1:54 AM ET Mitchell Starc is not convinced England’s challenge for the Ashes will be derailed in the event that Ben Stokes does not make it onto the plane for the tour of Australia. As parallel police and ECB investigations continue into events outside a Bristol nightclub involving Stokes and Alex Hales last week, Starc said Stokes greatly aided England’s balance but was not their only key player. “I’m sure…
12:19 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Suzie Bates (capt), Sam Curtis, Sophie Devine, Maddy Green, Holly Huddleston, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Katey Martin (wk), Thamsyn Newton, Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Hannah Rowe, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu Right-hand batsman Sam Curtis has been named in the 14-member New Zealand women squad that will take on Pakistan in three ODIs and four T20Is in Sharjah from October 31. Wicketkeeper Rachel Priest and legspinner…
2:02 PM ET The Board of Control for Cricket in India is planning a Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the women cricketers, according to Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI General Manager. “We are now planning to have a FTP at the international level like the men’s team for ODIs and T20s and that is working out well. Don’t go by the quantity of matches but go by the fact that we…
1:56 PM ET The last time Sri Lanka won an away Test against a side ranked higher than them was in June 2014, so long ago not just in years but in what has passed in between, that it really was – as the past is said to be – another country. This last year in particular has been rotten in so many ways, so it was no surprise that…
1:40 PM ET South Africa’s players were not properly consulted about CSA’s plans to pioneer four-day Tests, and are not in favour of shortening the format. That may not matter when South Africa host Zimbabwe for a four-day, day-night match, even though the man who initially touted the idea, former CEO Haroon Lorgat, is no longer in charge. Lorgat left his post last Thursday after his relationship with the CSA…
‘Australia still best in the world’ – Knight (2:13) Heather Knight spoke ahead of England’s tour of Australia about the inclusion of Sophie Eccleston, winning the Ashes and Danielle Hazell’s quiz nights. (2:13) 10:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia remain the best team in the world going into this winter’s Ashes, according to Heather Knight, England women’s captain, despite their failure to reach the final of the recent World Cup…
10:02 AM ET Mohammad Isam The Bangladesh Cricket Board councilors have unanimously agreed with the draft of the new constitution at their Extraordinary General Meeting that took place soon after their Annual General Body meeting on Sunday. The meeting happened in the presence of 135 out of 170 councilors from all the Dhaka clubs and divisional and district associations. The draft will need approval from the National Sports Council (NSC),…
Spotless performance from us – Faf du Plessis (2:28) South Africa captain Faf du Plessis reflects on his side’s all-round display, and the flat Potchefstroom pitch (2:28) 9:59 AM ET Faf du Plessis has praised the manner in which South Africa won the first Test against Bangladesh but not the surface on which it was played. After asking for a pitch with pace and bounce, South Africa got a flat…
3:00 AM ET Mohammad Isam Tier 1 Defending champions Khulna avoided their first scare this season, but ended up drawing the game against Dhaka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Batting first, Dhaka banked on centuries from Nadif Chowdhury and Mosharraf Hossain to put on 519 for 9. Nadif made a career-best 166 off 239 balls with 17 fours and 6 sixes. He added 227 runs for the seventh wicket…
8:44 AM ET Mohammad Isam When asked of his decision to bowl first, one that baffled many, in Potchefstroom, Mushfiqur Rahim claimed lack of local knowledge as one of the factors that influenced him. When the move backfired, with Bangladesh conceding close to 500, he wasn’t happy with the bowlers. In reality, it was also perhaps a case of having little confidence in his batsman, especially early in the Test…