Month: September 2018

Cricket Australia chairman David Peever (left) and chief executive James Sutherland at the ICC annual conference  4:13 AM ET Australian cricket’s state associations have the power to end David Peever’s term as Cricket Australia chairman at the October 25 AGM, in what will be the biggest examination of their reserve controls over the governing body since its board moved from 14 state-appointed delegates to nine independent directors in 2012. Alongside…

2:42 AM ET Umar Farooq As was widely expected, former ICC president Ehsan Mani has been elected unopposed as PCB chairman for a term of three years. He was the only candidate to submit his nomination papers for the vacant post, and all members of Board of Governors (BoG) unanimously voted for him to head the PCB. He replaces Najam Sethi, who resigned last month. The special meeting of the…

11:54 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jamaica Tallawahs have called up New Zealand legspinner Ish Sodhi as a like-for-like replacement for Australia’s Adam Zampa, who will be returning to the country for the start of their domestic season. This will be Sodhi’s first CPL stint. He was most recently involved in the Vitality Blast, where he picked 19 wickets in 15 matches for Nottinghamshire, who made the quarterfinals. Earlier this year,…

1:26 PM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Replicating match situations during training sessions may not be easy, but Bangladesh batsmen have attempted to structure their Asia Cup preparations around final-over scenarios in limited-overs cricket. Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehidy Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain and Ariful Haque were among several batsmen who batted to set fields at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Monday, simulating last-over situations with a view to out-think bowlers in the tournament…

#PoliteEnquiries: Do England really deserve the series win? (5:27) Melinda Farrell and Nagraj Gollapudi answer your questions on Hardik Pandya, Adil Rashid and the beauty of Test cricket (5:27) 1:04 PM ET George Dobell Trevor Bayliss has admitted England are no closer to settling on their top-order batting line-up despite winning the Test series against India. The imminent retirement of Alastair Cook, the on-going struggles of Keaton Jennings and the…

10:00 AM ET Any hope that Steven Smith and David Warner may have had of a commuted suspension from playing international and state cricket has seemingly been snuffed out by affirmation of their 12-month playing bans from the chairman and chief executive of their home association, Cricket New South Wales (NSW). In their addresses as part of the submission of the NSW annual report, the incoming chairman John Knox and…

3:00 AM ET Australia A 243 & 42 for 1 (Khawaja 16*, Head 13*) lead India A 274 (Bharat 91*, Agarwal 47, Neser 4-61, Holland 3-89) by 11 runs Ankit Bawne goes for the sweep ESPNcricinfo Ltd India A didn’t make full use of the momentum they had built overnight, needing a lower-order resistance shepherded by Maharashtra’s Ankit Bawne to take a slender lead against Australia A on the second day….

8:07 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Graham Gooch, the former England and Essex captain who was without question the single greatest influence on Alastair Cook’s legendary career, has paid tribute to his protégé’s “attitude, sacrifices and example” in the wake of the announcement that Cook will retire at the end of next week’s Oval Test against India. Gooch was Cook’s coach and mentor, with Essex and latterly England, until their split…

7:05 AM ET Alastair Cook has announced that he will retire at the end of the Oval Test against India, after making more than 12,000 runs in an England-record 161 Test appearances. ESPNcricinfo looks back at the landmarks of a legendary Test career Test No. 1 – Debut century at NagpurOne hundred and two cricketers have made a century on Test debut, including ten Englishmen since the Second World War….

6:59 AM ET George Dobell Alastair Cook has announced he will retire from international cricket after the Oval Test against India. Cook, the sixth highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, is only 33-years-old but, after a grim run of form which has seen him average just 18.62 in nine Tests this year, he has decided to end what has been an increasingly painful struggle. The decision is not…