Month: April 2019

6:59 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Foakes is set to make his England white-ball debut in Dublin next week, after being called up for the one-off Ireland ODI as a replacement for Sam Billings, who suffered a dislocated left shoulder while fielding for Kent against Glamorgan on Thursday. Foakes, whose 71 from 80 balls for Surrey against Middlesex on Thursday was his third half-century in consecutive Royal London Cup games,…

6:30 AM ET Having failed to get a confirmation from Cricket Australia over the participation of its women players for the T20 exhibition matches next month, the BCCI has decided to go ahead and announce the squads for the four-match event to be played in Jaipur. ESPNcricinfo understands that on April 4, the BCCI sent an email to CA to check whether the Australian women players would be allowed to…

4:53 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa women will be without the services of their regular captain Dane van Niekerk for the upcoming limited-overs home series against Pakistan, as she continues to recover from a stress fracture of the right femur. Van Niekerk had suffered the injury during the first ODI against Sri Lanka in February this year and Suné Luus, who had stepped in to lead the side for…

2:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff English umpire Ian Gould will retire after the World Cup to finish a 13-year career in the international game. Gould, who played 18 ODIs for England and was part of the 1983 World Cup, joined the ECB’s first-class umpire’s list in 2002 and made his debut as an international umpire in a T20 between England and Sri Lanka in 2006, standing in his first ODI…

We are aware our bowling needs to get better – Dinesh Karthik (1:20) Dinesh Karthik dissects Kolkata Knight Riders’ loss to Rajasthan Royals, his side’s bowling, and his captaincy (1:20) 2:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff After suffering his sixth straight defeat, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik stated his team-mates “trust in their leader” and admitted that his team’s bowling “was found wanting” in recent matches. Knight Riders lost to…

12:24 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson has ended his professional career in Australia by announcing his retirement from Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash and been praised as “one of the most exciting short form players ever.” Watson, who retired from international cricket in 2016, joined the Thunder four years ago having previously been part of Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat although 40 of his 41 BBL appearances came…

8:54 PM ET Conflict between Cricket Australia and the BCCI has left Australia’s female players confused and fuming about their absence from the list of players taking part in the IPL exhibition series due to take place in India next month. The announcement from the BCCI on Thursday that no Australians would be taking part in the exhibition tournament, a year after Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt…

3:28 PM ET Annesha Ghosh No players from Australia and South Africa feature in the three squads that will take part in the four-match women’s T20 exhibition that will be held in Jaipur from May 6 to 11 on the sidelines of the IPL playoffs. South Africa’s players are unavailable because of their home series against Pakistan, which begins on May 6. The surprise, however, was the absence of Australia’s…