David Warner at his first press conference a week after the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town 1:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff David Warner, the former Australia vice-captain, will not challenge the 12-month ban imposed on him by Cricket Australia for his role in the ball-tampering incident in the Cape Town Test earlier this month. “I have today let Cricket Australia know that I fully accept the sanctions imposed on me,”…
12:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bowlers Kristen Beams and Lauren Cheatle have lost their contracts as Australia focus their efforts on the Women’s World T20 in November. Another contributing factor was recent performances, which helped Sophie Molineux, Delissa Kimmince and Nicola Carey have make their way into the 14-player list for the first time. All three players were part of Australia’s tour of India where they beat the hosts 3-0…
11:23 PM ET Melinda FarrellCricinfo Nottinghamshire have made the leap back up to Division One in the County Championship but the road to consolidating their place, let alone contesting the title, is not lacking in hurdles. Talented all-rounder Paul Coughlin is out with a shoulder injury for at least four months, making it unlikely he will play white-ball cricket for his new club this season. After his highly anticipated signing…
Apr 3, 2018 George Dobell Eoin Morgan hopes the sanctions imposed on Steve Smith and David Warner will have served to restore the reputation of a game he feels has been “battered” in recent days. Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, says he was “shocked” by the Australian players’ attempt to alter the behaviour of the ball with sandpaper, insisting he had never experienced such a premediated plan in any team he…
1:53 PM ET A year is a long time in the world of a T20 freelance cricketer. Twelve months ago, Tymal Mills was gearing up for his first crack at sporting superstardom, after being snapped up by Bangalore Royal Challengers for a whopping GBP1.4 million at the 2017 IPL auction – a true rags to riches tale for a player who had feared, due to a degenerative back condition, that…
Switch Hit: Neil Wagner’s tantric masterclass (43:06) Alan Gardner is joined by Mark Butcher, Andrew Miller and Andrew McGlashan from New Zealand to discuss the end of England’s tour of New Zealand, the future of Australian cricket and the 2018 County Championship. (43:06) 12:59 PM ET Head coach Trevor Bayliss has hinted that the England batting line-up is unlikely to change much for the series against Pakistan in May, despite…
Eoin Morgan could miss another Championship season © Getty Images The unexpected delight of seeing England’s limited-overs captain, Eoin Morgan, in a Championship match has proved to be a false dawn – Morgan has broken his thumb in the nets before having the chance to take the field and is now unlikely to play a four-day game this season. That Morgan declared his availability for Middlesex for the first two…
11:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A bench of the Bombay High Court has appointed retired judges HL Gokhale and VM Kanade as administrators of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), PTI has reported. The bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and MS Karnik said the administrators can take the assistance of experts or existing members of the MCA, who hold office in accordance with the Lodha Committee’s recommendations, while carrying out their…
3:00 AM ET Nazmus Sadat’s scooped four off Rishi Dhawan’s final ball of the match earned his team a spot in the Dhaka Premier League for next season. In the thrilling relegation play-off match in BKSP which had all the emotion of a contest for survival, Brothers Union defeated Agrani Bank by four wickets. Needing nine runs off the final over, Sadat took a single off the first ball before…
8:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Trent Boult was the biggest winner at the 2018 NZC Annual Awards, where he was named Test Cricketer of the Year and awarded the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for best International player of the year. Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for Player of the Year: Trent Boult Men’s Test Player of the Year: Trent Boult Men’s ODI Player of the Year: Ross Taylor Women’s ODI…