3:10 AM ET George Dobell Brian Lara has implored the top sides in world cricket “to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld” and admitted there were times he was “truly embarrassed” by the behaviour of the West Indies side he represented. Lara, delivering the MCC Spirt of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord’s, not only called on batsmen to “walk” but suggested the leading sides had a responsibility…
11:12 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A broken window of the Australia team bus is “believed” to have come from a small rock or stone thrown at the bus when the players were returning to the hotel on Wednesday evening in Chittagong. No player was injured, Cricket Australia confirmed. The incident is under investigation while security has been increased on the team’s route to the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. “On route…
2:25 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Curran is in line for a maiden ODI cap, after his impressive T20 debut earlier this year, while Chris Woakes is fit to return after missing most of the Champions Trophy with injury but there was no room for Mark Wood in England’s limited-overs squads to take on West Indies this month. Eoin Morgan (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Liam…
2:07 PM ET Nagraj Gollapudi Restricting the duration of high-value contracts to five years and being transparent in the tendering process has proved to be a fruitful exercise for the BCCI, which has raked in close to INR 20,000 crore (approx US $3.12 billion) across three mega deals sealed in the past six months – Monday’s record-breaking IPL rights deal included. That is the assessment of Rahul Johri, the BCCI’s…
3:00 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna All teams have an off day on Tuesday before the final day of round-robin play on Wednesday. Guernsey play Qatar in what is effectively a quarter-final…
Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League 11:42 AM ET South Africa’s six domestic franchises will compete in all three formats – including a T20 event – in the 2017-18 summer, which will be headlined by the inaugural T20 Global League. To accommodate for the privately-owned glamour competition, there will be no domestic cricket for almost two months, between October…
11:15 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain Upul Tharanga has opted out of Test cricket for six months in order to focus on the white-ball formats. The outgoing selectors, headed by Sanath Jayasuriya, did not name Tharanga among the 25 in the provisional Test squad for the forthcoming games against Pakistan in the UAE. Tharanga has been modest in Tests this year with 430 runs from eight…
8:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Star India won the global television and digital rights for the Indian Premier League for a period of five years, from 2018 – 2022, on Monday. Star’s bid of $2.55 billion was the highest consolidated one, making this the biggest rights sale in cricket history. We take a look at the five stand-out figures from the media rights sale. $2.55 billion (INR 16,347.5 Cr) The…
Bal: It was clear Star wanted all or nothing (5:43) Sambit Bal and Gaurav Kalra join Raunak Kapoor to discuss the IPL media rights, which were bought by Star India for a whopping $2.5 billion (5:43) 10:21 AM ET Arun Venugopal Star India’s strong presence in both television and digital spaces, as well as global markets, prompted the company to make a record-breaking bid for the IPL broadcast rights for…
10:11 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Although Sri Lanka Cricket had already named a T20 squad ahead of the ODI series, two days out from the one-off match against India, the board has released a new squad, this one featuring legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay and seam-bowling allrounder Dasun Shanaka. Upul Tharanga (capt), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilshan Munaweera, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Isuru Udana, Seekkuge…