Joe Burns acknowledges his fifty © Getty Images Australia opener Joe Burns has conceded he didn’t capitalise on his good form last season as he returned to the Test team and is determined to put it right against India should the series be able to take place later this year. Burns’ stop-start international career resumed
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11:06 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Women’s cricket risks being sidelined amid the clamour to schedule matches at the small number of bio-secure venues in England and Wales, should the sport get underway this summer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket, made the frank admission on
10:05 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Danyal Rasool Multan Sultans co-owner Ali Khan Tareen and Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore have registered their interest in investing in teams in the Hundred, the ECB’s 100-ball competition which is due to start next summer
2:52 PM IST Cricket Australia’s financial warnings have been questioned by the players’ association which has said the game’s position remains positive with the sport not yet feeling the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic suffered by the winter codes. The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), led by chairman Shane Watson, met on Monday and will now
Yuvraj Singh led the Indian batting charge with an 80-ball 84 © Getty Images The world champions are taking an early flight home from Nairobi. Australia had beaten India in seven straight ODIs prior to this to be the outright favourites coming into the first quarter-final of the ICC Knockouts, but a young Indian team
6:07 PM IST Tom Harrison has reiterated the ECB’s commitment to The Hundred despite facing accusations of gambling cricket’s future on the tournament’s success, but concedes that English cricket’s losses this summer could reach £380 million if the entire season is wiped out. Appearing in front of a panel of MPs as part of the
1:44 PM IST Brendon McCullum has suggested greater New Zealand involvement in the Big Bash League later this year if international cricket or the availability of overseas players remains restricted by the Covid-19 pandemic. There are positive signs that the Australian season could be able to take shape somewhat as scheduled – there even remains
9:12 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket have voided the 2019-20 domestic season and will not declare winners in either the first-class competition or the 50-over tournament. Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30. The stay-at-home order was due to end on May 3, but
8:44 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Gloucestershire have become the latest county to cancel the contracts of all their overseas signings, with Qais Ahmad and Andrew Tye‘s deals terminated. Ahmad and Tye were due to play for the club during the T20 Blast, with the Afghanistan legspinner also set to appear in the County Championship. The
11:10 AM IST Marnus Labuschagne has rigged up nets in his backyard so that his fence doesn’t get damaged, has got the dog-thrower working and taped up tennis balls to keep his hand in during isolation, but the enforced downtime of the last couple of months has also given him a chance to reflect on