Month: August 2018

2:35 AM ET Shashank KishoreESPN Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin is set to offer advice to the Goa team, but the selection of his son Asaduddin has caused a stir among the players. Shadab Jakati, the 37-year old allrounder who has picked up 275 wickets in 92 first-class matches, lashed out at the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) for picking players according to their “whims and fancies”. However, Daya Pagi, the…

Faulkner: There’s a danger in getting too funky (2:58) Gaurav Kalra with Ajit Agarkar and James Faulkner discuss the ECB’s proposal of a 100-ball competition (2:58) 1:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India’s captain Virat Kohli is concerned about the commercial side of cricket taking over the “real quality” of the game and he has raised concerns over the 100-ball competition proposed by the ECB in April this year. Initially, the…

1:21 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies fast bowler Ronsford Beaton can resume bowling in international cricket after the ICC approved his remodelled action. Beaton was suspended from bowling earlier this year after he failed an independent assessment of his bowling action, which had been reported as suspect during an ODI against New Zealand in December 2017. On August 13, his remodelled action was re-assessed at Loughborough University in England,…

12:58 PM ET Umar Farooq Former ICC president Ehsan Mani steps closer to being formally elected PCB chairman, after the election commissioner called a special meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) on September 4 in Lahore. A majority of nine out of 10 voting members of the BoG is required to elect the chairman, but given Mani was appointed to the post last week by the prime minister of…

Bairstow ‘desperate’ to remain England’s wicketkeeper (1:10) Jonny Bairstow admits he would accept a specialist batsman role, but plans to test his injured finger by taking the gloves in training (1:10) 10:37 AM ET George Dobell Chris Woakes has emerged as a new fitness concern for England ahead of the fourth Test in Southampton. Jonny Bairstow, meanwhile, has expressed his ambition to retain the wicketkeeping gloves despite fracturing a finger…

9:17 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya The Sri Lanka women’s team is set to host India for three ODIs and five T20Is in September. The Indian team are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on September 7, with the first two ODIs set to take place in Galle on the September 11 and 13. The teams will then travel to Katunayake for the final ODI and the first T20I, on September…

9:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Lancashire have bolstered their spin-bowling options by signing South Africa slow left-armer Keshav Maharaj for the final weeks of the Championship season. Currently bottom of Division One, having played 10 of 14 games, Lancashire have work to do avoid relegation. Maharaj will be available for the crunch home fixture against second-bottom Worcestershire, starting at Southport on Wednesday, as well as trips to Somerset, Yorkshire and…

6:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset have announced the signing of seamer Jack Brooks on a three-year contract from Yorkshire. The 34-year-old will move to Taunton at the end of the season. Brooks’ impending departure, first reported by ESPNcricinfo, is a blow to Yorkshire, who face a rebuilding job over the winter. England quick Liam Plunkett has already signed for Surrey – with Mathew Pillans moving in the opposite direction…

Play 03:05 Watch – Alleged spot-fixing in the India-Australia Ranchi Test Fresh allegations of spot-fixing against “current and former Australian players” are set to be aired by the television news network Al Jazeera in a follow-up to the investigative documentary aired earlier this year. Cricket Australia has confirmed the allegations relate to “historical matches from 2011”, a year in which the national team concluded an Ashes series, then took part…