6:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Harry Brook, the England U19 captain, has been dropped for the final game of their ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup campaign. An ICC media release confirmed that England had reported his omission was for “a disciplinary matter, but are yet to disclose the reason.” Vice-captain Will Jacks was put in charge for England’s seventh-place playoff against New Zealand in Queenstown. Brook had enjoyed an…
Rajiv Shukla and Anirudh Chaudhry attend the IPL governing council meet © PTI The power struggle in the BCCI has intensified with the committee of administrators (CoA) joining forces with the chief executive officer Rahul Johri and chief financial officer Santosh Rangnekar in challenging the conduct of treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry. In November, Rangnekar told the Supreme Court that Chaudhry had issued veiled threats against him on three separate occasions. Chaudhry…
Rajiv Shukla and Anirudh Chaudhry attend the IPL governing council meet © PTI The power struggle in the BCCI has intensified with the committee of administrators (CoA) joining forces with the chief executive officer Rahul Johri and chief financial officer Santosh Rangnekar in challenging the conduct of treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry. In November, Rangnekar told the Supreme Court that Chaudhry had issued veiled threats against him on three separate occasions. Chaudhry…
Clive van Ryneveld signs autographs for youngsters during a tour match against Oxford 12:42 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Clive van Ryneveld, the former South Africa captain who also played rugby for England, has died aged 89. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and his work as a lawyer included providing assistance to players – the most notable one being Basil D’Oliveira – with their contracts. A legspin-bowling allrounder,…
10:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Quetta Gladiators picked Sussex’s rising sensation Jofra Archer as a replacement for allrounder Carlos Brathwaite who will miss the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and will instead play for West Indies in the World Cup qualifiers in March. Archer’s Sussex team-mate Tymal Mills was roped in by Karachi Kings in place of former Australia quick Mitchell Johnson, who had pulled out of the tournament, citing personal…
Dwayne Bravo charges in to bowl © Getty Images Dwayne Bravo has hit back at the Cricket West Indies (CWI) for building a perception that he isn’t interested in playing one-day internationals. The 34-year old allrounder hasn’t played one in nearly four years, but he insists that such a situation arose because of a lack of clarity from the selectors regarding his role in the team as opposed to his…
8:53 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Bangladesh left-arm spinnerAbdur Razzak‘s surprise recall to the Bangladesh Test side takes the mind back to the comebacks of Brian Close, Darren Pattinson, and RP Singh. On Sunday evening, the BCB called Razzak and told him that his air ticket to Chittagong was ready, but he felt like someone was playing a prank on him. A little while later, the selectors announced that Razzak had…
7:00 AM ET Australian cricket’s wide open broadcast rights future will be underlined when the Twenty20 triangular series is split across free-to-air and pay television broadcasters because its conception took place after the soon-to-expire current deals were inked in 2013. While Channel Nine will air the first three matches of the tournament between Australia, England and New Zealand in Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne, Fox Sports will be the only network…
6:24 AM ET Australian cricket’s wide open broadcast rights future will be underlined when the Twenty20 triangular series is split across free-to-air and pay television broadcasters because its conception took place after the soon-to-expire current deals were inked in 2013. While Channel Nine will air the first three matches of the tournament between Australia, England and New Zealand in Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne, Fox Sports will be the only network…
3:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Timm van der Gugten, Viv Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Sikander Zulfiqar Allrounder Michael Rippon and medium-pacer Logan van Beek have made themselves unavailable for Netherlands in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers due to commitments in the Plunket Shield, New…