6:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Nasir Jamshed, the former Pakistan batsman, will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to bribe fellow cricketers in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Jamshed, 33, was given a ten-year ban by the PCB in August 2018, and is standing trial at Manchester Crown Court, following his
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7:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Follow all the news updates in the lead-up to the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy here December 3 Suryakumar Yadav is the new Mumbai captain Mumbai, Ranji Trophy champions on 41 occasions, will begin the 2019-20 season with a new captain. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced in-form top-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav as
8:46 AM GMT The two Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) teams that are being managed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in the upcoming edition of the tournament have failed to comply with the board’s own diktat, that all squads must have an overseas quick who bowls above 140kph and a legspinner, who has to bowl
5:10 PM GMT Danyal Rasool It has been over ten years since he played the last of his three Test matches, and nearly five years since he played any international cricket, but Fawad Alam hasn’t been sitting twiddling his thumbs all this while. Year after year, he’s continued to press for national selection with remarkable
2:59 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff On the day Sri Lanka were leaving for Pakistan to play a two-Test series, they revealed that Suranga Lakmal was down with dengue fever and will not be travelling with the team. His spot has been taken by Asitha Fernando, who has spent the last few months playing for Sri
8:03 AM GMT Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) at least one day-night Test for their tour of Pakistan next month, with Karachi being selected as the venue. The tour includes two Tests and three T20Is, although the BCB has so far stated that it is awaiting a security report
4:23 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia at the MCG was suspended on the opening day due to concerns over a dangerous pitch less than three weeks before the Boxing Day Test. The umpires took the players off in the 40th over with Western Australia 3 for 89
The Vidarbha players pose with the trophy © PTI Into its 86th year, the biggest first-class competition in the world – the Ranji Trophy – gets bigger with a 38th team, Chandigarh, added to the roster for the 2019-20 season. Like every year, it gives around 800 hopefuls a platform to establish themselves. Players aside,
8:00 AM GMT Brisbane Heat 6 for 166 (Green 46, G Harris 43, Jonassen 38, Strano 4-28) beat Melbourne Renegades 4 for 163 (Dooley 50*, Duffin 44) by four wickets Defending champions Brisbane Heat surged into the WBBL final, where they will face Adelaide Strikers on home soil, with a powerful batting performance as they
Jess Duffin carves one through the covers © Getty Images There is someone playing in the WBBL finals this weekend who has been player of the match in a World T20 final and a World Cup final. Someone who has reached the highest level of two sports and still plays both concurrently at the domestic