2:31 AM IST English cricket has received a significant boost with the news that Australia are set to confirm their limited-overs tour in September. Confirmation of the tour, which will see the sides play three ODIs and three T20Is, means England’s men’s team should be able to fulfil all 18 international fixtures which were scheduled
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10:43 PM IST Graeme Smith has defended himself against allegations of racial discrimination during his 11-year tenure as South Africa’s captain after Thami Tsolekile joined Makhaya Ntini and Ashwell Prince in telling his story of exclusion. In the second of a three-part interview with Marawa Sports Worldwide Tsolekile read out a prepared statement to Smith,
10:29 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ramnaresh Sarwan, assistant coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs, has decided to exit the CPL bio-secure bubble in Trinidad ahead of the upcoming season due to personal reasons, as per reports. Vinod Maharaj and Ryan Austin have been named assistants to head coach Floyd Reifer. Michael Hall, CPL Director of Operations,
6:53 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Shabnim Ismail, the South Africa pace bowler who is one of the quickest in the world, will return for a second season with the Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash. Ismail, who can push the speed gun past 125kph, took 10 wickets in 13 games last season for the
9:36 PM IST Danyal Rasool Pakistan fast bowling coach Waqar Younis dismissed suggestions that Pakistan would feel compelled to rest some of their fast bowlers due to the short turnaround between the first and the second Test. He said Pakistan hadn’t played Test cricket for five months, which meant the bowlers still had plenty of
12:52 PM IST Australian cricket’s grassroots participation numbers are both growing and shrinking at the same time. If that sounds nonsensical at first, on further inspection it is a reflection of the fact that, year by year, Cricket Australia is trying to be more honest with itself about the amount of people actually playing the
11:41 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Kent have dropped 19-year-old batsman Jordan Cox from the squad for their next Bob Willis Trophy match, after he broke social-distancing protocols by agreeing to a request for a photo with some young fans. Cox became the first player born in the 21st century to hit a first-class hundred on
10:20 PM IST Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Opening batsman Xavier Marshall is the highest profile casualty from USA
9:33 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand are set for a full programme of international cricket during their summer with men’s tours by West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh while a visit by the Australia Women’s team is also in the early stages of planning for the gap created by the postponed ODI World Cup
11:00 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 408 (Madsen 103, Hosein 66*, Reece 56, du Plooy 55) and 12 for 1 beat Leicestershire 199 (Dearden 70, Melton 4-22 and 220 (Critchley 6-73) by nine wickets Legspinner Matt Critchley picked up career-best figures of 6 for 73 as Derbyshire extended their lead at the top of