Month: June 2017

England won the toss and chose to bowl first against South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Liam Livingstone makes his England debut, alongside Tom Curran © Getty Images England have won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first in second T20 in Taunton. England crushed South Africa by nine wickets in the first match of the series in Southampton. The third and final game is on Sunday in…

Gary Ballance has been in impressive form for Yorkshire this season © PA Photos Gary Ballance‘s prospects of a Test recall at Lord’s next month have been given a boost by his appointment as England Lions captain for their three-day tour match against South Africa at Worcester. Ballance, who is currently averaging more than 100 in the Specsavers County Championship in his first season as Yorkshire captain, is joined by…

The Committee of Administrators will meet the state associations on June 25 in Mumbai © PTI The Committee of Administrators (CoA) hopes that the state associations will distill their objections to the Lodha Committee recommendations to one or two points when they meet on Sunday (June 25) in Mumbai, a day before the BCCI’s SGM. This, the CoA believes, will be a significant step towards firming up the BCCI’s model…

Cricket in USA hit another roadblock © Peter Della Penna The USA Cricket Association’s plea for a stay on their expulsion by the ICC has fallen on deaf ears. On Thursday, they issued a letter to all ICC member boards ahead of the AGM in which they argued a yes vote on the resolution for expulsion would “set a dangerous precedent” and “leave the continued existence of all members, especially…

Virender Sehwag is one of the five candidates already in the BCCI’s shortlist for the India coach role © BCCI In the wake of Anil Kumble’s withdrawal from the race, the BCCI has decided to invite fresh applications to pick India’s next head coach. The advertisement is likely to be out on Saturday. The new candidates will join the five already shortlisted candidates comprising Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajput,…

Sussex wicketkeeper Ben Brown has been appointed Championship captain for the rest of the season © Getty Images Sussex have appointed wicketkeeper Ben Brown as their Championship captain for the rest of the season, with New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor taking charge in the NatWest T20 Blast, following Luke Wright’s decision earlier this month to stand down. Brown, who has been absent since early May after suffering a broken finger,…

Lauren Winfield had been in good form in England’s World Cup warm-ups © Getty Images England have suffered a major setback in their preparations for Saturday’s Women’s World Cup opener against India at Derby, with the news that Lauren Winfield, their hard-hitting opener, will miss the match after sustaining a wrist injury. Winfield chose to retire out on 27 during England’s final warm-up match against New Zealand at Derby on…