English cricket coaching needs more diversity – Wasim Khan

February 28, 2018

Vikram Solanki is currently on the coaching staff with Surrey © Getty Images Wasim Khan, the chief executive of Leicestershire, has questioned whether the game in England and Wales can do more to encourage coaches and administrators from South Asian and Afro-Caribbean backgrounds. While Wasim has welcomed the appointment of Vikram Solanki and Dimitri Mascarenhas as assistant head coaches at Surrey and Essex respectively, he raised the possibility of “unconscious…

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Bowlers, Pietersen dazzle in Quetta win

February 28, 2018

© PCB Quetta Gladiators 135 for 4 (Pietersen 48, Nawaz 25*) beat Islamabad United 134 for 7 (Ronchi 43, Misbah 22, Rahat 1-18) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details In a nutshell The first PSL game in Sharjah began with a crushing six-wicket win for Quetta Gladiators. They first stifled Islamabad United and restricted them to 134 despite some terrific top-order hitting from Luke Ronchi, whose 26-ball 43 accounted for…

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Hampshire bring in Amla for first half of season

1:33 PM ET George Dobell Hampshire have signed South Africa batsman Hashim Amla as their overseas player for the first three months of the 2018 domestic season. Amla, who has been rated as the No. 1 batsman in both Test and ODI cricket, will be available for County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup action. The move, coming just after the club completed the signing of Sam Northeast, further strengthens…

February 28, 2018
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Ireland to build new stadium to meet needs of Test era

February 28, 2018

Malahide Cricket Ground in Dublin © Getty Images Malahide is set to lose its status as Ireland’s premier cricket venue, after the board of Cricket Ireland performed a U-turn and voted instead for the development of a new permanent stadium in Dublin. The venue, which will be built on a green-field site at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus, has been commissioned in order to meet both the heightened expectations…

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English cricket needs more non-white coaches – Wasim Khan

February 28, 2018

Vikram Solanki is currently on the coaching staff with Surrey © Getty Images Wasim Khan, the chief executive of Leicestershire, has questioned whether the game in England and Wales can do more to encourage coaches and administrators from South Asian and Afro-Caribbean backgrounds. While Wasim has welcomed the appointment of Vikram Solanki and Dimitri Mascarenhas as assistant head coaches at Surrey and Essex respectively, he raised the possibility of “unconscious…

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Mayank Agarwal 'in the queue' for national call-up – chief selector

12:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff One of the biggest questions that came up when the India selectors picked the T20 squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka was why Mayank Agarwal, this season’s most prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket, wasn’t picked. MSK Prasad, the chief of selectors, has revealed that the Karnataka batsman is “in the queue” for a national call-up. Yuvraj Singh wants to take a call on his…

February 28, 2018
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Expectations high for de Villiers' final duel with Australia

Last ‘big’ series for South Africa stars? (3:27) A young Australia side take on an ageing South Africa at Durban looking to continue their good Test touring record in the country (3:27) 10:53 AM ET Firdose Moonda in Durban Enjoy him while you still can, especially if you are Australian. While AB de Villiers has not made any official announcement about his Test future, this is probably the last ‘big’…

February 28, 2018
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'Niggling issue' rules Ashwin out of Deodhar Trophy

10:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A day after he had been named captain of the India A squad, R Ashwin has been ruled out of the Deodhar Trophy. According to a BCCI release, the India spinner has a “niggling issue”, for which the board’s medical team has advised a week’s rest. The Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem will take Ashwin’s place in the India A squad, which will now be…

February 28, 2018
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BCB appeals against ICC's 'below average' rating for Mirpur pitch

9:27 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appealed against the ICC’s “below average” rating of the Shere Bangla National Stadium’s pitch during the second Test against Sri Lanka earlier this month. The appeal will be heard by March 14 as per the period stipulated in the pitch monitoring process and will be determined by Geoff Allardice, the ICC’s general manager (cricket), and Anil Kumble, the chairperson…

February 28, 2018
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Lakmal, Pradeep return to bolster SL T20 pace ranks

9:09 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Fast bowlers Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal have returned to the Sri Lanka T20 squad after recovering from injuries, but wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been omitted in favour of Dhananjaya de Silva for the upcoming tri-series at home. Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay, who was with the T20 team in Bangladesh, was also left out, with Sri Lanka naming just two specialist spinners – Akila Dananjaya…

February 28, 2018
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