3:22 PM ET Liam Plunkett says he has been studying the methods of Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James, two world-beating athletes who have extended their peak years into their mid-30s, in a bid to stave off the advance of time and ensure that his dream of playing in a home World Cup isn’t kiboshed at the 11th hour. Despite being England’s outstanding white-ball seamer in the four years since his…
Pressure for places driving success – Roy (1:10) England opener Jason Roy says the team are excited to head into the World Cup among the favourites (1:10) 1:01 PM ET The coming English summer is set to be dominated by two events, and it is a marker of how priorities have changed that the Ashes following the World Cup is not merely a matter of chronology. While Jason Roy is…
12:24 PM ET Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket is set to revive the Lankan Premier League (LPL), with September 8-28 tentatively set aside for the potentially lucrative T20 tournament. “We have set the ball rolling and hopefully in August-September this year we will see the tournament taking place,” SLC secretary Mohan De Silva said, speaking at Monday’s launch of the Super Provincial 50-over Tournament in Colombo. Bemoaning the cancelation of…
12:14 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Umar Akmal will part with 20 percent of his match fee for the fifth ODI against Australia after having breached a team curfew ahead the match in Dubai. The PCB said he pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction imposed by Talat Ali, the team manager. “I am glad that Umar has realised his mistake, and has accepted and apologised for his actions,…
3:00 AM ET Toss Delhi Capitals choose to bowl v Kings XI Punjab Kings XI Punjab have left out the opener Chris Gayle, as Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl first in Mohali. Gayle made 79 off 47 balls in Kings XI’s tournament opener only a week ago, but the team has chosen to omit him in favour of bringing the England allrounder Sam Curran into the…
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Mason Crane was making his comeback after a stress fracture © Getty Images From becoming England’s youngest legspinner to a forgotten man, Mason Crane has, by his own admission, endured a rollercoaster start to his professional career. But, after two back fractures and a nine-month stretch out of the game, he is more than ready to resume with Hampshire, a little older but by no means old, and full of…
7:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India have ended as the top-ranked Test team for the third year running. With 116 points, they were eight clear of second-placed New Zealand on the cut-off date of April 1. They will receive a purse of US$ One million and the Test Championship Mace again. In the period in question, India enjoyed success at home, beating Afghanistan in a one-off Test and West Indies…
6:06 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Dimuth Karunaratne has described his own behaviour as “utterly unbecoming of a Sri Lankan national cricketer” on the day he had his driving licence suspended for suspected drink driving. ALSO READ: Karunaratne arrested over drink driving after injuring a motorist Having been involved an accident in the Borella neighbourhood of Colombo early on Sunday morning, Karunaratne was arrested and subsequently bailed, while a driver…
Manu Sawhney will work on newer projects as David Richardson focuses on the World Cup 5:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Manu Sawhney has assumed formal charge as ICC chief executive officer with “immediate effect”, three months before he was meant to start the job. In January, the ICC Board approved Sawhney’s appointment as the next ICC CEO to replace the incumbent, Dave Richardson, whose seven-year tenure comes ends with the…