12:55 PM GMT BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe will be Mashrafe Mortaza‘s last assignment as Bangladesh captain. He said that a new captain will be named “within a month” as Bangladesh plan the road ahead for the 2023 World Cup. Hassan also said that the board will
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4:32 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Matt Henry has been called up to the New Zealand Test squad as cover for Neil Wagner, who is awaiting the birth of his child. New Zealand Cricket tweeted that Henry will arrive in Wellington on Wednesday evening for the Test starting on Friday. Henry will join Trent
3:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Dimitri Mascarenhas has signed a two-year deal to stay on as Middlesex’s specialist T20 bowling coach. Mascarenhas, whose arrival at the county last summer coincided with an upturn in results in short-form cricket, has held several coaching roles since his retirement from the game in 2014, including stints with New
Temba Bavuma picked up the injury during the third T20I against England © Getty Images Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of South Africa’s T20 series opener against Australia this Friday with a hamstring strain. Bavuma sustained the injury while fielding against England at SuperSport Park on Sunday and will requite seven to 10 days
3:06 AM GMT James Pattinson‘s pace and fire will be missing from Australia A’s day-night match against the England Lions at the MCG from Saturday due to a back complaint, after he pulled up sore from bowling in cub cricket. The Queensland pace bowler Mark Steketee has been called in to replace Pattinson, while Cricket
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8:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Faf du Plessis has stepped down as captain of South Africa’s Test and T20I sides with immediate effect. However, the 35-year-old remains fully committed to playing all three formats for the time being. Du Plessis cited a need to give the next generation of leaders within the team a chance
3:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Women’s T20 World Cup will be contested in Australia from February 21 and March 8. This page will keep you up to date with all the snippets of news from the event February 17 Kulasuriya cleared of serious injury There was a scary moment during Sri Lanka’s warm-up match
6:40 PM GMT The one person South African coach Mark Boucher is sure of ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup did not even play in the series against England, which ended on Sunday. South Africa lost 1-2 and head straight into another rubber against Australia on Friday, where they could sport a very different
8:31 AM GMT Bangladesh have dropped Mahmudullah in one of four changes to the squad for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe next week. Rubel Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain and Soumya Sarkar have been axed, while there were comebacks for Mushfiqur Rahim, Taskin Ahmed, Mehidy Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman. Rookie medium-pacer Hasan Mahmud and offspinner Yasir Ali