Cricket South Africa President Chris Nenzani speaks at the inaugural player draft of the T20 Global League 7:35 AM ET In response to being publicly attacked by three of the eight owners of team in the cancelled T20 Global League, Cricket South Africa has “welcomed interest,” from the businessman they have angered. The Durban Qalanders and Nelson Mandela Bay Stars threatened CSA with legal action unless owners are reinstated while…
6:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has been recalled to England’s 14-man squad for the three-match ODI series against India, having recovered from the hamstring tear that ruled him out of the second Test against Pakistan in May, as well as the subsequent limited-overs fixtures against Scotland and Australia. The ODI leg of India’s tour gets underway on July 12 at Trent Bridge, the scene of England’s world-record innings…
4:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC’s latest means to battle corruption in the game is an Integrity app that will be available to players, officials and support staff at all levels of the game and across all formats. The app will “give anyone in the game easy access to information they need to tackle issues relating to anti-corruption and anti-doping”, the ICC said on Friday. While the app will…
4:28 AM ET Jon Culley Reece Topley is desperately hoping his four wickets for England Lions at Northampton on Thursday will be enough to clinch his place in the Hampshire line-up against Kent in the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup on Saturday so he can avoid the same disappointing memories of Lord’s finals that his dad carried with him to the end of his career. Don Topley reached…
4:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson wants Cricket Australia to allow Steven Smith and David Warner to take part in the Big Bash League, reasoning that if both players can take part in the Global T20 Canada, then they ought to be able to help promote the tournament at home too. Smith and Warner are currently serving one-year bans imposed by CA in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal…
4:04 AM ET Matt Roller Sam Billings‘ appointment as Kent captain in January seemed symptomatic of a turbulence that the county would not escape easily. After an underwhelming 2017, which saw group-stage exits in both white-ball competitions and a mid-table finish in the Championship, Kent’s relationship with captain Sam Northeast had broken down. One of county cricket’s most exciting batting line-ups had lost its talisman, and the man to fill…
Jun 27, 2018 The game’s most popular format – T20 cricket, which 92% of fans told the ICC’s inaugural survey they are interested in – will soon be played in what will be becoming the game’s least popular destination, at least as far as the next FTP is concerned – Zimbabwe. After next month’s seven-game triangular series featuring Australia and Pakistan, and the five ODIs against Pakistan which follow, Zimbabwe…
11:22 PM ET A renewed Steven Smith has reflected on how mental fatigue led him to making “horrible decisions” in the aftermath of last summer’s Ashes series, culminating in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal that saw him banned from the game for a year. On his return to competitive cricket in Global T20 Canada, Smith said he had been on a journey of many emotions since he was stripped of the…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 517 for 5 (ten Doeschate 173, Bopara 118, Cook 96) and 208 for 7 dec (Browne 75, Bopara 58) drew with Somerset 407 (Hildreth 78) and 151 for 5Scorecard Tom Abell and Lewis Gregory defied Essex for more than an hour and a half in deteriorating light to secure a draw in the day-night, pink-ball game at Chelmsford as Somerset closed 168 runs…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 499 for 9 dec (Nash 139, Libby 88, Patel 76, Wessels 75*) and 249 for 4 dec (Libby 100*, Patel 71, Wessels 57) drew with Worcestershire 287 (Whiteley 76, Gurney 4-97) and 368 for 8 (Clarke 177*)Scorecard Joe Clarke‘s third century of the season heroically salvaged a draw for Worcestershire on the final day of their pink ball County Championship match against Nottinghamshire…