England won the toss and decided to bowl against BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:35 ‘On our day, we can beat anybody’ – Mashrafe England captain Eoin Morgan decided to field first in their Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh at The Oval. In a late change, England brought in an extra pace bowler, Jake Ball, at the expense of legspinner Adil Rashid who has been a key part of…
Play 03:46 What exactly is the Cricket Australia-ACA pay dispute? For several months, the ongoing pay dispute has been the only story in Australian cricket. Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association have been so far apart on the issue that the stand-off has degenerated into a campaign played out in public instead of behind closed doors. And now there is actual cricket to be played by the national team….
Play 03:46 What exactly is the Cricket Australia-ACA pay dispute? Australia’s players are willing to compromise on a major financial sticking point that lies at the heart of their ongoing pay dispute with Cricket Australia (CA). As the board’s nine directors met in Brisbane on Thursday, the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) opened up a potential path for more productive talks, by indicating they are open to a redefinition – and…
Bob Woolmer died on March 18, 2007, the day after Pakistan were knocked out of the World Cup by Ireland © AFP Ten years after the death of Bob Woolmer at the 2007 World Cup, the then-Jamaican Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been strongly criticised for his role in and behaviour during the subsequent inquest. In November 2007, a jury at the coroner’s inquest returned an open verdict on…
The ACB did not offer any official reason for cancelling the T20s © AFP The short-lived détente between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the PCB is seemingly over, barely a week after it had begun. In the wake of a bomb blast in Kabul on Wednesday that killed over 80 people, the ACB has cancelled the friendly T20 matches it had scheduled with Pakistan, to be played in July…
With 11 wickets, Wayne Parnell is the most successful bowler among South Africa’s current squad in the Champions Trophy © AFP Overview Here they go again. South Africa. In search of a major trophy. It’s a script so well known, it must be close to being a classic. And South Africa still hope to be able to write a different ending. The prelude has been much the same as in…
Will Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli be able to ignore the buzz around their rapport and work with the team they’ve built together? © AFP Overview Anil Kumble has to go through a fresh interview process to prove his credentials as head coach of India. Virat Kohli, having suffered – by his own admission – the most horrendous IPL, returns to the country where he was humbled on his last…