Play 05:53 Chappell: ‘Don’t see Smith captaining Australia again’ A humbled Darren Lehmann has bluntly admitted his “headbutt the line” philosophy for Australia will no longer be tolerated by the game at large, and pointed to the example of New Zealand’s cultural regeneration as the way forward for his team. In response to the question of whether he was the right man to mentor the team, he replied: “I need…
9:51 AM ET How can Darren Lehmann escape charges given the apparent relaying of messages to Cameron Bancroft?It is understood and it has been verified by others that on the walkie-talkie he said… you guys probably saw it, the first time anyone knew about it was when it came up on the vision screen. He saw that and he radioed down and he said: ‘what the f*** is going on?’…
Bal: CA’s decision more a reaction to public outrage (2:54) ESPNcricinfo’s editor-in-chief also believes the IPL bans were bound to be imposed following CA’s decision on Wednesday morning (2:54) 9:00 AM ET “What the f*** is going on?” These were the words that distanced Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann from the ball-tampering plot hatched by David Warner and Cameron Bancroft with the approval of Steven Smith. Cricket Australia chief executive James…
7:52 AM ET When England take the field in Christchurch on Friday it will be 152 days since they arrived in Australia at the beginning of an overseas campaign which has stretched through a whole Southern Hemisphere summer and into autumn. The leaves on the trees along the River Avon and around Hagley Oval are turning a distinct red and though the recent days have been warm there is a…
7:01 AM ET George Dobell The ECB has been thrown into further turmoil by the resignation of a second board member but has declined the request for an independent inquiry into the issue of compensation payments to Test-hosting counties. Three weeks after Andy Nash, the former Somerset chairmen, stepped down citing what he saw as failures in corporate governance at the ECB, Richard Thompson, the Surrey chairmen, has also departed…
6:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Following the announcements made yesterday in Johannesburg, the Cricket Australia Board has met again today to consider the report of the investigation into the incident in Cape Town. The key finding from the investigation was that prior knowledge of the incident was confined to three players, Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. Key findings: Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft have been charged…
6:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Following the announcements made yesterday in Johannesburg, the Cricket Australia Board has met again today to consider the report of the investigation into the incident in Cape Town. The key finding from the investigation was that prior knowledge of the incident was confined to three players, Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. Key findings: Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft have been charged…
3:00 AM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai Australia 97 for 2 (Perry 47*, Lanning 41*) beat England 96 (Davidson-Richards 24, Kimmince 3-20, Schutt 2-13) by eight wickets Scorecard Delissa Kimmince‘s career-best 3 for 20 helped Australia consign England to their joint second-lowest T20I score, before their batsmen razed the 97-run target in just 11.3 overs. Both sides will face each other in the tri-series final on March 31. England’s rut…
5:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Steven Smith and David Warner will not be allowed to play in IPL 2018 because of their roles in the pre-meditated plan to tamper with the ball on the third day of the Cape Town Test against South Africa. The decision from the BCCI – announced by IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla – came as news broke that Cricket Australia was banning the players for 12…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan 133 for 9 (Javeria 52, Maroof 42, Kumari 3-23) beat Sri Lanka 129 for 6 (Sanjeewani 61, Nilakshi de Silva 35*, Baig 2-18, Mir 2-25) by one wicketScorecard Pakistan women maintained their all-win record on tour in Sri Lanka – they swept the ODIs 3-0 – but endured a fair few nerves en route a chase they looked set to kill very easily in…