1:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Craig White, the former England allrounder, has left his position as Hampshire’s head coach after six years at the club. White’s decision was prompted by a desire to spend more time with his family. The 48-year-old has been in the role of head coach for the last two seasons, having taken over after Dale Benkenstein’s departure in 2016, and saw Hampshire lift the Royal London…
Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly at an event Dibyangshu Sarkar / © AFP/Getty Images In a letter to the BCCI’s office bearers, Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), said he has a “deep sense of fear and worry” about how cricket is being run in India and that the game’s popularity is “in danger” because of the current administration. In his letter, which ESPNcricinfo has…
No bad blood between South Africa and Australia – Faf du Plessis (1:13) The South Africa captain speaks ahead of the limited-overs series in Australia (1:13) 10:42 AM ET Liam Brickhill Amid the soul-searching around the results of Australia’s Longstaff review, visiting South Africa coach Ottis Gibson pointed to something that was lost in the unfolding uproar since the cataclysmic ball-tampering incident at Newlands in March. When all eyes are…
3:00 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo Sri Lanka Board XI 392 for 9 dec (Silva 62, Sarathchandra 59*, Samarawickrama 58, Priyanjan 50) v England XIScorecard For all the talk of England searching for a “different formula” on this tour there was a familiarity – a wearing familiarity – about their approach on the first day of the red-ball section of their trip to Sri Lanka. Despite fielding a 14-man…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture In this day and time, it’s a surprise that a team can go seven months without playing international cricket. However, that’s the case with New Zealand, who played their last game in March-April 2018. They will end the drought with the three-match T20I series against the No. 1-ranked Pakistan in the UAE, the first of which will be held in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday night….
4:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Khaleel Ahmed‘s send-off of Marlon Samuels in the fourth ODI in Mumbai has earned the India left-arm quick an official warning and one demerit point. Having dismissed him in the 14th over of West Indies’ innings, Khaleel turned towards the departing Samuels and yelled out multiple times. Khaleel picked up figures of 3 for 13, helping India win by 224 runs. He was found guilty…
Mark Taylor and Michael Kasprowicz listen to tough findings for Cricket Australia 1:10 AM ET Malcolm Speed, James Sutherland’s predecessor as chief executive of Cricket Australia, has called for the resignation of the chairman David Peever and his replacement by the former captain Mark Taylor as a signal for “dyed-in-the-wool cricket people” to take back control of the game from an increasingly corporatised Board of the governing body. Still directly…
Oct 29, 2018 Umar Farooq Najam Sethi wants an apology from the PCB for releasing details of his personal expenses from his tenure as head of board. Sethi sent a three-page legal notice through his lawyers to the new chairman Ehsan Mani and threatened to take him to court under the defamation ordinance. The PCB is in the process of conducting internal appraisals of each of its departments following Sethi’s…
11:21 PM ET Non-compliant: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh Partially compliant: Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, Maharashtra, Bihar, Bengal, Chattisgarh, Manipur, Vidarbha Substantially compliant: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Baroda, Mizoram, Puducherry, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Mumbai, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has identified seven state associations for “neglecting” and “breaching” the Supreme Court order of August…
9:14 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Australian Cricketers Association has reiterated its call for the bans of Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft to be lifted in the light of the findings of the cultural reviews into Australian cricket. The Longstaff review said the events of Newlands were not a one-off and were caused by the pervading culture of Cricket Australia which the players association called “hugely significant.” Smith…