12:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England duo Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver have joined the Melbourne Stars for the WBBL Sciver previously played for the Stars in the first two seasons of the WBBL before switching to the Perth Scorchers while Brunt also has past experience with the Scorchers. Sciver has scored 952 runs at
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4:21 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Georgia Elwiss has been ruled out of England women’s five T20Is against West Indies due to a back injury, with Sophia Dunkley and Katie George included in a 16-strong squad for the series. Head coach Lisa Keightley has largely stuck with the squad knocked out of this year’s T20 World
3:55 AM GMT Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan has returned positive in his second Covid test which was taken exactly seven days after he first tested positive, ESPNcricinfo has confirmed independently. BCB haven’t added Hassan’s name in their list of 27 cricketers considered for the preliminary squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka. If he
2:45 PM GMT Cricket South Africa will lose ODI sponsor Momentum whose contract expires in April 2021 because the financial services company is ” not satisfied with the current state of affairs at CSA regarding governance and other reputational issues.” Momentum will continue to sponsor the women’s national team until 2023. In a statement issued
3:21 PM GMT Chris Woakes says that England’s unprecedented recent success in white-ball cricket has given them the belief that “they can win from any position”. Woakes was instrumental in England’s stunning fightback in the second ODI on Sunday, claiming three quick wickets at the back-end of the run-chase, including both of Australia’s set batsmen,
7:06 AM GMT Channel Seven and Foxtel will not pay their full broadcast rights instalment of A$55 million to Cricket Australia for September, with the free-to-air network going as far as to suggest its partial payment of the A$25 million it owed would be its one and only fee handed over for the entire summer.
2:25 AM IST Surrey 218 for 5 (Jacks 55, Amla 67) beat Middlesex 188 for 5 (Eskinazi 77) by 30 runs For a while, it seemed a blessing in disguise that this match, Middlesex’s final Lord’s appearance of a truncated season, was taking place behind closed doors. Certainly, for those fans tuning in via the
1:26 PM GMT Jofra Archer has claimed Michael Holding “doesn’t know anything that is going on” after he criticised England and Australia for failing to take a knee during their limited-overs series. Holding, the former West Indies fast bowler, has been a vocal advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent months. As well
4:11 AM GMT Crowds will return to international cricket for the first time since March later this month, with confirmation that a limited number of spectators will be able to attend the Australia-New Zealand women’s matches being staged at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, although those watching are encouraged to keep their cheering to a
Chris Woakes produced a brilliant spell to drag England back into the game © Pool/AFP via Getty Images Chris Woakes says that England’s only option was “attack, attack, attack” as they turned the second ODI on its head in a thrilling fightback late in Australia’s innings. Woakes claimed figures of 3 for 32, including both