Kraigg Brathwaite sets off for a run en route to a half-century in the intra-squad warm-up © Gareth Copley/Getty Images West Indies provided a double boost to all those looking forward to a return to something approaching normality as their preparations for the Test series against England moved up a level. As well as offering
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Chris Gayle spent the 2019 CPL with Jamaica Tallawahs © Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / Getty Chris Gayle has opted out of the 2020 CPL a day before the players’ draft is scheduled to take place on June 24. The tournament this year is scheduled to take place in Trinidad & Tobago from August
10:22 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson, the president of the Australian Cricketer’s Association, has labelled suggestions that the position of the union’s chairman, Greg Dyer, is under threat as “absurd reactionary whispers”. In the wake of Kevin Roberts’ sacking as Cricket Australia’s CEO there had been reports that Dyer was under pressure to move
11:07 PM IST Salary bands in the Hundred are set to be cut by up to 20% for men’s players when the competition launches in 2021. Players were due to earn between £30,000 and £125,000 in the competition this year before the Covid-19 pandemic forced its postponement. Details are still being ironed out, but the
6:04 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The 2020 women’s T20 World Cup has officially become the most-watched women’s cricket event in history for that format. According to numbers released by the ICC on Monday, the tournament reached 89 million unique audience members globally, a 131% increase over the number for the 2018 edition, which was the
10:17 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rajinder Goel, the highest wicket-taker in the history of the Ranji Trophy with 637 strikes, has passed away at the age of 77 after a prolonged illness. In all, the Haryana left-arm spinner took 750 wickets in 157 first-class matches from 1958-59 to 1984-85. He bagged an incredible 53 five-fors
9:27 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff David Warner has said that the Australian players who are part of the Indian Premier League would be open to travelling to India for the tournament, subject to getting clearance from Cricket Australia and the Australian government. The timing of this year’s IPL could hinge on whether the T20 World
3:38 PM IST Amar Virdi has “responded extremely well” to the challenge of improving his fitness, according to Surrey’s new head coach, Vikram Solanki. Although only 21 years old, Virdi has long been seen as one of the most exciting spin-bowling prospects in the English game. He was a key part of Surrey’s County Championship-winning
10:07 PM IST Cricket South Africa has come under severe criticism from the country’s minister of sport, art and culture Nathi Mthethwa who questioned the organisation’s commitment to transformation at a parliamentary briefing on Friday. Despite CSA exceeding their transformation targets on the field for the 2018-19 season, Mtethwa was concerned that several senior positions
10:12 PM IST Roston Chase has played as much of a part as any of his team-mates in West Indies’ recent improvements as a Test side. He has scored five hundreds since his debut in 2016, including a six-hour rearguard against India in his second Test, and another in his last encounter with England. Two