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) 1:03 PM ET International T20 should be the pinnacle of the format, not domestic leagues, according to Jos Buttler who does not endorse the view of England coach Trevor Bayliss that T20Is be restricted to a period around World T20 events….
12:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Female physical education teachers who are “not interested” in the history of cricket is one reason the game is falling behind other sports in Jamaica. That is the view not of the common man, but Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron, who is from Jamaica. Cameron also believes space constraints have generally contributed to the waning popularity of cricket in Jamaica, which has given…
11:14 AM ET Morne Morkel provided an assurance that he has not signed a contract with any other team, “out of respect” to Cricket South Africa, as suggestions his retirement is a result of a Kolpak deal mount. Morkel has been linked with several counties since South Africa toured England last year. His retirement from the international game comes at the end of the South African summer and would be…
10:16 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Sri Lanka women’s team will host their Pakistan counterparts in three ODIs and three T20Is from March 20 to 31, Sri Lanka Cricket has announced. The tour will be Sri Lanka’s first bilateral series since their drubbing in the West Indies last October when they were whitewashed across three ODIs and T20Is. It will also be their first match against Pakistan since the World…
9:43 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi R Ashwin has made bolder statements on Twitter, but on Monday he said the responsibility of leading Kings XI Punjab is an “opportunity to showcase” his captaincy skills, a job he had not done since he was 20 years old. One pertinent question about Kings XI Punjab after the auction in January was if they had an experienced wicketkeeper. Kings XI team director Virender Sehwag…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Abahani Limited romped to their sixth consecutive win in the Dhaka Premier League after crushing Mohammedan Sporting Club by 112 runs. Mashrafe Mortaza and Mehidy Hasan took three wickets each as Mohammedan, who won their last three league matches, were bowled out for 147 runs in 30.4 overs in chase of 260. Earlier, Nasir Hossain (67) and Anamul Haque (63) made match-winning half-centuries. Mohammad Sharif‘s…
7:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan will be without their captain, Asghar Stanikzai, for the start of the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe after he was forced to undergo surgery for appendicitis. Stanikzai is expected to be out for 10 days. Rashid Khan, the legspinner who is ranked No. 1 in the world, will step up from vice-captain to lead the side in Stanikzai’s absence. Afghanistan have two warm-up fixtures…
7:17 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Courtney Walsh has been named Bangladesh’s interim head coach for the Nidahas Trophy as the BCB is yet to narrow in on a replacement for Chandika Hathurusingha. Walsh joined the Bangladesh coaching group in September 2016 as a bowling coach on a three-year deal. He is currently the senior-most coach in the group and was an obvious candidate. Meanwhile, Khaled Mahmud will no longer be…
6:46 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Aiden Markram, the South Africa opener, has signed for Durham for the first half of this season’s County Championship, with the New Zealand batsman Tom Latham returning to the club as 50-over captain for the white-ball leg of the summer. Markram, 23, captained South Africa to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in 2014, and was drafted into South Africa’s Test squad during last summer’s…
6:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England Lions have been hit with further withdrawals after Essex’s Dan Lawrence suffered a hand fracture while batting in the nets ahead of the third unofficial Test against West Indies A, starting on Monday. The injury, which will rule Lawrence out of the one-day series to follow, means a Lions debut for Sam Northeast, who only arrived in Antigua on Sunday but goes straight into…