3:31 AM GMT AB de Villiers has arrived in Australia for his long-awaited Big Bash stint with the Brisbane Heat feeling in some of the best form of his career and ready for the “big role” he has to play on and off the field. De Villiers replaces Tom Banton for the latter stages of
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7:24 PM GMT The intrigue surrounding Hardik Pandya‘s return following back surgery had a new twist as the allrounder did not feature in the 16-member Indian squad for the T20 series in New Zealand. Although the squad was picked mid-afternoon on Sunday by the five-member selection panel lead by MSK Prasad, the BCCI released the
7:03 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Harmanpreet Kaul will have a full-strength squad at her disposal when India play the Women’s T20 World Cup in February. Plenty of them are young players too. Shafali Verma is 15 and she is the team’s first-choice opener alongside vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. Jemimah Rodrigues, another key player in the top
3:04 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades Our XI: Marcus Harris, Jake Weatherald, Sam Harper, Shaun Marsh, Jonathan Wells, Beau Webster, Michael Neser, Rashid Khan, Cameron Boyce, Peter Siddle, Richard Gleeson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates. Captain: Shaun
Alex Carey plays a pull © Getty Images There are many things Alex Carey is primed to achieve, including the possibility of captaining Australia in the future. But above all, the wicketkeeper-batsman hopes to mirror MS Dhoni, whom he observed at close quarters during India’s tour of Australia in 2018-19. While his team were at
11:12 AM GMT Cheteshwar Pujara has started the year by joining a select band of cricketing greats. On Saturday, he scored his 50th first-class century, in the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka at his home ground in Rajkot, thereby joining an elite list of nine Indians led by Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Jan 9, 2020 Varun Shetty January 11: Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat at Perth Our XI: Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Josh Inglis, Liam Livingstone, Max Bryant, Mitchell Marsh, Jimmy Peirson, Ben Laughlin, Fawad Ahmed, BenCutting, Jhye Richardson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant)
5:58 PM GMT If there is one man who embodies the character of this new England side, it is, perhaps, Joe Denly. A year or two ago, Denly’s occupation of the crease – his resilience, his determination, his resistance – may have been used against him. It would have been characterised as demonstrating his limitations.
10:57 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Andrew Strauss, the former England opener and ECB director of cricket who now sits on the ICC’s cricket committee, has warned that any move towards making four-day Tests mandatory “should be an easy sell or we shouldn’t be doing it”. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo, cricket’s world governing body is mulling
1:59 AM GMT Having dominated the home Test summer, Marnus Labuschagne wants to become a multi-format master in the vein of Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and his friend and team-mate Steven Smith as he embarks on a first ODI tour for Australia to face India on the subcontinent. It was in the 50-over