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The Report by Deivarayan Muthu

NZ level series with Munro's

blistering 109*
The opening batsman was given four lives by India
and he made the most of them to keep the series alive

Result
2nd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 4 2017

NZ 196/2
INDIA 156/7 (20 ov, target 197)
New Zealand won by 40 runs

Agarkar: India need to look past Dhoni in T20Is.

4G16

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Gallery - India's rare fielding lapses

'Some days your plans don't come off' - Bumrah

INDIA V NZ
2ND T20I, RAJKOT

Dikshit: Munro spoils

India's slower-ball
plans

Harris: Difficult to know where to bowl at Munro.

2G47

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Stats - First batsman with two T20I tons in a year

Chopra: Munro, Boult made the difference

KO H L I T U R N S 2 9
ON THIS DAY

Virat Kohli's rise to superstardom

TOP HEADLINES

Samaraweera to coach Sri Lanka's batsmen

Zimbabwe may scale back on Tests at home

ECB changes likely to spell end for Giles Clarke

Usman Khan sidelined by back stress fracture

Saad Altaf sets Pakistan record with 16 for 141

Ranji game halted as man drives onto pitch

Moeen, Finn to miss first two tour matches

Root seeks ruthlessness ahead of tour opener

EDITOR'S PICKS
BOOK REVIEW: A CLEAR BLUE SKY

The story of Jonny and Bluey and of love

and letting go

RANJI TROPHY 2017-18

n TOP PERFORMERS

Record-breaking
Pujara, Saha stand out

Chand, Rana help Delhi

prevail in tricky chase

PA K I S TA N V N Z
ICC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, SHARJAH

Live
3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Sharjah, Nov 5 2017

NZ-W 148/8 (42.2/50 ov)

PAK-W
New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat

BPL 2017-18
SYLHET V COMILLA

Live
3rd match, Bangladesh Premier League at Sylhet, Nov 5 2017

CV 10/0 (2/20 ov)

SS
Sylhet Sixers won the toss and elected to field

RANJI TROPHY 2017-18

n GROUP A

Group A - Karnataka
top group after innings
win

Group B - Chawla,
Desai sustain Gujarat
dominance

Agarwal's leap towards batting zen

Group D - Sandeep, Sran seal Punjab's second win

Group C - First wins for Andhra, Mumbai

Points table

I N J U R Y U P D AT E
PAKISTAN NEWS

Usman Khan sidelined

by stress fracture of
back

ESPN SHORTS
FEATURES

Players who racked up more wickets than runs in

ODIs.
1G09

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ZIMBABWE NEWS
CHANGE IN OUTLOOK

Zimbabwe may scale

back on Test cricket at
home

S U P P O R T S TA F F
SRI LANKA NEWS

Samaraweera to coach Sri Lanka's

batsmen

BPL 2017-18
n RANGPUR V RAJSHAHI

Malinga, Bopara fire

Rangpur to first win

Result
2nd match (N), Bangladesh Premier League at Sylhet, Nov 4 2017

RK 154/8
RR 155/4 (18.5/20 ov, target 155)
Riders won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

EDITOR'S PICKS
BOOK EXTRACT: TEA AND NO SYMPATHY

How are you supposed to feel when your

son hits you for runs in a fathers v sons
game?

BPL 2017-18
n SYLHET V DHAKA

Sylhet announce BPL

arrival with thumping
win

Result
1st match, Bangladesh Premier League at Sylhet, Nov 4 2017

DD 136/7
SS 137/1 (16.5/20 ov, target 137)
Sixers won by 9 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

THE ASHES 2017-18

WA XI V ENG, TOUR MATCH

England start well

despite Cook, Root
failures

Live
Tour Match, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Perth,
Nov 4-5 2017

ENG 349/6d
WA-XI 256/6 (60.2 ov)
Western Australia XI trail by 93 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st
innings

A decent start for England but not, perhaps,

quite as encouraging as the scorecard might
suggest:
George Dobell, Senior correspondent,
ESPNcricinfo
1G07

'History not on England's side' - Vaughan

Nehra: If fit, Starc will take atleast 30 wickets in the

Ashes

T H E C R I C K E T WA R
A BOOK BY GIDEON HAIGH

'Kerry Packer set up a parallel cricket

universe.' Gideon Haigh talks about World Series
Cricket,
7G39 and the man who made it happen

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THE ASHES 2017-18

AUSTRALIA NEWS

Chappell: Australia
need a keeper who
catches, not one who
chatters

Case for hare and

tortoise as Australia's 6
and 7

Smith demands more

voice from Nevill

Smith aiming to open up England 'scars'

'By the end of the India tour I had nothing left'

ENGLAND NEWS
CLARKE TO DEPART?

