Du Plessis: Kolpak a ‘dangling carrot’ for SA players (1:27) Faf du Plessis on the ‘Kolpak’ question and the implications it may have on South African cricket after the World Cup (1:27) 12:28 PM ET Faf du Plessis believes Australia “have learned” from the ball-tampering scandal and that David Warner and Steven Smith will be remembered for far more than that incident. South Africa and Australia meet on Saturday for…
Play 03:46 Dilshan: Classy Avishka could go a long way for SL Going into their final round-robin match, Sri Lanka may be out of semi-final contention, and yet, there is a strong argument they have surpassed expectations at this World Cup. Ranked ninth in ODIs ahead of the tournament, they have won half the matches they’ve played so far, beating England, West Indies and Aghanistan, while losing to New Zealand,…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture In another world, this could have been the ultimate match to finish the group stage: 20 years since the Greatest ODI Ever at Edgbaston which put Australia on track for the first of a hat-trick of World Cup titles and consigned South Africa to one of their most agonising near-misses. Instead, it’s largely an irrelevant match, except for potentially deciding where Australia will play their…
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The two Test matches will be part of the ICC Test Championship © Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket have announced a series of two Tests and three T20Is against New Zealand in August-September, with the visitors set to arrive in Colombo on August 3 and stay in the country till September 7. The Test matches will count towards the newly launched ICC Test Championship. Schedule August 8 to 10: Three-day…
7:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Cricket World Cup final on July 14 could become the first men’s international fixture to be televised on free-to-air TV in the UK since the 2005 Ashes, after Sky Sports reneged on its previous stance and announced that it would be lowering its paywall in the event of England making it through next week’s semi-final at Edgbaston. England’s victory over New Zealand at Chester-le-Street…
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Chris Gayle takes a selfie with fans after the game © Getty Images He opened the batting, and scored an 18-ball 7. He bowled six overs and picked up a wicket. He strutted around the Headingley turf, mostly with a big smile on his face, and threw in as much drama as possible into pouching a sitter on the field and, if that wasn’t enough, proceeded to do six push-ups….
Grade cricket in Sydney © Getty Images “They are not professionals…they were invited to play and if they don’t like the conditions there are 500,000 other cricketers in Australia who would love to take their places.” These infamous words, by the Australian Cricket Board secretary Alan Barnes, were for decades associated with the curmudgeonly attitudes of the board in the years before the World Series Cricket split. More than 40…
9:41 PM ET Australia A went through the one-day leg of their tour unbeaten, but now things get really interesting with the red ball coming into focus and places in the Ashes squad to play for. They face Sussex and England Lions over the next couple of weeks before the selection showdown between two Australia teams in Southampton after which the squad will be confirmed. Here’s what’s up for grabs…