MS Dhoni has gone past Suresh Raina to become the most-capped player in the history of the IPL, his appearance for the Chennai Super Kings in the game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai on Friday his 194th in the competition. This is Dhoni’s 11th season with the Super Kings, the only team he has
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The good news about Week 5: 18 ranked teams are in action. By 2020’s standards, that’s pretty fantastic. The less good news: 13 of them are favored by double-digits, and only four play each other. The No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 7 Auburn game (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) could be dynamite, but only No. 13
11:24 AM ET Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Jason Gillespie doesn’t believe he’s done with county cricket, having made his coaching home there for the best part of a decade. Gillespie flies out of the UK on Sunday, bound for his true home of South Australia after adding the
The 145th Preakness Stakes will close out the reshuffled 2020 Triple Crown season. Tiz the Law won the Belmont Stakes in June, and Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is the favorite to win Saturday in Pimlico Here is a breakdown of every horse in the Preakness Stakes, suggested plays and picks. Note: Horses listed in order
The PCB and six PSL franchises have agreed to settle their outstanding issues related to the league’s financial model out of court. The legal suit has thus been disposed of by the Lahore High Court. Both parties will meet on October 7 in Lahore to try and find a resolution. Last week, the six franchises
PARIS — Waking up early Friday for his third-round match at the French Open, Dominic Thiem was surprised to see that the morning skies were still dark. Yup, Roland Garros in autumn, when the sun is slower to rouse itself than during the usual May-June slot, takes some getting used to. But the US Open
8:51 AM ET Steve KimESPN October has the potential to be one of the most important months for boxing in recent memory. There are four huge title fights, starting with Emanuel Navarrete facing Ruben Villa for the vacant WBO featherweight title (Oct. 9 on ESPN) and the much anticipated lightweight title unification bout between Vasiliy
Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Dubai Pro Tip: Consider recent form but also keep in mind the players who have done well in Super Kings-Sunrisers clashes in the last few seasons. Our XI: Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis(c), Ambati Rayudu(vc), Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, T
Quick, which athlete has the most roads in the U.S. named after him or her? (Hint: The athlete is not human. Like, literally not a person.) Which sport has the most streets named after its athletes? (Hint: Again, not humans.) After six months of unprecedented research, we can answer those questions and many more. We
Big picture With two wins and one comprehensive defeat each, the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Capitals have begun their IPL 2020 campaigns well enough to be among the top few teams. With every result causing big changes to the points table, though, only victories can ensure they remain in the top half of
Few players could claim that the Covid-19 hiatus arrived at a convenient time in their careers. But for Alex Hales, the pandemic could hardly have hit at a worse moment. Back in March, Hales was just threatening to re-build a case for England recognition, following his banishment ten months earlier from the World Cup squad
On the eve of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, their head coach Stephen Fleming said the Chennai Super Kings have used their six-day break “pretty well” and “have got some clarity” around what they need to do. They’ve lost two of their three games so far; their last two matches became no-contests less than halfway
Sam Burgess has stood down as assistant coach of South Sydney as the NRL and NSW Police launch an investigation into serious misconduct claims. The NRL has been shocked by allegations published in The Australian on Friday and has instructed its integrity unit to speak to South Sydney officials. The newspaper report alleged drug use
Russell Domingo, Bangladesh’s head coach, agrees that it has been tough on the players to be in a training camp that has no international cricket at the end of it and feels that there might not be any point to “going on forever” at camps, that too away from loved ones. “We want to try
The 2020 NHL draft is set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday. While the event is always exciting because we get to see where hundreds of young players will continue their development as hockey players, it’s also usually the setting for massive trades. With the event taking place virtually this year because of the COVID-19
Giro d’Italia 2020: ‘Unfinished business’ for Ineos leader Geraint Thomas The 2017 Giro d’Italia was meant to be a landmark moment for Geraint Thomas, leading his team in a Grand Tour for the first time and embarking on what he called “uncharted territory”. Recognised then as a ‘super domestique’ duty-bound to support other riders such
Yorkshire have said there “must be no repercussions” for any witnesses giving evidence in the investigation of “institutional racism” at the club made by former captain, Azeem Rafiq. Responding to Rafiq’s call for witness anonymity on Thursday, the club released a statement on Friday stating that they “completely agree with Azeem”. And while the statement
Hardik Pandya has described the sight of an offspinner coming on to deliver the 20th over of the Mumbai Indians’ innings during Thursday’s clash against the Kings XI Punjab as “mouthwatering”. K Gowtham, the Kings XI fingerspinner, who had figures of 1 for 20 off three overs until then, ended up delivering the second-most expensive