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7:10 AM ET “There has never been a better time to be a professional cricketer,” according to Daryl Mitchell. Mitchell, chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA; the players’ union in England and Wales), was speaking after the PCA committee voted unanimously to approve a new five-year (2020-2024) deal with the ECB that ensures all professional players will benefit from the improved broadcast contracts. The County Partnership Agreement (CPA) will…
4:29 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s Aaron Finch, Australia’s captain, believes that his team’s reformed attitude in the field has been a factor in a World Cup that has been notable for the spirit between the teams. In beating England last week on the same strip that will be used for tomorrow’s showdown against New Zealand, Finch’s Australians became the first team to book a place in next month’s…
3:58 PM ET For only the second time in the tournament, South Africa’s top order produced serious runs, and their bowlers knocked an opposition over cheaply, all in the same game. There’s an obvious criticism here: Of course they are playing well. There was no pressure on them in this game. Captain Faf du Plessis couldn’t quite put his finger on why it took so long to claim a second…
Play 04:02 Vettori: Nicholls will put pressure on Munro Permutations, permutations… somebody spare us from permutations. Who knows, England might go a long way to doing just that on Sunday, by losing against India and placing their World Cup fate firmly into the hands of the teams around them. But for now, with the sun shining over a pristine Lord’s, and the New Zealand flag flying proudly over the home…
Buttler disagrees with Bairstow’s ‘people were waiting for us to fail’ claim (1:04) Jos Buttler says he thinks everyone has been really being supportive of England, despite Bairstow’s comments about lack of support for the team (1:04) 1:31 PM ET Like ointment on an angry rash, Jos Buttler seemed to calm England nerves at Edgbaston on Friday. The gentle voice, the ready smile, the warm words, all were in marked…
Amla reaches delightful fifty (0:21) Amla reaches delightful fifty (0:21) 3:00 AM ET South Africa 206 for 1 (du Plessis 96*, Amla 80*) beat Sri Lanka 203 (Pretorius 3 for 25, Morris 3 for 46) by nine wicketsAs it happened How England must wish this was the match report for their meeting with Sri Lanka in Leeds. South Africa, already out of semi-final calculations, restricted Sri Lanka to mediocrity with…
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Mitchell Starc is all smiles © Getty Images Big Picture The 2015 finalists meet for a Trans-Tasman battle at Lord’s with Australia secure in the semi-finals but New Zealand needing to make sure they don’t get dragged into a last-minute race to book their place in the knockouts. The hope, for the neutral at least, will be that this match brings the tension of the group game between the sides…
Javeria Khan (L) has been demoted to Category B, while Sana Mir stays in A © Getty Images Ensuring that contracts are “earned” and not seen as a “privilege” was the driving rationale behind the PCB’s move to reduce its women cricketers’ central contract pool, according to Urooj Mumtaz, chairperson of the all-woman selection committee. The latest contracts, starting July 1, include only ten players, brought down from 17, but…