3:00 AM ET Ankur Dhawan Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Catch all the action, analysis, numbers, tweets, banter and more from the England v Australia warm-up match. If you don’t see the blog below, please refresh the page Source: ESPN Crickinfo
2:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff USA Cricket has received a boost of over $1 billion investment from American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for the development of a domestic T20 league. USA Cricket selected ACE as its strategic partner to conclude a multi-stage evaluation process that began in November 2018. The launch of the league is slated for 2021. The billion-dollar deal is one of the biggest for the development of domestic…
12:28 AM ET “This won’t be as fun as when I was playing,” quipped Brad Haddin as he dropped into the chair that was set up in front of cameras and journalists in the Ageas Bowl indoor school ahead of Australia’s warm-up match against England. Whether it was fun or not, it was hardly surprising that Haddin’s first press conference for Australia ahead of the Men’s World Cup was punctuated…
1:41 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Warwickshire have confirmed the signing of Michael Burgess from Sussex. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper has signed a two-year contract and will move to his new county on loan from June 1. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo earlier this week, new Warwickshire director of sport, Paul Farbrace, had identified Burgess as a potential recruit amid concern about the strength of the Edgbaston playing staff. Burgess averaged 30.61 in…
1:14 PM ET An optimist, they say, views the glass as half full. A pessimist, they say, views it as half empty. And a regular supporter of England at World Cups expects the glass to explode at any moment, killing all present with fragments of glass. It is an expectation conditioned by years of grim experience. So there wasn’t a great sense of surprise when news of Eoin Morgan‘s injury…
11:50 AM ET On the eve of their first warm-up match of the World Cup, India have been hit by an injury scare with allrounder Vijay Shankar leaving the training session midway after being hit on his right hand. Vijay was hit on the forearm while attempting a pull against left-arm fast bowler Khaleel Ahmed, who is one of the four fast men travelling with the Indian squad as net…
10:15 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former England spinner Monty Panesar has spoken in depth about his mental health issues, describing the shock of being diagnosed with “paranoia/schizophrenia”. The 37-year-old now believes he has put his problems behind him and remains hopeful that he can win a return to first-class cricket despite being without a club since 2016. Panesar was an England regular during the mid-to-late 2000s but suffered from bouts…
9:05 AM ET An officer from the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) will, for the first time, travel alongside each of the 10 participating teams in the World Cup. The move is part of the ACU’s drive to stave off the ever-increasing, ever-present danger of corrupt elements who have been frequently implicated in various sport-fixing scandals. However, the ACU is confident that the World Cup is “well protected”. Alex Marshall, the…
Eoin Morgan at the launch of England’s World Cup kit © Getty Images England’s preparations for the World Cup have received a potentially significant setback, after Eoin Morgan, their captain, suffered a blow to the left index finger during a fielding drill. Morgan, who had been preparing for England’s warm-up match against Australia at the Ageas Bowl on Saturday, is due to be sent to hospital for an X-ray after…
6:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Centurion will remain the host venue for South Africa’s Boxing Day Test against England later this year, with CSA confirming its fixture list for the 2019-20 season. As well as a full England tour featuring four Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is, South Africa will also host Australia for six limited-overs matches in February and March. England will travel to Cape Town, the traditional venue…