women’s leading wicket-taker in the Regional Women’s Championship last month, claiming seven scalps from four innings at an average
By Sean Devers (Kaieteur News) At 21 Kandasammy Surujnarine looks a bright prospect and yesterday at Bourda he fashioned an accomplished unbeaten century to help bat Berbice to a draw against Demerara in the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) four-day Inter-County cricket tournament. Surujnarine faced 273 balls, batted for 358 minutes in