Month: February 2017

PCA chief executive David Leatherdale with new players’ union chairman Daryl Mitchell © PCA Worcestershire’s Daryl Mitchell has been elected as the new chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA). He succeeds Mark Wallace, who steps down after four years having completed the maximum two terms. Mitchell has already flagged the ECB’s plans for a new city-based T20 competition to be introduced in 2020 as a major issue to be…

Tasmania are bottom of Sheffield Shield table with only one win and four defeats from seven matches © Getty Images Daniel Marsh has been ousted as Tasmania coach, effective immediately, following an extended run of under-performance by the Tigers in the Sheffield Shield. He was fired less than a year after signing a new two-year contract with the state. The decision to remove Marsh is the third major change at…

Netherlands 330 for 7 (Myburgh 88, van der Merwe 62, Seelaar 50*) beat Hong Kong 325 for 9 (Rath 134, Hayat 83, Rippon 4-67) by five runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Roelof van der Merwe and Pieter Seelaar both struck half-centuries in a win for Netherlands © Peter Della Penna With victory in sight of what would have been the highest successful chase in WCL Championship history, Hong…

Trevor Hohns and Darren Lehmann will have to be wary of second-guessing their selections, even as Australia’s spinners will have to respond effectively when they come under attack from India © Getty Images As he surveys Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on the eve of Australia’s warm-up match against India A, there is a chance Darren Lehmann is casting his mind back to the first time he played at the ground. In…

Match facts February 17, 2017Start time 1940 local (0840 GMT) Aaron Finch needs 26 runs to reach 1000 in T20Is © Getty Images Big Picture On Friday, February 17, two different teams will represent Australia in two different matches on two different continents. The country’s best cricketers – Steven Smith, David Warner, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood et al – will begin a three-day tour game in Mumbai ahead of the…

Hagley Oval in Christchurch is set to host the second ODI against South Africa Andrew Fernando / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd New Zealand Cricket is monitoring the situation in Christchurch ahead of the second one-day international against South Africa next Wednesday as bush fires continue to rage in the Port Hills area close to the city. The fires, which started on Monday, have destroyed homes, caused large evacuations, and led to…

Trevor Hohns and Darren Lehmann will have to be wary of second-guessing their selections, even as Australia’s spinners will have to respond effectively when they come under attack from India © Getty Images As he surveys Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on the eve of Australia’s warm-up match against India A, there is a chance Darren Lehmann is casting his mind back to the first time he played at the ground. In…

Match Facts February 17, 2017Start time 7.00pm local (0600GMT) Glenn Phillips will make his debut at the top of the order for New Zealand © Getty Images The Big Picture New Zealand have dispatched Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia on home soil this season but the visit of South Africa is the meat of their summer. We should know a fair amount more about Kane Williamson’s New Zealand by the end…