6:52 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe’s extended international hiatus will come to an end when they host United Arab Emirates in April, after which they will visit Netherlands and Ireland in June and July. Zimbabwe Cricket has struggled to fill the gaps in its calendar since failing to qualify for the World Cup, with a
7:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies say they hope to reach an “amicable resolution” with Phil Simmons, who is suing the board for constructive dismissal in the wake of his sacking as head coach in September 2016. Responding to ESPNcricinfo’s report that Simmons, the current Afghanistan coach, had claimed damages of more than
shares © Getty Images The floodlight failure that brought a premature end to the fifth and final one-day international between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands on Saturday “could not have been detected early in any pre-match testing which takes place before any domestic or international match,” according to a statement from the
shares Rishabh Pant and MS Dhoni congratulate each other © AFP With questions about India’s No. 4 batsman in ODIs yet to be answered, Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly have thrown their weight behind wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. The former Australia and India captains not only backed Pant to find a place in the India’s
9:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England and Australia could be set to break with 142 years of tradition by wearing names and numbers on the backs of their shirts during this summer’s Ashes. According to a report in The Guardian, the proposal from the ECB and CA will require sign-off from the ICC board, but
12:33 AM ET Cameron Bancroft‘s stubbornness at the batting crease will not only be a cornerstone of Western Australia’s bid to leap past New South Wales and claim a Sheffield Shield final berth against Victoria – he also has the chance to press even harder for a return to Australia’s Test team calculations by demonstrating
11:35 AM ET Colin Benjamin Cricket West Indies has been forced to admit liability in a case brought against them by Phil Simmons for unfair dismissal as West Indies coach. Simmons, the current Afghanistan coach, has claimed damages of more than US$300,000 with a final sum to be agreed at a court date in Antigua
2:17 PM ET Liam Brickhill With just two and a half months to go before the World Cup and competition for spots in South Africa’s World Cup squad heating up, coach Ottis Gibson has said that form will be the primary criteria on which the squad will be selected. “First and foremost, you want to
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Despite the change in format, the focus for both teams remains the swiftly-approaching fifty-over World Cup. South Africa made as much clear by naming the same squad for the first T20I as that chosen for the ODIs just past, with national selector Linda Zondi stating that Cricket South Africa regard
10:40 AM ET Umar Farooq in Karachi All matches of the next edition of the PSL will be held in Pakistan, and not around UAE, PCB chairman Ehsan Mani said at the opening ceremony ahead of the PSL 2019 final at Karachi’s National Stadium. “Today for Pakistan, especially for Karachi, it’s a historic day. Since
1:53 AM ET “It’s like we didn’t really leave,” gushed David Warner. “It’s almost like we never left, so everything is on the right track,” enthused Steven Smith. “It’s like two brothers coming back home,” intoned Justin Langer. Taking at face value Cricket Australia’s video news release, conveyed by jovial on-camera dialogue between the team
shares ICC CEO David Richardson addresses a press conference © Getty Images Over the last two years, Pakistan has made serious strides towards bringing big cricket back to the country in a significant way. The PCB has successfully hosted various international teams over the last 20 months as well as the high-profile PSL. All
9:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff On June 30, when ODI cricket’s No. 1 and No. 2 sides meet in one of the World Cup’s most anticipated clashes, India will have a decision to make about the composition of their spin attack. Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja will almost certainly feature in that discussion,
Sri Lanka in South Africa 2019 March 17, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff shares Aiden Markram raises his bat to acknowledge the applause © Getty Images South Africa have named allrounder Aiden Markram, fast bowler Anrich Nortje and wicketkeeper-batsman Sinethemba Qeshile in the T20I squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka which starts next week.
