7:02 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Darren Bravo might have been left out of the West Indies squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, but lead selector Roger Harper backed the batsman to strike form in domestic cricket and return to the side. Bravo scored a mere 47 runs in four innings at an average of
9:09 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the third Test against India after fracturing his right wrist as he lashed out at solid object in frustration following his second-innings dismissal in the Pune Test. Markram was given out lbw for a duck by the on-field umpire, and after a consultation
9:29 AM GMT Sreshth Shah One of MS Dhoni‘s defining attributes is his ability to stay ice cool when the spotlight is on him. BCCI’s new president Sourav Ganguly will meet with India’s selectors on October 24 and one of the pressing issues ahead of them is the future of MS Dhoni, who hasn’t featured
5:06 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Trevor Bayliss‘ hunt for more trophies continues with the former World Cup-winning coach of England unveiled as the man in charge of the Abu Dhabi franchise in the T10 league. He will have a familiar face for company with allrounder Moeen Ali announced as the side’s marquee player at the
12:59 PM GMT At home, Virat Kohli’s India have established a dominance that has drawn comparisons with the mighty Australian teams led by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting. They have also become one of the best travelling units, especially with their well-rounded bowling attack finding unprecedented success on the road. And yet, this India side
9:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jenny Gunn, England’s veteran allrounder, has announced her retirement from international cricket after a 15-year career. Gunn made her debut as an 18-year-old in 2004, and went on to make 259 appearances across formats, winning three World Cups and five Ashes series. Only Charlotte Edwards (309) has represented England Women
Oct 13, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has injured his right hand after hitting the dressing room wall at the WACA following his dismissal on the final day of the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. Marsh drove a return catch to Jackson Bird in the opening over of the last day to
6:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sourav Ganguly, who will take charge as BCCI’s next president on October 23, has said that resumption of bilateral cricket with Pakistan is subject to the permission of the Indian government. Ganguly said that the decision could only be taken by the prime ministers of the two countries: Narendra Modi
12:50 PM GMT Ravi Bopara has bid an emotional farewell to Essex, his county home for 18 years, after ending weeks of speculation about his future with a move with Sussex that will enable him to focus on white-ball cricket in the final years of his career. Announcing the move in a post on Twitter,
1:11 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales have been forced to move their first home Sheffield Shield match of the season against Tasmania away from the SCG amid concerns about the surface. The wicket block was damaged when the Sydney Roosters rugby league team trained at the ground a fortnight ago ahead of the
8:41 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the second batsman to hit a double-hundred in the ongoing edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, finishing with 203 in 154 balls against Jharkhand on Wednesday. The 17-year old opener made it the ninth instance of an Indian scoring a List A double-ton. Sanju Samson
Oct 15, 2019 England cricketers Joe Denly and Sam Billings joined in a full training session with Crystal Palace FC last week, as the batsmen prepare to travel to New Zealand with the national side for a T20 series and two Test matches. Palace manager Roy Hodgson and right-back Joel Ward also visited Kent County
6:23 AM GMT A repeat of the SCG’s latest pitch misadventure 12 months from now would have ruinous consequences, with T20 World Cup organisers closely monitoring the shifting of New South Wales domestic fixtures at a very similar time to Australia’s scheduled tournament opener at the ground in October 2020. Alongside the MCG, Sydney’s cricket
5:37 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The newly-picked West Indies selection panel has dropped Darren Bravo for the upcoming one-off Test against Afghanistan in India next month. With Shannon Gabriel injured, his place was taken by fast bowler Alzarri Joseph who proved his fitness in the CPL recently. Shai Hope, who had sustained a finger injury
Oct 13, 2019 Umesh Yadav bowled more overs in Test cricket than any other Indian fast bowler in 2016 and 2017. Since then, though, he has slipped to fourth – or even fifth – sometimes in India’s pace pecking order, and had featured in only five of their last 18 matches before the Pune Test
11:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff English players have been conservative in their salary demands ahead of Sunday’s inaugural draft for The Hundred, with only 19 of the 330 domestic players choosing to put down a reserve price. While many of the big overseas names in the draft have opted for a base price of £100,000
12:08 AM GMT Nathan Lyon has implored the SCG not to turn to drop-in pitches following the latest clash between sporting codes which has seen New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania shifted away from the iconic ground. The game will now be played at Drummoyne Oval – with next week’s Marsh Cup match
5:08 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Legspinner Hayden Walsh Jr. who made his debut for USA in 2018 has now broken into West Indies’ squad for the three T20Is and three ODIs against Afghanistan at Dehradun in India in November. Walsh made it to West Indies’ limited-overs squads after a breakout CPL 2019, where he spun
5:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff As he prepares to take charge as the BCCI president, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said the welfare of the country’s domestic players will be his foremost priority. Ganguly, who is set to become the first president of BCCI since the board adopted the reforms recommended by the Lodha
5:21 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Hundred draft takes place this Sunday night, and is the first time in the history of domestic cricket in England that players will be picked from an open pool. Unlike the IPL, the format is a draft rather than an auction, meaning there will be no bidding wars, and
5:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mitchell Marsh received a succinct response from Australia coach Justin Langer after he suffered a broken right hand from punching the dressing room wall at the WACA on Sunday. “He just told me I’m an idiot basically. He was disappointed for me,” Marsh said as he spoke to reporters with
7:23 AM ET South Africa’s attack has seldom felt as much strain as they do on their current tour of India, despite the focus of their failures falling squarely on the batting. The top-order’s inability to bed in, the extra burden placed on the middle order and the lower-order rescue acts – that have only
6:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff If there isn’t a “world’s no. 1 mom” mug at Amy Satterthwaite‘s house, it’s time to get one. The New Zealand captain has been on maternity leave since August 2019 expecting her first child with her wife and team-mate Lea Tahuhu but, due to a quirk of the ICC rankings
7:49 AM ET Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Muttiah Muralitharan are among the big names set to feature in a T20 tournament aimed at promoting road safety, called the Road Safety World Series. Some other prominent names that are set to be part of the tournament include Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee and Shivnarine
11:33 PM ET South Africa could empty their bench in the third Test against India in Ranchi in a final attempt to find some answers from a series that has so far asked them questions at every corner. That means opener Zubayr Hamza and fast bowler Lungi Ngidi could play their second and fifth Tests
11:30 AM ET Vishal Dikshit Speaking publicly for the first time since being picked as the unanimous choice for the post of the BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly has pointed out that the conflict-of-interest matter that has been cropping up often in recent times is a “very serious issue in Indian cricket.” Ganguly himself was pulled
10:04 AM ET Defending champions Rajshahi Division drew with Dhaka Division – both sides finishing with 3.5 points each – in the opening round of the 2019-20 National Cricket League. All four matches in Fatullah, Khulna, Rajshahi and Dhaka were interrupted by rain, although it didn’t deter Barisal Division, who crushed Sylhet Division by an
10:03 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia will top up the team’s prize money at the women’s T20 World Cup to match the men’s for whichever stage of the tournament they reach next year. That announcement follows the ICC’s decision to substantially increase the prize money on offer for women’s events. If Australia successfully defend
Thrilling last over by Wanindu Hasaranga vs New Zealand – 2nd T20I at Kandy
12:33 PM ET Zimbabwe have been reinstated as a member of the ICC, three months after being suspended for government interference in its board. The sanction on Zimbabwe was lifted at the ICC’s October board meeting on Monday, between the governing body’s chairman Shashank Manohar, chief executive Manu Sawhney, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani,