Month: February 2018

10:31 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi The BCCI’s plans to stage India’s first-ever day-night Test in October is mired in a power struggle between the two power centres that currently run the board. A sharply worded mail from Vinod Rai, chief of the Committee of Administrators, to Amitabh Choudhury, the board’s acting secretary, placed the proposal on hold and criticised what Rai called the “cavalier way of taking policy decisions”. In…

10:09 AM ET It has taken South Africa a while but they have finally figured out why they were in such a spin against India in the ODI series, and they’ve managed to avoid falling into the same trap in the T20s. Across the six ODIs, South Africa lost 33 wickets to Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, but with Kuldeep injured for the first two T20s, Chahal has only claimed…

Is Bayliss right about international T20? (0:49) Mark Butcher discusses whether T20Is have a place on the schedule and Trevor Bayliss’ comments about England having a specialist coach (0:49) 10:11 AM ET Alex Hales and Adil Rashid will have their first opportunity to test the flexibility of their new white-ball county contracts, after being included in the draft for the Caribbean Premier League that takes place in London on March…

WATCH – Raval’s drive hits Ellis on the head, goes for six (0:13) Andrew Ellis was hit flush on his head by a Jeet Raval drive, and astonishingly enough, crossed the boundary off the rebound (0:13) 8:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Canterbury allrounder Andrew Ellis wants New Zealand Cricket to be “proactive” in offering protective gear to players, in light of the bizarre incident in which he was hit on…

South Africa need to salvage the tour by winning the last match – Graeme Smith (7:14) Graeme Smith also talks about newcomers Junior Dala and Reeza Hendricks, the possibility of Klaasen and de Kock playing together, and more (7:14) 3:00 AM ET Big picture Here we are. Back where it all began. Exactly seven weeks ago, India’s tour to South Africa began with the (later-than-usual) New Year’s Test. The first…

7:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Lynn‘s latest shoulder injury will not require surgery. The development, confirmed by his manager Stephen Atkinson on Friday, brightens the batsman’s chances of recovering in time for the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders, who signed Lynn for USD 1.5 million, will play their first match of the tournament on April 8. Lynn has had a history of shoulder dislocations, the latest of which…

6:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jon Lewis, the former Gloucestershire and England fast bowler, has been named as the head coach of the ECB’s Young Lions programme, following his interim role at the recent Under-19 World Cup. Lewis, who had previously been assistant coach at Sussex, will take up his new position in April, at the start of the English domestic season. He succeeds Andy Hurry, who returned to Somerset…

6:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has added his voice to the growing concerns about the future of Test cricket, saying that the low attendances in the recent Ashes had disappointed him, and hinting that he too may one day be tempted to follow the specialist white-ball route that Adil Rashid and Alex Hales have already headed down. Moeen endured a poor Ashes series, averaging 19.88 with the bat…

5:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid admits that he has lost the “buzz” when it comes to playing Championship cricket, after speaking out for the first time about his decision to accept a white-ball-only contract with Yorkshire this summer. Rashid, who is an integral part of England’s plans in both 50-over and 20-over cricket, particularly leading into next year’s World Cup on home soil, was overlooked for selection in…