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Two days after scoring his maiden CPL half-century, Darren Sammy did a star turn with the ball, his three-wicket haul setting up a seven-wicket win for St Lucia Zouks against Barbados Tridents

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Jul-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsDarren Sammy rattled Barbados Tridents’ top order•CPL/Sportsfile

Two days after scoring his maiden CPL half-century at the stadium renamed in his honour, in Gros Islet, Darren Sammy did the star turn with the ball, his three-wicket haul setting up a seven-wicket win that kept St Lucia Zouks in the hunt for a top-four berth.Barbados Tridents, who opted to bat, were restricted to 137 for 8, with Kyle Hope, the opener, making his first T20 half-century. Only three other batsmen moved to double digits, with captain Kieron Pollard’s 20 being the second-highest score of the innings. In reply, Zouks chased down a revised target of 131 in 19 overs, with 15 balls to spare.Tridents started positively, Hope and Ahmed Shehzad raising a 50-run partnership, before Sammy struck in his first over to remove Shehzad. Sammy then sent Shoaib Malik back in his next over to reduce Tridents to 60 for 2 in the tenth over. Sammy coaxed a mistimed pull from Hope in his final over and ended with figures of 3 for 18.The dismissal of Pollard and the in-form Nicholas Pooran off the next two overs, to Derlon Johnson, the left-arm fast bowler, and Shane Watson, further threw Tridents back. David Wiese’s 17-run cameo, however, helped them score 28 off the last three overs.Zouks were driven by 88-run opening stand in the chase, between Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher, which helped them steer clear of the asking rate. Fletcher hit two fours and three sixes in his 41-ball 45 before Pollard struck in consecutive overs to dismiss the openers either side of a rain interval that reduced the contest by an over.By then, Zouks needed only 33 off 36 balls. While Shane Watson, who made 19, was dismissed by Ravi Rampaul, David Miller struck two fours and a six in an unbeaten 19 to seal the winning runs along with Sammy, the captain. This meant that Tridents were consigned to their fourth loss in eight matches.

Toby Lester was not the most famous left-arm bowler on show, not with Ryan Sidebottom’s 11 for 76 leading Yorkshire to victory and messrs Starc and Johnson on hand for Australia but Lancashire valued his debut all the same

Paul Edwards at Old Trafford08-Jul-2015
ScorecardNick Browne stood firm as Essex’s middle order collapsed•Getty Images

Toby Lester was not the most famous left-arm new-ball bowler playing first-class cricket in England on Wednesday afternoon. At Cardiff the Mitchells, Starc and Johnson, were firing the opening shots in an Ashes battle which will be waged for six weeks; at Edgbaston Ryan Sidebottom was collecting match figures of 11-76 as Yorkshire took another stride towards retaining the County Championship.By contrast, unless you were a cricket fan from Blackpool or followed Second XI games closely, you may not have been too sure who Lester was until Monday morning. It was then that he was named in Lancashire’s side to play Essex at Emirates Old Trafford. And by the third evening of the game both Jaik Mickleburgh and Liam Dawson were acquainted with him. For he had castled them both with his swing to give Lancashire a strong sniff of victory in a Division Two game which had been cursed by rain for its first seven sessions.By close of play that sniff had been encouraged by, what for Lancashire followers, had been the delicious aroma of collapse after James Faulkner, a cricketer as well known in Brisbane as Bispham, had removed three key members of Essex’s middle order as the visitors displayed all the carelessness Lancashire’s batsmen had most diligently eschewed.Ravi Bopara edged a flat-footed slash to wicketkeeper Alex Davies; Jesse Ryder’s irresponsible cut found only the safe hands of Arron Lilley at backward point; and Ryan ten Doeschate was lbw on the back foot to his second ball when Faulkner brought one back off the seam. None of the trio reached double figures.Ten Doeschate’s wicket left Essex perilously placed on 81 for five with over 22 overs left in what was a remarkable day’s cricket, and had it not been for the good sense of James Foster and opener Nick Browne, whose unbroken sixth-wicket stand was worth 58 by close of play Essex would have been in very deep trouble indeed. Browne ended the day unbeaten on 78 and he and Foster will be key men again on the final morning, especially since the pitch is offering assistance to Lilley’s off-spin.Even on the third evening, though, it still seems more likely that the game will end in a draw but the outcome is nothing like as certain as it appeared when Lancashire declared on 402 for 8 in mid-afternoon. Croft’s players can go into the last day very encouraged by the way in which they have approached a match which will be remembered, in part, for its grey skies and frequent showers.”Manchester on a rainy day,” wrote RC Robertson-Glasgow, “is the nearest thing I know to an academic speech on Free Trade.” Perhaps so, but Croft’s batsmen never let the gloom infect their approach to matters. Instead, they played with resolution and enterprise, no one more so than the skipper himself, who reached his second century of the championship season off 210 balls and added 144 with Faulkner, who put a tricky few days behind him to concentrate on his cricket skills.Reece Topley accounted for Croft, Faukner and Jordan Clark during a penetrative spell with the second new ball early in the afternoon session but the skipper’s 122 and the all-rounder’s 68 had changed the temper of the contest. Lancashire’s dominance was reinforced when Lilley’s breezy 40 off 31 balls helped the home side to their fifth bonus point and Croft beckoned his men off the field as soon as it was reached.

