8:13 PM IST Sarfaraz Ahmed is back and he believes the decision to be relieved of the Pakistan captaincy, and later getting axed from the side, actually allowed him a much-needed break so that he could concentrate on getting better. Pakistan picked a 29-man squad for their England tour for three Tests in August, followed
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11:13 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Poore, the New Zealand right-hand batsman and offspinner from the 1950s, died in Auckland on Thursday, ten days after completing his 90th birthday. A batsman who bowled a bit, Poore played most of his cricket in Christchurch in a first-class career that ran from 1950-51 to 1961-62, and he
12:46 AM IST Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has quashed speculation linking the West Indies tour of England to a US$3 million loan to CWI by the ECB in May, a loan that eventually became the subject of an ICC ethics inquiry. Skerritt also denied that the loan ensured CWI’s backing for Colin
9:33 PM IST Organisers of the Euro T20 Slam are aiming to stage the competition in Ireland this year. That is despite potential complications linked to Covid-19 and the fact that the inaugural edition of the competition, which features six city-based franchise teams, was postponed in 2019 due to financial concerns. But the organisers –
11:03 PM IST The prospect of a domestic first-class competition in 2020 would appear to have diminished due to logistical concerns over hotels, as well as doubts among some clubs over the financial viability of a restart. While a regionally split first-class competition remains the favoured option of the Professional Game Group (PGG), an on-line
9:14 PM IST Danyal Rasool Fast bowler Mohammad Amir and batsman Haris Sohail have withdrawn from Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming England tour. Amir, who had retired from Test cricket last year, and was thus only eligible for selection for the three-match T20I series, pulled out so that he could be present for the birth
9:13 AM IST Kane Richardson believes on-field innovations for the Big Bash are worth discussing but ultimately the tournament will be judged on the quality of the cricket. Since the tournament expanded two seasons ago there has been a debate about whether it has diluted the league with a slip in average attendance and viewing
12:35 AM IST Michael Carberry, the former England batsman, has claimed “cricket is rife with racism” and that “the people running the game don’t care about black people”. Talking in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Carberry told the Cricket Badger podcast that such an event came as no surprise to him
9:59 PM IST Sophie Devine, the New Zealand captain, has advocated the use of a smaller, lighter ball in the women’s game to encourage attacking cricket. Under current regulations, the ball used in women’s cricket is fractionally smaller and lighter than that used in the men’s game. According to both the laws of the game
1:38 PM IST Next summer’s Big Bash League will be subject to a host of in-game tinkering that does not allow for a wider debate over the tournament’s overall value to broadcasters, and stops short of the macro changes desired by its independent reviewer, the respected television executive Dave Barham. At a time of major