5:36 PM IST A watchful PCB is ready to do what it can – health and safety permitting – to ensure that its summer tour to England goes ahead. A panel of the board’s executives and directors as well as head coach Misbah-ul-Haq will meet its ECB counterparts on May 15 over a video link
10:13 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers has opened up on his friendship with Virat Kohli, who he says is “much deeper than just a cricket player”. Speaking to Pommie Mbangwa, the former Zimbabwe fast bowler who’s now a commentator, de Villiers said his conversations with Kohli – a long-time team-mate at Royal Challengers
10:52 PM IST The ECB’s hopes of being able to stage international games behind closed doors appear to have been given encouragement by the new government strategy to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of its phased plans to build an economic recovery, the UK government has announced that it aims to allow some
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7:08 PM IST India 216 for 8 (Tendulkar 88, Fleming 2-39) beat Australia 215 for 7 (Taylor 105, Prasad 3-37) by two wickets Title sponsors have a huge recall value when fans revisit memorable classics. Many Indians still refer to the 1983 World Cup as the Prudential World Cup. The 1987 edition, which India hosted
11:38 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Suresh Raina feels Indian cricketers without BCCI contracts should get the opportunity to play in overseas T20 leagues. The 33-year-old Raina has played over 300 international games, but hasn’t represented India since July 2018; playing in overseas leagues, he feels, will especially help older players who are looking to make
3:03 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Alex Hales has claimed he has “matured as a player and away from the game” since his deselection from England’s World Cup squad after a failed recreational drugs test, and declared that the past six months have been “the best I’ve played in my career” as he presses his case
8:59 PM IST Bangladesh’s cricketers’ body is planning to hold elections soon after the country’s Covid-19 general holiday ends. The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) is likely to set an election date when all Dhaka Premier League cricketers come to the capital to play the 2019-20 season. Following an online meeting that the CWAB
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Pakistan sealed an excellent victory at Lord’s for the second time in two years. Abbas and Amir triggered another England batting collapse, removing the final four wickets for just six runs. Pakistan easily knocked off the 64 runs needed for victory to inflict a heavy defeat on Joe Root’s side.
4:04 PM IST The chairman of the PCB’s independent disciplinary panel pointed to Umar Akmal‘s lack of remorse and a refusal to cooperate with investigating authorities as he detailed the reasoning behind the three-year ban on the Pakistan cricketer, which will keep him out of the game – as a player and otherwise – till
4:31 PM IST England’s Test players are preparing themselves for the potential of a “long stint” away from their families as part of plans to try and salvage planned series against West Indies and Pakistan this summer. Reports have suggested that the ECB is hoping to stage six Tests in bio-secure environments during July and
4:13 PM IST Australia pace bowler Megan Schutt has called on the women’s game to be treated fairly when it comes to potential cuts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic but accepts it is inevitable that the impact will be felt. The domestic set-up across Australian cricket looks set to come under pressure amid
1:06 AM IST Durham and Edgbaston have emerged as further options as international venues for England this summer. At present Emirates Old Trafford (Manchester) and The Ageas Bowl (Southampton) are the favoured options as the ECB look into achieving something close to a bio-secure environment which would allow them to fulfil their international programme of
10:18 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff A senior BCCI official has said that India would be willing to undertake a two-week quarantine period in Australia later this year if it meant the tour could proceed. India are due to play four Tests and three ODIs in December and January, a visit that could cost Cricket Australia
5:03 PM IST Keshav Maharaj has put himself forward as a wildcard candidate to take over as South Africa’s Test captain. The position remains unfilled following Faf du Plessis stepping down in February, even though South Africa have appointed Quinton de Kock as their white-ball captain. Maharaj has not been among those named as likely
12:57 AM IST Richard Gould, Surrey’s chief executive, has cast further doubt on the ECB’s claim that the inaugural season of the Hundred would have proved profitable, had it not been postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Gould – whose county voted against the creation of the new competition when it was first
6:10 PM IST Solo Nqweni, the South African allrounder who has been battling Guillan-Barré syndrome since last July, has now tested positive for Covid-19. Nqweni revealed the news on Twitter. ESPNcricinfo understands that Nqweni is able to communicate and his agent Rob Humphries is positive he will make a full recovery. Nqweni is the third
7:54 PM IST England captain Joe Root has said that no cricket should be played this summer if “the game itself, how it’s played and the intensity it’s played at” is compromised in any way. The ECB have drawn up extensive contingency plans to play cricket behind closed doors in a ‘bio-secure’ environment, with the
2:16 PM IST Australia opener Joe Burns has conceded he didn’t capitalise on his good form last season as he returned to the Test team and is determined to put it right against India should the series be able to take place later this year. Burns’ stop-start international career resumed last summer as he partnered
May 6, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies’ current T20I team is better than the one that won the World T20 four years ago in India. So says Dwayne Bravo, who overturned his international T20 retirement in December to strengthen West Indies’ bid to defend their title. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo’s Alexis Nunes, Bravo was thrilled at
2:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Kumar Sangakkara will be invited to serve a second term as MCC president, in light of the current postponement of the club’s activities. Sangakkara, the first overseas president of MCC, took office on October 1 last year, and recently participated in a successful club tour of Pakistan, his first return
11:01 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jhye Richardson, the Australia fast bowler, has undergone further surgery to stabilise the shoulder he dislocated last year which led to him missing the World Cup and Ashes tour. Richardson suffered the original injury in the second ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah last March when he dived in the outfield.
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10:41 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Women’s cricket risks being sidelined amid the clamour to schedule matches at the small number of bio-secure venues in England and Wales, should the sport get underway this summer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket, made the frank admission on
7:08 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff St Kitts & Nevis Patriots have revamped their set-up, letting go of Carlos Brathwaite and Robin Singh who were in charge of the team last season. Instead, they’ve handed over the captaincy to the 39-year old Rayad Emrit and recruited Simon Helmot as their head coach for CPL 2020. West
7:53 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff England’s Physical Disability cricket squad is aiming to complete a marathon a day to help raise funds for the Lord’s Taverners. The squad, which finished as runners-up in the Physical Disability World Series last summer, has pledged to complete 26 miles of running every day for at least ten days,
2:52 PM IST Cricket Australia’s financial warnings have been questioned by the players’ association which has said the game’s position remains positive with the sport not yet feeling the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic suffered by the winter codes. The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), led by chairman Shane Watson, met on Monday and will now
May 5, 2020 The third edition of the Mzansi Super League, South Africa’s premier T20 domestic competition, will feature eight teams and be screened on pay television, marking a significant shift from the first two seasons. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the six existing franchises will be joined by teams based in Bloemfontein and East London
8:45 AM IST Australia Women’s vice-captain Rachael Haynes is willing to take on any role asked of her at next year’s ODI World Cup even it means giving up the opening position where she made her maiden century at the start of the last season. In three matches against Sri Lanka, which were the only
India opener Rohit Sharma posted his highest score on Australia soil with 171 not out at the WACA in 2016, which was the highest ODI score by a touring batsman against Australia at the time