New Zealand Cricket chairman Chris Moller has apologised to Ross Taylor for the manner in which the team’s captaincy changeover played out, but he said there was no need for heads to roll over the saga

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Dec-2012New Zealand Cricket chairman Chris Moller has apologised to Ross Taylor for the manner in which the team’s captaincy changeover played out, but he said there was no need for heads to roll over the saga.Brendon McCullum replaced Taylor as captain in all formats last week after Taylor declined an offer to stay on as leader in Tests only, and the way the captaincy issue was handled left Taylor feeling disaffected enough to sit out of the upcoming tour of South Africa. Much of the tension surrounded the relationship between Taylor and the coach Mike Hesson, who recommended changes in the limited-overs leadership.”The board has reviewed all aspects of the captaincy issue and wishes to publicly place on record its apologies to Ross Taylor and his family for the manner in which events have unfolded,” Moller told a press conference in Wellington on Wednesday.Moller also said that “additional material” on the captaincy saga had come to light and would be reviewed by NZC. However, he said there was no need for any sackings over the messy way the changeover was played out in the public.”No heads are going to roll,” Moller said. “here were no hanging offences in all of this. Yeah, the ball’s been dropped, absolutely. Could we have done things better? Absolutely. Are we going to learn from those mistakes? Well we hope so. Is there any reason for anybody to have their heads taken off? No, and that is a decision the board has made.”

Kaustubh Pawar rescued Mumbai from a precarious position with a fiercely-determined century and along with the lower order, all but batted
Madhya Pradesh out of the Ranji Trophy

Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium03-Jan-2012
Scorecard
Ankeet Chavan supported Kaustubh Pawar in an unbeaten stand of 129•Fotocorp