ECB changes likely to

spell end for Clarke

RANJI TROPHY 2017-18

n DELHI V UTTAR PRADESH

Ranji game halted as man drives onto

pitch in Delhi

Fried calamari, burnt gravy and other bizarre match

interruptions

THE ASHES 2017-18

ENGLAND PREPARATIONS

Injuries hit England

preparations

'Mature' Overton in
frame for Test debut

WATCH - Three things England can learn against WA

XI

NUMBERS GAME
S RAJESH

A record year: 22 successive decisive

Tests

WOMEN'S DOMESTIC NEWS

PRE-SEASON TRANSFERS

Rejig of top stars adds

edge to women's
domestic season

RUNORDER
POINTS TO PONDER

Junior cricket to senior cricket: what's the best

path? Ajit Agarkar, Rajdeep Sardesai, Cyrus Broacha
and the team at ESPNcricinfo have their say on the
topic, following Rahul Dravid's comments on the
danger
5G48 of staying too long at the Under-19 level

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ZIMBABWE V WEST INDIES

2ND TEST, BULAWAYO

Streak, Law want more

reviews per innings

Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Oct 29-Nov
2 2017

ZIM 326 & 301/7 (144 ov)

WI 448
Match drawn

Chakabva, Cremer
script Zimbabwe's
great escape

'Pitch was better than we thought' - Cremer

Law asks for consistency in selection

THE ASHES 2017-18

ENGLAND WARM-UPS

Johnson declines
England warm-up
invitation

No Filter Ashes: What did Mitchell Johnson sing to

himself? Billy 'the Trumpet' Cooper from the Barmy
Army meets with Graeme Swann and Michael
Vaughan to discuss their plans for The Ashes. BT
Sport is the only place to watch the Ashes live in the
UK.
1G24

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EDITOR'S PICKS
WE LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OCTOBER

Gayle's fear of females, and KP's concern

for youngsters

INDIA V NEW ZEALAND

ASHISH NEHRA RETIRES

'No selector told me

this would be my last
series'

Straight-shooter Nehra
signs off at the top

A rare send-off in
Indian cricket

Zaheer: I always aspired to Ashish's extra bounce

INDIA V NEW ZEALAND

1ST T20I, DELHI

Dew not an excuse for

dropped catches -
Williamson

Report - Rohit, Dhawan

break both records and
NZ

Chopra: Dhawan's presence allowed Rohit time to

settle. Aakash Chopra breaks down the top three
talking points from India's 53-run win over New
Zealand
2G13 in the first T20I in Delhi

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SCORECARD

Harris: India put NZ to shame with their fielding

Stats - The biggest stand in T20Is for India

Gallery - All smiles after magical timing

WBBL NEWS

Chamari Atapattu signs

Women's BBL contract

INDIA NEWS
WOMEN'S U-19 TOURNAMENT

136 wides in U-19 match underline gap in

women's cricket structure

PA K I S TA N N E W S

Carl Crowe confident of

clearance for Hafeez's
remodeled action

EDITOR'S PICKS
BRAD HOGG

'I don't want any leniency because of my

age'

PA K I S TA N N E W S
SECURITY ASSESSMENT

We have the security to guarantee players' safety -

Najam Sethi. The PCB chairman assesses the
success of Sri Lanka's trip to Lahore and outlines the
way forward for Pakistan in their bid to attract more
international
8G12 cricket on home soil

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RUNORDER

Is Pakistan's ODI attack the best in the world? Ajit

Agarkar, Cyrus Broacha, Rajdeep Sardesai and the
ESPNcricinfo team discuss the impact the 2017
Champions Trophy winners have had with the ball
recently
4G22

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SRI LANKA IN INDIA 2017-18

INJURY UPDATE

Angelo Mathews
declared fit for India
tour

D A R R E N S A M M Y ' S D AY O U T

WATCH - Sammy tours ESPN HQ. ESPN's Alexis

Nunes caught up with former West Indies captain
Darren Sammy and gave him a tour of the ESPN
headquarters
5G20 in Bristol, Connecticut

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AUSTRALIA NEWS
ASHES BUILD-UP

Hazlewood prefers fifth

bowling option in Test
line-up

Coulter-Nile left out of

Shield squad, to lead
WA in tour match

Shield spell against

Smith aids Ashes
chances - Sayers

SOUTH AFRICA V BANGLADESH

PACE-BOWLING WORRIES

Isam: No easy answers

to quick questions

ENGLAND NEWS
ESSEX COACH POACHED

Silverwood set to take

England bowling role

I N J U R Y U P D AT E
AUSTRALIA NEWS

'Shane Bond surgery'

an option for Pattinson

ASK STEVEN
YOUR STATS AND TRIVIA QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Who is the fastest Indian to reach 50 ODI

wickets?

INDIA NEWS
DRAVID'S OPINIONS

Youngsters aping Kohli

'worries me' - Dravid

Manner of Kumble's exit 'very unfortunate' - Dravid

ICC NEWS
RANKINGS UPDATE

Kohli reclaims No. 1 ODI

batting ranking;
Bumrah third among
bowlers

Mithali Raj pips Lanning

as No. 1 ODI batsman

L I T E R AT U R E
BOOK PROFILE

The ideas behind Democracy's XI. Rajdeep

Sardesai, journalist and son of former India Test
batsman Dilip Sardesai, on his new book that profiles
the life and times of some of India's greatest
cricketers - and makes connections with a changing
India
9G42

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