8:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Durham have appointed Tim Bostock as chief executive, a position he will take up in July, with the long-serving David Harker stepping into a non-executive director role. Harker’s move into a less active position ends a dedicated 17-year reign as chief executive which included a rise to become one of county cricket’s most prominent clubs, and the advent of international cricket in Chester-le-Street, before a…
8:24 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Armed robbers raided Newlands on Friday, smashing the glass doors of multiple suites at the Cape Town stadium and making away with TVs, liquor and other items. This was the third time since 2015 that the ground had been hit by robbers, according to a Western Province Province Cricket Association (WPCA) release. The raid began shortly after midnight, according to the WPCA, when a woman…
Indian cricket’s rags-to-riches broadcast rights story (1:19) From once paying the national channel to broadcast cricket to earning millions every game, the BCCI has come a long way (1:19) 8:22 AM ET Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai The bidding for the television and digital rights to broadcast Indian cricket from 2018 to 2023 is closing in on the billion-dollar mark and the e-auction is likely to spill over into a third…
8:04 AM ET Jofra Archer insists that the dream of playing Test cricket for England remains his ultimate ambition, but admits that a life-changing winter on the global T20 circuit may eventually force him to reassess his priorities in a bid to avoid burn-out. For the past two years in county cricket, Archer has been quietly recognised as the Next Big Thing, ever since breaking into Sussex’s first team midway…
Play 01:59 ‘I’m sorry and I’m absolutely devastated’ – Smith Former Australia captain Steven Smith will not challenge his 12-month ban from international and domestic cricket, and his 12-month ban from leadership positions thereafter, imposed by Cricket Australia for his role in the ball-tampering incident in the Cape Town Test against South Africa. “I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country,” Smith said…
Play 01:59 ‘I’m sorry and I’m absolutely devastated’ – Smith Former Australia captain Steven Smith will not challenge his 12-month ban from international and domestic cricket, and his 12-month ban from leadership positions thereafter, imposed by Cricket Australia for his role in the ball-tampering incident in the Cape Town Test against South Africa. “I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country,” Smith said…
© AFP South Africa had been scheduled to play three Tests in Sri Lanka in July, but one of those Tests has been traded for a five-match ODI series and a T20I. Earlier, too, South Africa Tests in Sri Lanka have been either postponed, or commuted to limited-overs matches, most notably in 2013. The reasons, then as now, are commercial: Sri Lanka Cricket loses money on all Test tours not…
Apr 3, 2018 Umar Farooq in Karachi A three-day cricket feast in Karachi, after nine barren years, came to an end on Tuesday, with over 70,000 spectators having gone through the turnstiles at National Stadium. West Indies – who last toured Pakistan in 2006 – lost all three games heavily, but won lots of goodwill for the part they played in helping return international cricket to the country. “I’m a…
© AFP South Africa had been scheduled to play three Tests in Sri Lanka in July, but one of those Tests has been traded for a five-match ODI series and a T20I. Earlier, too, South Africa Tests in Sri Lanka have been either postponed, or commuted to limited-overs matches, most notably in 2013. The reasons, then as now, are commercial: Sri Lanka Cricket loses money on all Test tours not…
Play 01:59 ‘I’m sorry and I’m absolutely devastated’ – Smith Former Australia captain Steven Smith will not challenge his 12-month ban from international and domestic cricket, and his 12-month ban from leadership positions thereafter, imposed by Cricket Australia for his role in the ball-tampering incident in the Cape Town Test against South Africa. “I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country,” Smith said…