Kaustubh Pawar rescued Mumbai from a precarious position with a fiercely-determined century and along with the lower order, all but batted
Madhya Pradesh out of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai had begun the day 122 runs
behind MP with only five wickets remaining, but Pawar showed tremendous
character in grinding out his second hundred in his debut season at a time
Mumbai desperately needed someone to bail them out.That he struggled with his rhythm till he reached the three-figure mark
but did not throw his wicket away was a credit to Pawar’s temperament.
That Mumbai lost only two wickets today after 15 had fallen on the first
day was partly due to their tenacity and partly due to the pitch which had eased out.The first session was MP’s only real chance of trying to take the lead but
Pawar and Hiken Shah kept them at bay, giving no chances. As he had done
yesterday, TP Sudhindra kept the batsmen defensive with excellent control
over his lines and lengths but unlike they had done on day one, Mumbai did
not succumb against the lack of runs. They kept nudging and guiding for
singles and Pawar, especially, continued to leave almost everything that
was outside off stump.He was beaten on numerous occasions by Sudhindra who also had him down on
the ground a couple of times as he avoided bouncers. Pawar was even hit on
the helmet as he took his eyes off another bouncer but he just refused to
get out. There was also only so much Sudhindra could do alone. Hiken
signaled Mumbai’s growing confidence when he lofted fast bowler Amarjeet
Singh for a straight one-bounce four.Sudhindra managed to break the stand minutes before lunch when Hiken
finally fiddled with one outside off stump and nicked to the slip cordon.
Mumbai were less than 50 runs behind by then, though. Also, a tail that
has Ramesh Powar, Ankeet Chavan and Dhawal Kulkarni is not exactly a tail.
Kulkarni arrived ahead of Powar and Chavan and with Pawar holding one end
up, calmly pushed up the scoring rate with positive batting. MP were
forced to spread the field and bring their innocuous spinners on as
Kulkarni soon took Mumbai into the lead with a driven four through extra
cover.Sudhindra was still not done, though. He bowled Kulkarni for 40 with one
that bounced from a good length but MP now had Chavan to contend with.
With the crucial first-innings lead in the bag, Chavan was able to play
his strokes from the start. Pawar, meanwhile, got to his century in
uncharacteristic fashion off his 233rd delivery, stepping out to drive the
offspin of Jalaj Saxena through extra cover.The landmark brought out the strokeplayer in Pawar as he started to drive
and cut with authority. Chavan cruised to a fifty as well, swinging a six
over long-on in between his straight and cover drives. The eighth-wicket
stand swelled past 100, taking the game further away from a
flagging MP. Pawar showed no signs of fading, still finding the
energy to punch and push for the three runs that took him past 150.
MP’s bowlers tried everything after being let down by their batsmen but
once again, Mumbai had someone to do the dirty work and dig them out of
the hole.

Michael Beer’s selection for the third Test in Perth was a shock to everyone in Australian cricket – not least to Beer himself

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Dec-2010Michael Beer’s selection for the third Test in Perth was a shock to everyone in Australian cricket – not least to Beer himself. Having played only five first-class matches since his debut in October, Beer has suddenly found himself in line to become Australia’s 418th Test cricketer, as the selectors search for a way to blunt England’s powerful batting line-up.It has been a sharp rise for a man who until last summer was playing club cricket in Melbourne, working at Puma and hoping to find a way into a Victorian team that already featured the spinners Bryce McGain and Jon Holland. Beer is the biggest bolter Australia’s selectors have chosen since Peter Taylor, the offspinner, who bowled Australia to victory in Sydney in 1986-87 having played six previous first-class matches.”I was a little bit surprised and I don’t think it really sank in until I rang my parents and actually blurted it out myself and thought hang on, what’s going on here?'” Beer said. “Twelve months ago I probably wasn’t a professional cricketer, that’s in all facets, and then WA gave me the opportunity under Mickey Arthur and they’ve been really great and backed me and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.”The move to Perth has been brilliant for me. It definitely created a lot of opportunities and I’ve really enjoyed playing with the Warriors. I love it and the deck’s good. I love bowling on it.”A tall left-armer, Beer has impressed Arthur, his state coach, with his competitiveness, despite having not taken more than three wickets in an innings at state level. “He has a way to go. He is young in the game, but in a year’s time he will be sensational,” Arthur said. “He will be able to handle anything international cricket can throw at him.”The challenge for Beer is to ensure that in a year’s time – or in a month’s time – he has not become yet another in Australia’s long list of discarded spinners. If he debuts at the WACA, he will be the tenth slow bowler Australia have used in Tests since the retirement of Shane Warne and No. 9, the newly-axed Xavier Doherty, believes the selectors are panicking.”There is probably a little bit of panic there, but it is only a short series,” Doherty told the . “We’ve got to turn it around pretty quickly. In an ideal world, I would have liked a few more chances. You have seen how many spinners they have used over the last couple of years, so I’m sure the selectors aren’t quite sure who the next person is. But I’m sure if I am given another chance, I can certainly make an impact.”I started to feel the pressure. Once I started leaking a few boundaries instead of getting back to the basics of what I learnt in Shield cricket over the last couple of years, I probably went searching for a few more wickets and probably produced a few more bad balls. It cuts me pretty deep to know I didn’t put in my best performance in Adelaide and knowing I’m a better bowler than that.”

