3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Mohammad Nabi smashed five sixes in a remarkable 43 not out off only 12 balls as Kent Spitfires overwhelmed Surrey by nine wickets in a rain-shortened Vitality Blast contest at The Oval. Nabi’s assault included three sixes off Rikki Clarke in the third over of Kent’s reply to Surrey’s seven-over total of 54 for 4. He then finished things in the next over by…
5:01 PM ET England must “hit the ground running” if they are to regain the Ashes, Ben Stokes believes. England boast an outstanding record at Edgbaston, the venue for the first Test. They have won 11 international matches in succession at the ground and haven’t been beaten by Australia in any format there since 2001. So, Stokes believes, England must take the opportunity to put Australia’s players – not least…
2:38 PM ET The BCCI has suspended India Test opener Prithvi Shaw for taking a banned substance Terbutaline under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code. The suspension is backdated from the day of the collection of the urine sample, from February 22 this year, and will expire on November 15. Let us look at how the BCCI arrived at the sanction and what are the various factors it took into…
1:17 PM ET Like mayflies and First World War pilots, the lifespan of an England top-order player has looked painfully short in recent times. Increasingly, Andy Warhol’s suggestion that everyone would have their 15 minutes of fame seems to have had England opening batsmen in mind. Most candidates in the county game have had a go – 13 of the most recent 30 Test caps given out by England have…
1:01 PM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos, and with muffled drum, Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. The inquest into England women’s thrashing by Australia is in full swing, and the tone is predictably funereal. It would hardly be an Ashes…
The allegations of conflict against Kapil underscore he is part of the steering committee on the newly formed Indian Cricketers Association 12:19 PM ET Does the Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which will pick the head coach for the Indian men’s team, suffer from conflict of interest? This question has been posed both internally within the BCCI as well as through an external complainant. Justice DK Jain, the ombudsman-cum-ethics…
Soumya Sarkar departs as Tamim Iqbal looks on © Associated Press Big picture With the series decided, the stakes may be lower, but both teams still have much to play for. For Bangladesh, after the first two games, more than the losses itself, it’s the manner of the defeats that would leave them stewing. They’ve been plagued by poor fielding, inconsistent bowling, and wasteful batting, and in the process, they…
10:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Test opener Prithvi Shaw has been suspended until November 15, 2019 for a doping violation. A BCCI release said Shaw had “inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.” More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo
10:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammad Amir is expected to be named in Essex’s squad for Thursday night’s game against Hampshire, after his application for a UK sporting visa was belatedly approved. Amir had signed for the majority of the Vitality Blast group stage, but his paperwork was delayed, leaving the club “extremely frustrated” as he missed two fixtures he had been expected to play. John Faragher, the club’s chairman,…
The Cardiff team for The Hundred will be run by Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Somerset 7:34 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 The Hundred team based at Cardiff could be known as “Western Fire” rather than “Welsh Fire”, in an appeal to Gloucestershire and Somerset’s fans, ESPNcricinfo can reveal. Sports law firm Onside Law, the ECB’s primary legal advisor, has submitted a trademark application…