Sean Cary was a key figure in Australia introducing day-night Test cricket was © Getty Images Sean Cary, a key figure in the introduction of day-night Tests and primary link with the Australian Cricketers’ Association, has quit his post as Cricket Australia’s head of operations in order to take up a job with the United States Tennis Association. CA staff were informed of his impending exit at the start of…
“I take full responsibility, and I’m deeply embarrassed to have let down so many people” © Getty Images New Zealand fast-bowling allrounder Doug Bracewell has pleaded guilty in the Hastings District Council for a case of drink driving. Bracewell said he was “deeply embarrassed” about the incident. Bracewell was stopped while driving in Hastings on March 18 and recorded breath-alcohol reading of 783 micrograms per litre of breath while the…
Zafar Ansari’s start in Test cricket was tricky, but he could have come again © Getty Images Zafar Ansari has always been a bit different. During England’s tour of Bangladesh, he could be seen reading a copy of the New York Review of Books by the pool while his team-mates played on their X-boxes. He named Malcolm X as a hero and Rosa Luxemburg and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as ideal…
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said the tour was cancelled by mutual consent © AFP Pakistan will not tour Bangladesh this year as per schedule; the PCB said the series has been postponed indefinitely by mutual consent. Pakistan was to play two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I series in Bangladesh in July and August this year. “We had spoken about the possibility of hosting them [Bangladesh in Pakistan] this year,”…
Kolkata Knight Riders 184 for 3 (Uthappa 87, Gambhir 62) beat Rising Pune Supergiant 182 for 5 (Smith 51, Rahane 46, Kuldeep 2-31) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Robin Uthappa flayed 87 off 47 balls © BCCI A turbo-charged fifty from Robin Uthappa and a more sedate one from Gautam Gambhir helped Kolkata Knight Riders chase down 183 with 11 balls to spare and reclaim the top spot. Their…
© ESPNcricinfo Ltd Ziaur Rahman smashed five sixes in his unbeaten half-century as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club defeated defending champions Abahani Limited by six wickets at the KSOA Stadium in Fatullah. His 57-ball 73 paved the way for their 270-run chase, and closed out the game for Dhanmondi Club with 12 balls to spare. Ziaur came in to bat after Dhanmondi Club were struggling at 3 for 160 in the…
Khalid Latif, through his lawyer, has stated his objections to the composition of the PCB’s tribunal © BCB Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif, provisionally suspended for alleged involvement in the PSL spot-fixing scandal, has refused to appear before the PCB’s anti-corruption panel, citing concerns about the fairness of the investigation. Latif’s lawyer also objected to the three-man tribunal constituted to the hear the case, in which Latif stands charged of six…
The ICC’s new constitution moved a step closer to reality on a dramatic late afternoon in Dubai, as cricket’s Full Members exercised their collective will to outvote the BCCI. The Indian board was the only member to object against a new financial model and was one of the only two countries to vote against the new governance changes. The finance model received a 9-1 vote in favour, while the governance…
The Blast is set to continue but the new T20 tournament will take centre stage in the English summer from 2020 © Getty Images The ECB have been given the green light to launch a new domestic T20 competition after the board’s members voted overwhelmingly to support their plans. Approval to change the constitution of the organisation represented the last hurdle required by the executive to confirm the launch of…
Holly Colvin has taken up a position with ICC, after retiring aged just 26 © Getty Images Barney Gibson, retired aged 19 Played 1 first-class game for Yorkshire, aged 15 Gibson became the youngest English first-class cricketer in history, when he kept wicket for Yorkshire in a game against Durham University aged just 15 years and 27 days, a game he played after getting special permission from his school. Keeping…