Australia showed all the fire and passion that has made them the powerhouse of women’s world cricket by taking out the World Series of Women’s Cricket by beating New Zealand by 109 runs at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at New Zealand’s High Performance Centre

Lynn McConnell25-Dec-2009Australia showed all the fire and passion that has made them the powerhouse of women’s world cricket by taking out the World Series of Women’s Cricket by beating New Zealand by 109 runs at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at New Zealand’s High Performance Centre at Lincoln University today.The margin of success was embarrassing for New Zealand but it still wasn’t sufficient to wipe out the stigma of the World Cup defeat three summers ago, and that issue won’t be decided until 2005 in South Africa. Evidence would suggest that Australia are further down the track in preparation for that event than are New Zealand.It is a fact of sporting success that innovation can often be a key virtue, but so often new things are tried in team sports, before they have been tried out in a competitive atmosphere in the recent history of the side.New Zealand fell into that trap when trying to rearrange their batting order in an effort to curtail the threat of Australian fast bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick. The move didn’t work, and possibly even rebounded on the home team who capitulated in disappointing fashion for a side who still are the reigning world champions.The record books were given something of a working over, mainly by Australian captain Belinda Clark. She ended her innings of 80 as the highest scorer in women’s One-Day Internationals, supplanting New Zealand legend Debbie Hockley when she passed her record of 4064 runs. Clark now sits on 4077.The effort started when she scored her third run of the day to be only the second woman to pass 4000 ODI runs.New Zealand’s wicket-keeper Rebecca Rolls also got in on the act when ending the innings on 80 dismissals in ODI to equal the record of England’s Jane Cassar. But in New Zealand’s innings Julia Price ended up on 79 dismissals.New Zealand had done a sound job in dismissing the Australians for 214. It is a rare feat and was all the more notable after Clark’s innings had looked to steal the initiative well and truly away from New Zealand.But by bowling with a degree of control, they made life difficult for Clark and she was rarely allowed to strike out for boundaries and the latter part of her innings was spent attempting to lift a run rate that had fallen below what Australian should have expected.The ploy of opening with 18-year-old left-arm spinner Rebecca Steele, who took one for 38 when bowling through, could be said to have been effective, but at the same time it had to be wondered if bowling her through had been the best option.The air of mystery that was developed when she opened evaporated when it was clear she was going to bowl through.Aimee Mason was also effective in bowling 10 overs of off spin to end with one for 34.New Zealand captain Emily Drumm said she was delighted between innings that the bowlers had done the job that allowed the batsmen a reasonable chase.”It was our best bowling performance of the series in terms of the consistency they achieved,” she said.Drumm explained that the change in the batting order had been intended to deny Australia early wickets because in the two earlier games New Zealand had been rocked.”But that is three games in a row now that we have collapsed.”I’ve never known Cathryn Fitzpatrick to be so intimidating in a series as she has been here,” she said.Drumm, who was set up by the Australians in each of her innings against them this year, said she never felt it necessary to use a helmet against her because she backed her judgment to get something up to defend herself.However, she said it was interesting to see on television coverage the involuntary action she was taking in attempting to deal with Fitzpatrick because she didn’t realise she was backing off a little.She said she respected Fitzpatrick immensely and would have to deal with her as best she could and she left the feeling that a good deal of thought would be going into their next meeting, probably next summer in the annual Rose Bowl series.Drumm said it was always the same Australian players, Clark, Karen Rolton and Fitzpatrick who turned up firing when New Zealand was their opponent.”Today they lifted their game against us again, because they know that we can threaten them and it is often that fear of losing that drives you to win,” she said.Clark said she knew it would be a good game when they reached the halfway point because Australia had wanted to score 220-plus.After Fitzpatrick’s performance today Clark thought the English team who start the Ashes series next Saturday would be more than a little nervous.The ploy of changing the batting order had caused the Australians to think a little more about what they were doing.And she admitted the Australians did lift themselves against New Zealand, but the New Zealanders did the same against them.”Today was an important day for us. We came here to win the tournament and we have managed to produce the goods when it counted,” she said.Clark said she learned last night that the statistical milestones she achieved were on the horizon but her attitude was that it was more important that she scored well for the team today.

