Month: August 2018

7:26 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff ECB trials for The Hundred in September will feature experiments with “various elements of the playing conditions”, according to the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), which has been helping to coordinate player availability for the test outings at Trent Bridge and Loughborough. The PCA has previously been critical of the way the ECB’s proposed 100-ball format was announced, with minimal consultation, earlier in the year. However,…

4:38 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root, England’s Test captain, and Jos Buttler have signed to play for Sydney Thunder in the 2018-19 Big Bash League. Both players will be available for seven games before heading to the West Indies with England in January. The move is particularly significant for Root, who was overlooked when entering the IPL auction earlier in the year. He has previously spoken about his desire…

1:00 PM ET Trevor Bayliss has hinted England may “have a decision to make” over Jonny Bairstow‘s future as Test wicketkeeper. Bairstow fractured a finger while taking a catch behind the stumps at Trent Bridge and is a doubt for the fourth Test, starting next week; if passed fit, he is likely to play as a specialist batsman only. Bairstow’s injury enabled Jos Buttler – England’s regular limited-overs keeper –…

Vinod Rai, the chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators  12:20 PM ET The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has taken full control of the BCCI. All the sub-committees of the BCCI except the selection panels and the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) have been annulled. The powers of the three office-bearers of the BCCI – CK Khanna (acting president), Amitabh Choudhary (acting secretary) and Anirudh Chaudhry (treasurer) – have been…

3:00 AM ET Welcome to our live coverage of the Vitality Blast quarter-final between Kent and Lancashire. Stick around for updates, stats and colour from the game, alongside our usual ball-by-ball coverage. If you don’t see the blog immediately, please refresh the page Source: ESPN Crickinfo

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India B 214 for 5 (Pandey 95*, Gill 42, Paterson 2-33) beat South Africa A 231 (Muthuswamy 55, Behardien 43, Krishna 4-49) by 30 runs (D/L method) An unbeaten 95 from Manish Pandey powered India B to a 30-run win against South Africa A at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur. Chasing 220 in 45 overs in a rain-affected game, India B were just six…

10:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Mansi Joshi returns to India’s squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in September after a long injury layoff. Joshi, who has played no top-class cricket in 2018 due to an injury to her right knee, made it to both the ODI and T20I squads for the Sri Lanka series. She had caught the eye at the Women’s World Cup in England last…

9:03 AM ET Jon Culley At 42 years old, Paul Collingwood knows that, sooner or later, he will have to face the inevitable and decide that a playing career in cricket that began in the last century really is over. With the end of his 24th season looming into view, that decision might not be far away. He was going to call it a day this time last year but…

3:00 AM ET India A 152 for 5 (Rayudu 62*, Krunal 49, Richardson 3-27) beat Australia A 151 (Agar 34, Head 28, Siraj 4-68, Gowtham 3-31) by five wickets Ambati Rayudu raises his bat AFP Yo-yo fitness is one thing, scoring runs under pressure is another. While an opportunity to seal an ODI middle-order berth in England bypassed him because of fitness issues, Ambati Rayudu, less than 24 hours after being…

7:40 AM ET India A 152 for 5 (Rayudu 62*, Krunal 49, Richardson 3-27) beat Australia A 151 all out (Agar 34, Head 28, Siraj 4-68, Gowtham 3-31) by five wickets Ambati Rayudu raises his bat AFP Yo-yo fitness is one thing, scoring runs under pressure another. While an opportunity to seal an ODI middle order berth in England bypassed him because of fitness issues, Ambati Rayudu, drafted into the India…