Month: June 2017

Match Facts June 14, 2017Start time 10.30am local (0930 GMT) © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Big Picture To say that the Champions Trophy has reached its knockout stage would do a gross disservice to the journey back from oblivion that one of Wednesday’s contenders has already had to make. If you’d surveyed the wreckage around Edgbaston after Pakistan’s lamentable defeat against India in their opening Group B game, you would have seen…

Virat Kohli had entered the Champions Trophy trailing top-ranked AB de Villers by 22 points © ICC India captain Virat Kohli surpassed AB de Villiers and David Warner to reclaim the top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen. Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, meanwhile, topped the ODI bowlers’ rankings for the first time in his career. South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who had gained the No.1 spot…

Russell Domingo defended South Africa after their early exit from the Champions Trophy, saying that two bad games did not make his side a bad one © Getty Images Russell Domingo still has no clarity on whether he will continue in his role as South Africa’s head coach after the current tour to England. After South Africa crashed out of the Champions Trophy in the first round, Domingo told the…

Mark Stoneman is one of four openers with a chance to press his claims © Getty Images England have set-up a Test shoot-out for the role of Alastair Cook’s Test opener as four batsmen vie for the opportunity in the Lions squad which will face South Africa in Canterbury next week. Haseeb Hameed and Keaton Jennings are the two men regarded as in possession of top-three spots, but they will…

Mark Stoneman is one of four openers with a chance to press his claims © Getty Images England have set-up a Test shoot-out for the role of Alastair Cook’s Test opener as four batsmen vie for the opportunity in the Lions squad which will face South Africa in Canterbury next week. Haseeb Hameed and Keaton Jennings are the two men regarded as in possession of top-three spots, but they will…

Russell Domingo on AB de Villiers: ‘He has done a fantastic job as captain during this campaign. He leads from the front’ © Getty Images AB de Villiers‘ behind-the-scenes leadership skills are good enough to merit him continuing as ODI captain despite mounting calls for him to step aside. That was national head coach Russell Domingo‘s endorsement of de Villiers, which added to a growing chorus from inside the team…

Strong television audiences for the BBL and WBBL have been one of the few positives for the Ten Network in recent times © Cricket Australia/Getty Images The Big Bash League’s next broadcast rights deal – and perhaps even its coverage later this year – has been pushed into uncertain waters by a grim financial outlook for its current rights holder, the Ten Network. Ahead of the final season, before the…

The PCB’s charge against Nasir Jamshed © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Nasir Jamshed found the evidence of corruption against him so “flimsy” that he laughed out loud when he read about it. The former Pakistan batsman was arrested in the UK in February in connection with an investigation into corruption in the 2017 Pakistan Super League. Through its own investigations, the PCB insists Jamshed is a central figure. Four months later, the…