7:02 AM IST Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis have returned – at least loosely – to the national team fold after being named in a 26-man preliminary squad for Australia’s proposed white-ball tour of England in September. Test batsman Travis Head has also been named in a white-ball squad for the first time since he
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Shai Hope brings out a smile in the nets © Getty Images When Shai Hope plays against England, one word comes up more than any other: Headingley. By and large, Hope’s Test career is discussed in terms of one match, in which his twin hundreds led West Indies to a memorable win in 2017. But
6:18 AM IST All seven of Adelaide Oval’s Big Bash League fixtures will play out in prime-time evening slots in one of the standout features of a fixture that has lengthened the 10th edition of the tournament to 65 days to appease broadcasters while also creating more room to move amid the Covid-19 pandemic. One
6:17 AM IST The WBBL will feature a three-week hub in Sydney and won’t be played in Melbourne until late November as the tournament builds in contingencies to deal with the ongoing challenges posed by Covid-19. The tournament is scheduled to begin on the weekend of October 17 and 18 at Allan Border Field in
9:47 PM IST Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza confirmed on Tuesday that he is Covid-19 negative. His wife Sumona Haque, however, continues to test positive. Mortaza, who is also a Member of Parliament representing the ruling Awami League party, was diagnosed with the virus three weeks ago, on June 20. “I heard the results of
1:44 PM IST Edition No. 10 of the Big Bash League will run its full 61-game course and thus prevent any renegotiation of Cricket Australia’s current broadcast deal with Fox and Seven on the basis of reduced content, albeit with a stretched schedule that allows for flexibility in the time of Covid-19. Barring a late
10:28 PM IST Joe Denly looks set to pay the price for England’s four-wicket defeat in the first Test against West Indies, but Jos Buttler can expect to be given “the best chance to succeed” despite his own flat-lining Test form, as the head coach Chris Silverwood prepares to lift his squad ahead of Thursday’s
9:55 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Tony Irish, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, and will return to South Africa for personal reasons. Irish, who is also executive chair of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), started his role at the PCA at the
11:05 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff On the eve of the one-year anniversary of last year’s extraordinary World Cup final, New Zealand coach Gary Stead has admitted there remains a “numb” feeling about the result which saw England win on boundary countback. The match was tied across the initial 50 overs after Ben Stokes could only
1:27 AM IST Jason Holder has described the fourth day of the Ageas Bowl Test as “by far the best effort” he had seen from a West Indies team during his time as captain and “one of the best” in his tenure. West Indies took five wickets at a cost of just 30 runs at
7:44 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff MS Dhoni has marginally edged out Sourav Ganguly as the more impactful captain in a Star Sports survey, in which two of India’s most successful captains were judged across a number parameters developed in collaboration with ESPNcricinfo. While Dhoni was rated the best ODI and home-Test captain by significant margins,