Cricket

7:16 AM IST An ugly pay dispute between Cricket Australia and the players’ union appears to have been averted, after the two parties agreed to defer revenue calculations until there is a clearer picture of the Covid-19 toll on the forthcoming season. CA had previously sought a significant reduction in the amount of money to

10:37 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Worcestershire have announced that Hamish Rutherford will fly to England to play for them in the T20 Blast this year, but have cancelled Ashton Turner‘s contract to play in the competition. Rutherford had initially signed to play all formats this summer, but will only play in the Blast after the

2:11 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Roddy Estwick, West Indies assistant coach, has admitted he is slightly troubled by the top-order’s form ahead of the Test series against England but insists there is no concern over captain Jason Holder‘s form. While many have made scores of substance in the two intra-squad matches at Emirates Old

1:19 AM IST It is hard to remember an occasion when England have gone into their first Test of the home summer with five different spinners all pitching a case for inclusion in the side, but these are unprecedented times. England’s spin cadre have worked closely with Richard Dawson in the nets over the past

Sam Curran looks on in England training © ECB Sam Curran is self-isolating in his room at the Ageas Bowl after feeling sick on Wednesday night. Curran made 15 not out on the first evening of England’s intra-squad warm-up match, but took no part in the game after suffering from “sickness and diarrhoea overnight”, according

11:06 AM IST Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket is hopeful the Lanka Premier League will go ahead as scheduled in August, despite the Sri Lankan government pushing back the August 1 reopening of the country’s main airport in Katunayake. Sri Lanka’s sports ministry last week gave a go-ahead for the tournament, which has been scheduled

6:06 AM IST When the Johnny Mullagh Medal is presented to the Player of the Match at the end of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India this summer, it will not only signify the contribution of Indigenous Australians to the national game, but also provide a sharp reminder of the hole that remains

7:23 PM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva and Upul Tharanga have all been summoned to appear before a special investigations unit set up by Sri Lanka’s Sports Ministry, over allegations of match-fixing in the 2011 World Cup final. The allegations were made by Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was the sports

12:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket South Africa (CSA) has rescheduled the experimental 3TeamCricket (3TC) competition, which will flag off the resumption of cricket in the country, to July 18 – also celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day. Three teams – led by Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers – will all

12:08 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Holder XI 120 for 5 (Da Silva 60*) v Brathwaite XI West Indies captain Jason Holder had another short stay at the crease as the tourists’ second and final intra-squad match before next week’s first Test against England finally got under way at Emirates Old Trafford. Holder has been