8:42 PM IST After confirming the arrival of Tim Bresnan on Tuesday, Warwickshire look set to turn their attention to Dom Bess, the England offspinner. Bess’s contract at Somerset expires at the end of the 2020 season, and ESPNcricinfo understands that Warwickshire see him as a potential long-term replacement for the retiring Jeetan Patel. The
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1:34 PM IST Australia men’s white-ball captain Aaron Finch believes that cricket’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic must take priority over the fulfilling of ODI and Test league commitments. He said that recent cancellations of series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will hopefully “even out” over the next decade. The national team coach Justin Langer had
11:25 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jermaine Blackwood believes he has something to prove against the world’s leading bowlers, should he find himself back in West Indies’ line-up for the upcoming Test series against England. A measured 112 not out against England in April 2015, in just his sixth Test, remains Blackwood’s only international three-figure score.
8:48 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has confirmed that the delayed 2020 county season will get underway on August 1. However, there is still no update on the status of the recreational game in England and Wales, despite reports that the government was preparing to give the sport the go-ahead for a return in
10:13 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has raised the prospect of the Australia-India Boxing Day Test being moved away from the MCG if other venues are able to host larger crowds. Although still six months away, the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in Victoria – 75 were recorded on Monday –
2:56 AM IST West Indies will wear a Black Lives Matter emblem on the collars of their shirts during July’s Test series against England. Captain Jason Holder hinted in his first press conference of the tour that West Indies would look to support the movement in some way, and said in a statement on Sunday:
5:38 PM IST Pakistan have England’s “fragile top order” in their sights as captain Azhar Ali said that the hosts’ batsmen haven’t looked confident since Alastair Cook retired in 2018. He called England’s bowling line-up “brilliant” but played down any sense of pressure handling an experienced attack. England have struggled to nail down a regular
11:34 PM IST Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali has said he and his team-mates made a pact during lockdown to keep their fitness intact so that the moment cricket could resume they would all be ready. The Pakistanis haven’t played any competitive cricket since the Pakistan Super League was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic
9:50 PM IST Alzarri Joseph has downplayed the significance of the news that West Indies head coach Phil Simmons is self-isolating in his Old Trafford hotel room as a health precaution. Simmons left the West Indies’ bubble to attend a funeral on Friday, and has been self-isolating since then in his room on-site. He will
5:12 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Six of the ten Pakistani cricketers who had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 – Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Hasnain – have returned negative results when tested again, Wasim Khan, the PCB chief executive, announced today, adding that Kashif Bhatti, Haris Rauf, Haider