Vote for him and you’ll never have to hear another word about any Lankan Premier League again 3:56 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has said he “feared for his life” after becoming the first high profile figure to be caught up in violence, in Sri Lanka’s unfolding political crisis. One person has died from injuries after Ranatunga’s security detail opened fire during the clash at the…
Dasgupta: Jadhav as sixth bowling option is important (3:32) Deep Dasgupta previews the fourth ODI between India and West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium (3:32) 3:00 AM ET Confident that the dew will not be a big factor in the evening, India chose to shield their lower order from the pressure of chasing even though limited-overs cricket favours sides chasing these days. Virat Kohli also said the ball moves around…
Australia captain Tim Paine and vice captain Josh Hazlewood present the player review at the CA press conference 3:40 AM ET After a day of some hard truths for Australian cricket, as the outcomes of two reviews were delivered in Melbourne, here is a recap of the main points – Independent reviews of Cricket Australia and the Australian men’s team, conducted by Simon Longstaff and Rick McCosker, found that in…
2:45 AM ET Alex MalcolmESPN Close Alex Malcolm is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and broadcaster. He has been a long-time contributor to ESPNcricinfo and reported for the AFL website for four seasons. He has also worked as a television commentator calling Australian Rules Football, Athletics and Tennis for a number of networks. Thirty-eight words. That is the full extent of Cricket Australia’s new Players’ Pact. “We recognise how lucky we…
2:15 AM ET Even as he delivered the findings of reviews that damned the culture he had been at the head of propagating, Cricket Australia’s chairman David Peever remained as adamant about maintaining the bans placed on David Warner, Steven Smith and Cameron Bancroft as he was about keeping his own position as the lone survivor of the Newlands scandal. Apart from the banned trio directly involved in ball tampering…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women 98 for 1 (Healy 67*) beat Pakistan women 97 for 8 (Maroof 34, Schutt 2-15) by nine wickets Alyssa Healy hit nine fours and a six in her unbeaten 40-ball 63 International Cricket Council Alyssa Healy’s bruising unbeaten 41-ball 67 helped Australia wipe off their 98-run target in only 10.2 overs to complete a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan. Healy, whose only single-digit score on…
12:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Uncapped 30-year old left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel has forced his way into the New Zealand squad for the three T20Is against Pakistan following a series of impressive performances during New Zealand’s shadow tour of UAE. Ajaz picked 4 for 57 off 8.5 overs during the three recently-concluded T20s against Pakistan A, with New Zealand A winning the series 2-1. He averaged 14.25 and had an…
10:20 PM ET Alex MalcolmESPN Close Alex Malcolm is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and broadcaster. He has been a long-time contributor to ESPNcricinfo and reported for the AFL website for four seasons. He has also worked as a television commentator calling Australian Rules Football, Athletics and Tennis for a number of networks. Players being treated as commodities by Cricket Australia and living in a ‘gilded bubble’ in-part created an environment…
10:00 PM ET In its race to corporatise, centralise and improve team performance over the past seven years, Cricket Australia’s leadership lost sight of the fact that sport is not a business, and that cricket in particular is judged by the way in which its participants abide by the spirit of cricket as much as by how often they win or lose. These are among the key findings of the…
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