James Anderson got the ball talking in the Adelaide Test of the 2017-18 Ashes, claiming his first five-wicket haul in Australia
News Eleven players and support staff received their first dose, while two squad members received their second dose Thirteen members of West Indies’ red-ball training squad and management have received their vaccinations against Covid-19, CWI confirmed on Wednesday. The West Indies players and support staff are currently in a bio-secure bubble in St Lucia, preparing
Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella have been offered the most lucrative deals in Sri Lanka Cricket’s new player contract scheme for men, which sees players take significant cuts to their base salaries. The players do, however, have more to gain via performance-based incentives, compared to previous contracts. There is also a reduction in the
News Her multiple positions attracted scrutiny under PCB’s new ethics code Urooj Mumtaz has left her position as PCB’s head of women’s cricket, with the board set to begin their search for a replacement. Mumtaz had not been engaged in the role full-time, with the former cricketer holding multiple positions, including that of the chief
News “I think there will be a lot of cricket boards around the world that’d be pretty nervous about going back to India” Having just returned to Australia after recovering from Covid-19 that he picked up during his IPL coaching stint in India, former Australia batter Mike Hussey believes the UAE should be looked at
News All contingent members will spend the first three days in hotel room isolation in Southampton The majority of the New Zealand Test contingent landed in London on Sunday after flying from Auckland via Singapore, for their tour of two Tests against the hosts and the World Test Championship final against India next month. The
Boucher called de Villiers’ decision “unfortunate” © AFP/Getty Images Mark Boucher, the head coach of the South Africa men’s side, has revealed that AB de Villiers was not comfortable returning to the national squad in place of a player already in the system, effectively taking that spot. A day after de Villiers told CSA “once
News It is understood the emirate is ready for the PSL to happen on its shores as long as all involved are vaccinated The PCB is to hold a meeting with the six PSL franchises today, during which a final decision is expected on the fate of this season’s PSL. One of the main hurdles,
James Bracey, the Gloucestershire wicketkeeper-batter, and Ollie Robinson, the Sussex seamer, are in line for Test debuts against New Zealand next month, after being named in England’s 15-man squad for the two-match series, starting at Lord’s on June 2. Both players have been rewarded for their patience in travelling as reserves during England’s bio-secures campaigns
News Australian batter “deeply upset to miss out due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control,” says Trevor Hohns Marnus Labuschagne is missing from the Australia limited-overs squad for a tour of the West Indies starting next month, after it was decided he would play out his current county stint with Glamorgan instead. A vast preliminary squad
News Jofra Archer to see specialist about long-standing elbow problem Ben Stokes is set to play for Durham at some stage during the Vitality T20 Blast after making “excellent progress” following the finger injury which has ruled him out of England’s Test series against New Zealand. Stokes underwent surgery last month after he fractured his
News England and Australia to play five Tests in six weeks; Women’s Ashes commences on January 27 England’s men will begin their attempts to reclaim the Ashes at Brisbane on December 8, with an intense programme of five Tests in six weeks culminating at Perth’s new Optus Stadium in mid-January. The multi-format women’s Ashes will
News Tight home-Test schedule of six games in eight weeks lies ahead, with questions over red-ball preparation to boot Australia are set to play six matches in fewer than eight weeks next summer, after a gap of 312 days since their last assignment against India in January, meaning an idling Test team will have to
Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s Test captain, says he has resorted to waving to his team-mates from the balcony of his hotel-room at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, after going into quarantine in the UK following his post-IPL stop-over in the Maldives. Williamson, who had been captaining Sunrisers Hyderabad in India prior to the tournament’s postponement
Wriddhiman Saha and the whole SRH team had gone into quarantine after he tested Covid positive.© BCCI/IPL India and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha on Tuesday informed that he has recovered from COVID-19. “I have recovered. Thanks for all your wishes!” Saha tweeted. Last week, Saha said that he is in a much
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News Both players left quarantine on Monday night, 11 days after they arrived in Dhaka following the IPL’s deferment Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman have started training with the Bangladesh squad after transferring from hotel quarantine to the team’s bio-bubble for the Sri Lanka series, according to the BCB. Both players left quarantine on
News Sunil Narine still absent as West Indies gear up for 15 T20Is against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan Allrounder Andre Russell is back in the West Indies T20I squad for the first time since March 2020. West Indies’ 18-member squad for their upcoming set of T20I series against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan also
News Last month it had emerged he was in discussions over a possible South Africa comeback with an eye on the T20 World Cup The chances of AB de Villiers featuring in this year’s T20 World Cup have dimmed, with Cricket South Africa stating that he has decided “once and for all, that his retirement
News The Delhi Capitals legspinner had tested positive for the virus on May 4 Amit Mishra has recovered from Covid-19. The Delhi Capitals legspinner, who had tested positive for the virus on May 4, tweeted his gratitude to healthcare workers on Tuesday. The real heroes. Our Frontline workers. All I can say post my recovery
News Collaboration with BBC will showcase new talent during new competition The Hundred will provide venues for the return of live music in the UK this summer, with the unveiling of in-house DJs for each of the eight teams in the competition. The ECB’s new competition will see “sport and entertainment collide on a scale
News Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon issue statement following Cameron Bancroft’s latest comments Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon have reiterated that they did not know anything about “a foreign substance being taken onto the field of play to alter the condition of the ball” at the Newlands
Chris Silverwood, England’s head coach, says he is comfortable that the buck now stops with him, after unveiling a 15-man squad for the two-Test series against New Zealand next month – his first since being named as the new supremo of the ECB’s selection process, following the end of Ed Smith’s three-year tenure as national
News Lizaad Williams, Kyle Verreynne, Keegan Petersen, Sarel Erwee and Marco Jansen also part of Dean Elgar’s line-up Uncapped offspinning-allrounder Prenelan Subrayen and fast bowler Lizaad Williams, who recently made his T20I debut, have received maiden call-ups to the South Africa Test squad for the two-match series against West Indies in St Lucia in June.
News The 17-year-old wants to use her maiden Test and ODI call-ups to improve her decision-making skills India batter Shafali Verma wants to use her maiden Test and ODI call-ups for the upcoming tour of England to improve her decision-making skills around playing and leaving deliveries as well maximising the length of her innings. “[India]
News It will be the first time since 2014 that India Women will play two Tests in a calendar year India Women will play a Test match in Australia for the first time in 15 years during their tour of the country in September. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the solitary Test match will feature as
News He tested positive for Covid-19 after IPL 2021 was indefinitely suspended, and was recuperating in Chennai New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has confirmed that wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert has tested negative for Covid-19. Stead also said that Seifert, who was part of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad in IPL 2021, will be leaving India
News Charged with two counts of possessing child abuse material and one count of grooming a child Aaron Summers, the Australian fast bowler, has appeared in Darwin Local Court after being charged with child sexual offences. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Summers, who has most recently represented the Deccan Gladiators in the Abu Dhabi T10 league,
News Former Delhi wicketkeeper Abhay Sharma named as fielding coach Shiv Sundar Das, the former India men’s Test opener, has been appointed as the batting coach of India Women, while Abhay Sharma, the former Delhi wicketkeeper, has been named the fielding coach. Rajkuvardevi Gaekwad, the current Baroda women’s selection panel chief, replaces long-time manager Trupti
News Strong competition among seamers for first Test but balancing XI could be an issue England’s international summer of cricket is almost upon us and ECB selectors – that’s basically Chris Silverwood with some help from James Taylor and Mo Bobat – are poised to announce the men’s squad to face New Zealand in their