Central Zone spinners ran through South Zone on the opening day, restricting them to 149

Ashish Pant11-Sep-2025Saransh Jain bagged his second successive five-wicket haul, while Kumar Kartikeya finished with a four-for as the Central Zone spinners ran through South Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final.Under cloudy skies and on a surface with a greenish tinge, Jain picked 5 for 49 and Kartikeya returned 4 for 53 to bowl out South Zone for 149 in 63 overs at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence. In reply, the Central Zone openers Danish Malewar and Akshay Wadkar were steady in their approach before bad light ended the first day early.At stumps, Central Zone were on 50 for 0, trailing South Zone by just 99 runs.South Zone’s new opening pair of Mohit Kale and Tanmay Agarwal weathered the new-ball storm, adding 24 runs in 15 overs. When spin was introduced in the 16th over, Kale’s went for a slog, only to be cleaned up by Kartikeya.Related

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Soon after, R Smaran swiped Kartikeya across the line, but could only manage a top-edge and was caught at square leg 1.There were immediate signs of extra zip and bounce for both Kartikeya and Jain, who operated in tandem. South Zone then lost Tanmay Agarwal through a run-out. Looking for a second run, Tanmay and Ricky Bhui collided in the middle and the former was found well short.Kartikeya struck for a third time when South Zone captain Mohammed Azharuddeen was squared up and bowled for 4 as South Zone went to lunch at 64 for 4. Jain joined in on the wicket-taking fun after lunch, trapping Bhui lbw.Salman Nizar took 13 balls to get off the mark by going on the assertive against Kartikeya, striking for a six and four. C Andre Siddarth also clipped Kartikeya through mid-on for four. But aggression got the better of Siddarth when he waltzed down to Jain, got beaten in the flight and was stumped as South Zone slipped to 97 for 6. That became 116 for 7 when Jain got a length ball to kick off the surface, rapping Nizar’s gloves, with Patidar taking a low catch at slip.Kartikeya then picked his fourth trapping Gurjapneet Singh lbw. Vasuki Koushik and Ankit Sharma tried to delay the end, but Jain picked his fifth wicket with a straight delivery that breached Ankit’s defences and trapped him in front.South Zone started with the spin of Ankit at one end and the left-arm pace of Gurjapneet at the other.Wadkar and Malewar hit Gurjapneet for three fours in an over to kickstart the charge as they reached the 50 mark in 17 overs. There was an appeal for lbw by Ankit against Wadkar but replays suggested that the ball would have clearly missed leg stump.Koushik got the ball to move around late in the day, but the two batters hung on.

ESPNcricinfo understands that the India batter will also take a call on his international future soon

Nagraj Gollapudi07-Mar-2024India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is set to play his final IPL season this year when he appears for Royal Challengers Bangalore over the next two months. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Karthik, who turns 39 in June, will also make a final decision soon on his international future.Karthik, who started his IPL career at Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) is part of a select group of seven players to have featured in every season of the IPL since the BCCI launched the tournament in 2008, along with MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha and Manish Pandey. Perhaps more impressively, Karthik has missed just two matches in 16 seasons.The first one was in his maiden season, against Kolkata Knight Riders and second was in 2023 when Karthik sat out the league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.Related

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Karthik endured a poor 2023 IPL with the bat, scoring just 140 runs overall with an average of just over 11. It was a total contrast to the stellar season he enjoyed in 2022, the year Royal Challengers bought Karthik at the auction for INR 5.5 crore (US$ 662,000 approx.). Mainly playing the role of the finisher, for which he trained diligently on his power-hitting pre-season, Karthik scored 330 runs in 16 matches at an average of 55 and an explosive strike-rate of 183.33. Karthik was one of the key reasons Royal Challengers reached the play-offs that season, before bowing out in the second qualifier.The scorching IPL form earned Karthik a berth in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, he managed just 14 runs in three innings as India lost to eventual champions England in the semi-finals.The current stint with Royal Challengers is Karthik’s second, having played a single season with them before in 2015. Overall, Karthik has represented six IPL teams: starting with Daredevils (2008-14), Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings – 2011), Mumbai Indians (2012-13), Gujarat Lions (2016-17), Knight Riders (2018-21) and Royal Challengers (2015, 2022-present). Overall in 240 matches, Karthik has scored 4516 runs at an average of nearly 26, striking at over 132 with 20 half centuries. As a keeper, Karthik is second on list behind Dhoni in overall dismissals (133) as well as stumpings (36).Karthik has overall represented six different teams at the IPL•BCCI

