News Her multiple positions attracted scrutiny under PCB’s new ethics code Urooj Mumtaz has left her position as PCB’s head of women’s cricket, with the board set to begin their search for a replacement. Mumtaz had not been engaged in the role full-time, with the former cricketer holding multiple positions, including that of the chief
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Nagarajan Niranjana played a starring role in India’s victory against England in the Wormsley Test in 2014 © Getty Images Niranjana Nagarajan remembers the summer of 2014 for many reasons. In March that year, she had to pull out of the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup on the eve of their departure for
News Tight home-Test schedule of six games in eight weeks lies ahead, with questions over red-ball preparation to boot Australia are set to play six matches in fewer than eight weeks next summer, after a gap of 312 days since their last assignment against India in January, meaning an idling Test team will have to
News England and Australia to play five Tests in six weeks; Women’s Ashes commences on January 27 England’s men will begin their attempts to reclaim the Ashes at Brisbane on December 8, with an intense programme of five Tests in six weeks culminating at Perth’s new Optus Stadium in mid-January. The multi-format women’s Ashes will
News Collaboration with BBC will showcase new talent during new competition The Hundred will provide venues for the return of live music in the UK this summer, with the unveiling of in-house DJs for each of the eight teams in the competition. The ECB’s new competition will see “sport and entertainment collide on a scale
Stuart Broad has expressed a note of scepticism at the official explanation of the ball tampering debacle involving the Australia team and suggested there could be more information revealed once key protagonists retire. In recent days Cameron Bancroft, who was suspended for nine-months for his role in the Newlands scandal, and David Saker, who was
News Seamer suggests ‘communication disappeared’ when Ed Smith was national selector Stuart Broad has suggested the “communication disappeared” when Ed Smith was national selector but insisted he would “understand” if he is left out of England’s Test side at any stage this summer. Broad took to Sky Sports to register his anger and disappointment after
News ACU clears five participants due to “insufficient evidence” The ICC has concluded a three-year long investigation into allegations aired on a TV documentary in 2018 linking England and Australia players being involved in spot-fixing in two Test matches in India, in 2016 and 2017, calling them “implausible”. The ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) has also
News Australian batter “deeply upset to miss out due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control,” says Trevor Hohns Marnus Labuschagne is missing from the Australia limited-overs squad for a tour of the West Indies starting next month, after it was decided he would play out his current county stint with Glamorgan instead. A vast preliminary squad
News England fast bowler may face surgery as ECB plan next steps of recovery Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England’s two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s on June 2, and may face surgery on his troublesome right elbow after failing to come through this week’s return to first-class action. Archer, who