Month: November 2016

Phillip Hughes died in 2014 after being struck by a bouncer © Getty Images The death of Phillip Hughes was a tragic accident caused by a “minuscule misjudgement” from the batsman and no failure to enforce the laws of the game contributed to his death, according to the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes. Mr Barnes on Friday released his findings from the coronial inquest into the death of Hughes,…

Ian Botham’s role at Durham will be that of an indefatigable figurehead © Getty Images Sir Ian Botham’s inspirational qualities on and off the cricket field have been well chronicled. The great deeds that won him the reputation as one of the greatest England cricketers in history have been followed in retirement by indefatigable charitable commitments approached with the same gusto. Now those energies will be committed to a new…

John Stanworth made his name at Lancashire over the course of two decades © Getty Images John Stanworth, the former director of Lancashire’s cricket academy, has become the latest recruit to the ECB’s restructured England Women’s Pathway. Stanworth, who spent three decades at Lancashire as a player, first-team coach and ultimately the county’s first academy director, has taken up the post of head coach of the England Women’s Senior Academy….

Ever since he lost his limited-overs captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza in September 2014, Mushfiqur’s leadership in Tests has come under a lot of scrutiny © Getty Images Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s Test captain, has said coach Chandika Hathurusingha gave Tamim Iqbal the role of “helping” the bowlers closely during the last session of the Dhaka Test against England. He said that the four senior players in the field – himself, Tamim,…

Ever since he lost his limited-overs captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza in September 2014, Mushfiqur’s leadership in Tests has come under a lot of scrutiny © Getty Images Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s Test captain, has said coach Chandika Hathurusingha gave Tamim Iqbal the role of “helping” the bowlers closely during the last session of the Dhaka Test against England. He said that the four senior players in the field – himself, Tamim,…

The Supreme Court has ordered the BCCI’s state units to submit affidavits of compliance with the Lodha recommendations in order to get funds from the BCCI © Cricket Australia The Lodha Committee has refused the BCCI’s request for directions on the release of funds to state associations despite the board’s warning that domestic cricket could come to a “standstill”. The Committee said the only remedy available to the state associations…

There’s paperwork pending before India plays England © AFP With less than a week to go before the start of India’s first Test against England, the BCCI and ECB have not signed the Memorandum of Understanding, a standard agreement that details various aspects of bilateral series. The hold-up is because the BCCI had asked the Lodha Committee for certain clarifications regarding the MoU, and in response the committee said that…

Misbah-ul-Haq has said a lack of regulars in the slips has not helped Pakistan © AFP Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has that his team “went on making mistakes” in Sharjah to miss out on the chance to end the West Indies series unbeaten. They had won the ODIs and T20Is 3-0, took the first two Tests as well before being upset in the third. Pakistan could put up only 281…

‘I’m still trying to get some of that rhythm back, but to get through 18-and-a-half overs felt good’ © AFP Mitchell Starc summed up the Australian glee about the WACA pitch, and a commanding day one display, after his four wickets had helped spearhead the hosts to an early jump on South Africa in Perth. Though he had scooped plenty of wickets in unhelpful conditions in Sri Lanka before being…