An established captain at Tamil Nadu, Karthik has also led in the IPL – on six occasions as an stand-in skipper at Daredevils, and 37 matches between 2018-20 at Knight Riders before he stepped down. Overall, his captaincy record reads: 21 wins, 21 losses and one tied match.Even as he gets ready to say farewell to cricket as a player, Karthik has already settled into what is deemed to be a second career. In 2021, while he continued playing, Karthik simultaneously got his feet wet in broadcasting, working as a pundit for the inaugural World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand and then at the Hundred. Karthik is now well established as a broadcaster, currently doing commentary in the India-England Test series.Royal Challengers will play the tournament opener against defending champions Chennai Super Kings on March 23 at his home ground in Chepauk.

Fast bowler is hoping his experience playing for Melbourne Stars in the BBL helps him when Pakistan take on India at the T20 World Cup

PTI29-Sep-2022Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf is banking on knowledge gained from the Big Bash League to outsmart India’s batters in the T20 World Cup match between the two at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23.”If I give my best, they won’t be able to play me easily. For the upcoming World Cup match, I’m very happy because it is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,” Rauf, who plays for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, said after at the post-match interaction following Pakistan’s six-run win over England in Lahore on Wednesday.”It is my home ground because I play for the Melbourne Stars, and I have an idea of how the conditions play out there. I’ve already started planning on how I would bowl against India.”The win in Lahore gave Pakistan a 3-2 series lead in the seven-match T20I series, with Rauf playing a key role so far, topping the wickets charts with eight scalps.India and Pakistan, who only meet in multi-team tournaments these days, faced each other twice at the Asia Cup in the UAE in August. There, Rauf did not have the biggest impact, going wicketless when India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the first round, and taking one wicket – that of Rohit Sharma to break a half-century opening stand – when Pakistan turned the tables on India in the Super 4s. He was relatively expensive in both games too, going at 8.75 and 9.50 respectively, but finished as runners-up Pakistan’s joint-leading wicket-taker.Playing India twice in the Asia Cup, Rauf said, could take the edge off the nerves that come with the territory. “The match between India and Pakistan is always a high-pressure game. In the World Cup last year, I was feeling so much pressure. But in the past two matches in the Asia Cup, I didn’t feel much of it because I knew I just had to give my best.”

“The idea is for them to get exposure in England,” BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal says

Reuters12-Jun-2021The BCCI has said the participation of its top women players in The Hundred in England will give them much needed experience and exposure to elite opposition ahead of the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand next year.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not allow its male players to participate in overseas T20 leagues, though some of the Test specialists play county cricket in England.The inaugural edition of the 100-ball competition, which features eight clubs with separate men’s and women’s teams, begins at The Oval on July 21 and will feature five India players: T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and explosive opener Shafali Verma.Related

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Kaur and Mandhana have also previously played in Australia’s Big Bash League.”The idea is for them to get exposure in England,” BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal told Reuters by telephone. “Some of our boys have played county cricket, and that has given them a great opportunity and exposure. We want to take women cricket forward similarly.”This experience will definitely come in handy in the World Cup next year.”After a year without international cricket due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the India women’s team hosted South Africa for a limited-overs series in March and the calendar suddenly looks a lot busier.The team, under captain Mithali Raj, will play their first Test in seven years next week when they face England in Bristol, with the tour also including three ODIs and three T20Is.India will play their maiden pink-ball Test in Australia later this year and there could be more action in September-October if the BCCI can organise the Women’s T20 Challenge in the UAE. The Challenge would run alongside the remainder of the men’s Indian Premier League, which was suspended last month because of the Covid-19 pandemic.”We’re trying to figure out if that can be played with the UAE leg of the IPL,” Dhumal said. “Hopefully we’ll get a window. We’ll have to see venue availability as well.”