7:36 PM ET Steven Smith and David Warner have said it felt like they had never been away from the Australia set-up having been welcomed back with “open arms” during the first part of their reintegration with a series of meetings in Dubai before heading to the IPL. The pair, whose international bans expire on
3:00 AM ET Umar Farooq in Karachi Big Picture Pakistan has moved on from the narrative of cricket coming home, now that cricket has begun to trickle back to Pakistan for the last three years. The story is larger than that this time. Pakistan’s appetite for international cricket has begun to increase over the past
shares Virat Kohli at a press conference © PA Images via Getty Images Virat Kohli has quietened speculation over whether IPL franchises have been asked to “manage” the workloads of India players who are likely to be part of the World Cup squad, saying no instructions have been issued to cap the number of
3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka chose to bat v South Africa Sri Lanka have won the toss and chosen to bat first as they attempt to break their ODI duck in 2019, in the last one-dayer they have scheduled before the World Cup. South Africa, leading the series 4-0, have made four changes to the
12:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff David White, the CEO of New Zealand Cricket, has said “everything changes now” in terms of security around sports teams coming to the country in the wake of the terror attack in Christchurch which killed 49 people and saw the Bangladesh squad come very close to being caught up in
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England women 331 for 7 (Sciver 93, Jones 79) beat Sri Lanka women 159 for 8 (Ranasinghe 51*, Brunt 3-24) by 154 runs (DLS) England’s women launched the Sri Lanka leg of their Asian campaign with a comprehensive 154-run victory in the first ODI at Hambantota, thanks to a powerful
6:52 AM ET “Could you sleep last night?” “Nope. I was up for most of the night.” This is a text exchange with one of the Bangladesh coaching staff. Like most people in Christchurch, Friday night was tough on the Bangladesh contingent who spent a sleepless night. As many Muslim residents enquired about known faces
3:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Following Australia’s stunning 3-2 win in the ODI series in India, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels Steven Smith and David Warner now have to show that they remain among the best players available by making a mark in the upcoming IPL. The banned duo have been briefly reunited with
11:12 AM ET Liam Brickhill Four-and-a-half months of recovery from a shoulder injury cut short JP Duminy‘s involvement with South Africa this season, but it also gave him the chance to reflect and gain some perspective. Duminy turns 35 in a month, and he has indicated that his desire to spend more time with his
1:49 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff In what has come as a relief to former India fast bowler Sreesanth, the Supreme Court has “set aside” the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI for his alleged role in the 2013 IPL corruption and spot-fixing scandal. The apex court of the country has asked the BCCI
8:40 AM ET “If we had arrived there even five minutes earlier, we would all be killed.” Almost every Bangladesh player who had been on the fateful bus to the Christchurch mosque had these words on their lips, from the moment they got out on Deans Avenue to escape from the scene of the shooting,
South African international Rilee Rossouw saw Hampshire to cup glory against Kent, as he powered to 125 off 114 balls in what would become a decisive innings. Follow the latest from Royal London One-Day Cup at ecb.co.uk/one-day-cup This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team
7:48 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Guyana have been confirmed as the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional Four-Day Tournament 2018-19 after Leeward Islands, second on the table and needing the full 24 points on offer from their last game against Barbados, collapsed for 90 in their first innings. It’s the fifth title win in a row
5:34 AM ET Liam Brickhill JP Duminy will play his final ODI in South Africa against Sri Lanka on Saturday after announcing that he will retire from the format after the World Cup in England later this year. He will continue to be available for T20 internationals. Duminy, who announced his retirement from Test and
4:25 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand allrounder Lucy Doolan has announced retirement from all cricket, bringing a 14-year long career to an end. Doolan, who has played in 40 ODIs and 33 T20Is, made her last appearance for New Zealand during the 2013 World Cup. Making her debut in 2008 against England in Lincoln,
4:10 AM ET Members of the Bangladesh team were just “about 50 yards from the mosque”, which was the site of one of two terror attacks in Christchurch on Friday morning that resulted in multiple fatalities, Khaled Mashud, the team manager, told reporters at the team hotel. The third and final Test match of the
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